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RPM Raceway, an indoor go-kart raceway, is offering an Earth Day discount to customers who arrive in electric or hybrid vehicles April 20-22. Earth Day is April 22. Passengers of electric or hybrid cars will get one half-price race at ...

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Gregory J. Vincent has resigned less than nine months after starting the job. Vincent has been under investigation since anonymous notes were sent last month to HWS, the college where he earned his doctorate ...

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Everyone is a scientist. Just ask the folks at Rochester NY March for Science Inc. “Kids hypothesize, ‘Is this food?’ Testing, they put it in their mouth. Conclusion, no, it’s not. And then repeat that,” explained Joey Lawson, a director ...

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  A former treasurer for the Citizens Hose Fire Company has been charged with grand larceny, following an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Ontario County Sheriff Phillip Povero. Wendy Wharton, 53, of Manchester, was arrested Friday, ...

Amid a number of legislative and systemic hurdles faced by home care providers, a new grassroots organization, Health Care Workers Rising, is taking a stand. Focused on calling to attention the state of the home health industry, the “We Deserve ...

A grant of nearly a half-million dollars will help Challenger Miracle Field of Greater Rochester complete the second phase of construction as well as covering operating costs for the first three years. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is providing ...

Rochester’s Access 390 Project in Brighton has earned statewide accolades. The $70 million state Department of Transportation project was honored this week as 2017 Project of the Year from the American Public Works Association New York State Chapter. The project—which ...

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  Becoming a barber is no walk in the park. For Kyle Chapman, it involved a five-month, full-time, 600-hour course through Shear Ego International School of Hair Design. Chapman, 31, graduated from the barber program in spring 2016. After browsing ...

More than a quarter of people aged 65 or older live alone and 8 million Americans over the age of 50 are socially isolated. They may live in a rural community, or it could be they lack family or friends ...

Adrianna Miller took her first step toward independence on a chilly day in late March. Dental independence anyway. “This was the first time I stayed in the waiting room and she went back by herself,” Adrianna’s mom, Sarah Miller said. ...

For Jim Thome, the trip to Cooperstown will first include a stop in Rochester. Thome, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January in his first year on the ballot, will be the featured guest at the 69th annual ...

A Nazareth College alumna and her husband are giving the college $1 million to help increase access to higher education for urban, minority students. The gift from Mary Beth and Hiry West goes toward an endowed scholarship for the college’s ...

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Vuzix Corp., the Henrietta smart glasses manufacturer, has filed an $80 million lawsuit accusing a Westchester County stock trader of maligning the company to profit from manipulating the stock price. New York City attorney Irwin Weltz filed the suit for ...

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Construction has begun on a $1.2 million project to replace the bridge carrying Route 96 over Mud Creek in the town of Victor. The 100-year-old bridge has exceeded its useful life. The structure will be removed and replaced using a ...

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Xerox Corp. has earned a design award for one of its WorkCentre printers. The document company has won a 2018 iF Design Award from the International Forum Design GmbH for its WorkCentre 6515 Color Multifunction Printer. Past winners of the ...

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