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Shipt has shipped. Into Rochester, that is. The latest grocery delivery service to arrive in Rochester serves Target. Though Shipt has been delivering groceries and other goods from Target for several years, it only moved into Upstate New York earlier ...

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Everywhere you go in the Rochester area, you can find a variety of cool spaces—unique architecture, gorgeous views, funky designs, repurposed buildings, cutting-edge offices and more. The Rochester Business Journal is honoring the coolest spaces in Rochester with the help ...

When the folks at LyteSpeed Computers were building PCs for customers in recent years, there might have been an occasional request for installation of the best or most reliable ad blocker. Clear the clutter, users said. “You’re trying to read ...

The City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services has officially opened the request for proposals (RFP) process for the Rochester Urban Skate Park. The RFP has designated a plot of land on the east side of the Frederick ...

Wegmans was named the fifth-best large company to work for in New York by Fortune while First American Equipment Finance and The Bonadio Group placed on the small and medium-sized companies list. First American Equipment Finance ranked ninth and The ...

Ian Szalinski first discovered muesli while at a snowboarding competition in Switzerland. Now, he has his own muesli company. Muesli is a type of cereal consisting of whole grains, dried fruits, nuts and seeds. It’s a versatile meal and can ...

The Public Service Commission has accepted a sprawling joint proposal from Verizon to install high speed broadband service at 32,000 new premises. The proposal is a collaboration between Verizon, PSC staff, Communications Workers of America District 1 and the Public Utility Law ...

The firm has gone from a one-brand holding company in 2012 to a budding specialty-field conglomerate that owns and manufactures nine archery and hunting product lines today. That’s significant growth in a relatively short period of time for The Outdoor ...

Rochester artist Bradd Young, whose creations are branded SALUT, will join five other artists to create murals throughout Rochester for the annual WALL\THERAPY 2018 program. Now in its seventh year, WALL\THERAPY is an art and community intervention project that uses ...

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Audience participation band Massaoke will headline the seventh annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival in September, festival organizers announced this week. Massaoke, a live band that started in London in 2011, plays the best-loved “hairbrush” anthems—songs you know by heart and ...

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St. John Fisher has won a state grant of $145,000 to help furnish and equip a dormitory it is building with plans to open in fall 2019. The grant came from the state’s Higher Education Capital (known as HECap) Matching ...

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Up to $5 million is being made available for transportation-related clean technology projects, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said Friday. NYSERDA will award the funding as part of a two-step competitive process for proposals that include ...

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When Roc Brewing celebrated its seventh anniversary in June, the brewery teamed up with seven other local breweries — Wagner Valley and Resurgence, Three Heads, Stoneyard, Lost Borough, Swiftwater, Noble Shepherd and Genesee — to brew a pack of collaboration ...

No cork. No corkscrew. And, if you prefer, no glass. While canned wines have been available for several years from the West Coast and Europe, they’re just starting to spring from the vines in the Finger Lakes region. Bellangelo, overlooking ...

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Selling out their Buffalo event in January wasn’t enough for the Tommyrotter Distillery and StepOutBuffalo.com. The distillery and event promoter from the Queen City are bringing their act on the road to Rochester, with the Rochester Whiskey Riot Festival Sept. ...

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