Brian Sharp
Business and economic development reporter-
While manufacturing of the Hickey Freeman label will shift to Mexico next month, the local facility will continue to produce men's clothing items under the Rochester Tailored Clothing brand. -
Coolest job in Rochester? It might be exhibit designer or gigantic toy builder at the Museum of PlayFrom a wall-sized, electronic Chutes and Ladders board game to a 20-foot Donkey Kong arcade, suspended partly over the side of an elevated walkway to a fire-breathing, five-headed dragon. All that awaits in the Strong Museum of Play expansion opening next month. And local folks designed and built most of it.
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The decline in applications and permits issued is being seen across the Finger Lakes, and disproportionately in the city versus suburbs.
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There was considerable pushback to project leaders' request for assistance, as the deal is not supposed to cost taxpayers.
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Rochester police released their final report on the fatal crowd surge that killed three in March. They don't know what caused it, but found no criminal wrongdoing.
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The six alternative designs build on five original concepts, discarding some options and refining others.
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The building on East Main Street sits mid-block, across from Stone Street.
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The lawsuit claims the county and garage operator Mapco knew the volatility of a homeless man staying in the garage, and failed to act.
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Rochester lawmakers are split on bailing out private contractors for the New York Thruway project that was supposed to be 100% privately funded.
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The last-minute push came from Wegmans-backed opponents who have tied the project up in lawsuits for years.
