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The two-day series of workshops, hosted by LaShunda Leslie-Smith, is a “whole-life conference” that is expected to draw hundreds of women from all over the region.
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The two-day series of workshops, hosted by LaShunda Leslie-Smith, is a “whole-life conference” that is expected to draw hundreds of women from all over the region.
Ranked by new business applications per 1,000 residents in 2022, Monroe County placed near the top third among the more than 3,100 counties nationwide.
The second-largest grocery chain in Monroe County has two stores in lower-income neighborhoods in Rochester. “We feel very strongly about being in those areas and serving the needs of customers,” Ron Ferri says.
Paul Geha M.D.’s ongoing research focuses on the correlation between brain structure and chronic pain.
In an Aug.10 lawsuit, Rochester dentist Nicholas Nicosia has accused Rachel Barnhart of character assassination.
On hiatus due to COVID since 2019, the Clarissa Street Legacy will host its annual reunion on Aug. 19.
COVID-19 has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Monroe County, but its crisis stage finally appears to be over. As many people move on from the worst pandemic in a century, Commissioner of Public Health Michael Mendoza M.D. reflects on what we’ve learned. “We could have prevented so many of those deaths,” he says.
Once globally lauded for what he claimed were research breakthroughs, Ranga Dias now is accused of falsifying results and plagiarism.
The California company plans to create 165 jobs at Linden Oaks Office Park and in Dutchess County.
Continental Insurance, the lone holdout in a proposed settlement in the Rochester diocese Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to file a competing plan of reorganization.
A lack of child care is the number one reason non-retired women are not working.
Launched in 2011, the Rochester-based cloud optimization platform will become part of Silicon Valley-based NetApp.
At Innovative Solutions, which helps businesses move to the cloud, revenues and employment are increasing rapidly.
Lovely Warren today accepted a plea deal on campaign finances charges and will resign by Dec. 1.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant pain and suffering to many Americans, but economists thought the recession would last far longer.
Low Spirits is a nuggets-based, dirtier, fuzzier incarnation of St. Phillip’s Escalator, which can be heard on TNT.
PreAct, named “Company of the Year” at Thursday’s finals, will get $1 million.
Novomer’s sale to Danimer Scientific rewards a nearly two-decade bid to earn a place at the forefront of sustainable chemical manufacturing.
School No. 3 has been renamed Dr. Alice Holloway Young School of Excellence, recognizing the pioneer who tore down barriers that prevented poor, underserved minority and disabled children from receiving a quality education.
As the deadline arrives, the University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health say few employees have quit because of the state mandate.
As in July, the Rochester region in August outperformed the statewide averages for unemployment and job growth.
Amigo the Devil plays morbid and romantic at Photo City Music Hall tonight.
UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health are preparing for possible staff shortages as the deadline for vaccinating health care workers nears. These workers are expected to be immunized with at least one vaccine dose against COVID-19 by Sept. 27.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears to be safe and effective for children aged 5 to 11, a key group of unvaccinated Americans. Emergency use approval is expected, but will parents embrace the chance to get shots for their children?