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Nathan and Joel Will | Photos by Will Cleveland

In March, when I broke the news of Joel and Nathan Will buying Rohrbach Brewing from founders John and Patty Urlaub, I promised I’d sit down with the brothers once the dust settled. It took a whil...


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Photo by David Wazana

Opposition to a planned expansion of the Department of Homeland Security detention center in Batavia kicked off on July 19 with a demonstration on the city’s main street.

The demonstration, organi...


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Youth at the newly renovated Thomas P. Ryan R-Center on Webster Avenue | Photos: City of Rochester

Typically during the school year, Rochester’s R-Centers offer a few youth sports leagues and one catch-all after-school program, R-Stars. In the summer, as young residents’ schedules open up, these recreation centers fill in the gaps with more programming.

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Sydor Optics will invest more than $32 million to expand its Rochester manufacturing operations, building a new 100,000-square-foot facility. The project is expected to create up to 36 jobs over the next five years while retaining 92 existing positions.

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New York has taken another step toward creating a universal child care system, with Monroe County at the forefront.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed $20 million in state funding for the Monroe County Child Care Pilot Program, a three-year program that has a target of expanding coverage for an additional 1,000 children, age 0 to 3, regardless of income ...


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