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Financial Institutions, Inc. Announces Sale of the Assets of SDN Insurance Agency to NFP

April 2, 2024

Member News $27.0 million all cash transaction, representing ~4.0x 2023 insurance income, supports Financial Institutions, Inc.’s earnings and capital position and allows for reinvestment to support its core banking franchise Transaction eliminates $11.3 million of goodwill and other intangible assets and has 43 basis point positive impact on pro forma year-end 2023 common equity tier…

M.A. Polce to Host Cybersecurity Webinar With Lawley Insurance and Bond, Schoeneck & King

March 27, 2024

Member News Virtual Event to Provide Diverse Cybersecurity Insights to New York’s Small and Mid-Sized Business Community (Rome, NY – March 27, 2024)-M.A. Polce, Lawley Insurance, and Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys are teaming up to present an informative webinar for New York State’s small to midsized business (SMB) community. The webinar, titled “The Many…

The Impact of Drug Shortages on Cancer Patients

March 26, 2024

Member News Rochester, NY – A cancer diagnosis is devastating. Hearing that your first choice of treatment is unavailable adds exponentially to the emotional toll. Unfortunately, there have recently been national shortages of certain drugs used during cancer treatment. Two platinum-based chemotherapy drugs commonly used in the treatment of breast and gynecologic (GYN) cancers – carboplatin…

SCOTUS Trailblazers Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor are SISTERS IN LAW at CenterStage at the JCC April 6-21

March 25, 2024

Member News JCC CenterStage is proud and honored to bring the Rochester premiere of SISTERS IN LAW to local area audiences. CenterStage joins the ever-growing list of North American theatres to share the story of how the first two female Supreme Court Justices, Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left their mark on The…

SUNY to Host FAFSA Completion Event in Rochester

March 25, 2024

Member News On Monday, April 15, 2024, SUNY will host a FAFSA Completion Event from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at MCC’s Downtown Campus. Open to all students and parents in the City of Rochester, the SUNY FAFSA Completion Event, provides help in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form as well…

Rochester Congressional Delegation Secures Major Funding Award for RochesterWorks

March 25, 2024

Member News RochesterWorks is thrilled to announce that our proposal to relocate our primary one-stop career center to the MCC Downtown Campus recently reached a major milestone with the inclusion of $1.6 million for the project in the recent Congressional Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024. While we still have more work to do to secure final financing for the…

Tiny Fish Printing giving away 5,000 free pairs of solar eclipse viewing glasses to area businesses

March 25, 2024

Member News In preparation for the historic April 8th, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, Tiny Fish Printing is offering free ISO 12312-2-compliant eclipse viewing glasses to Greater Rochester businesses. Rochester area businesses may request 10-40 eclipse glasses to hand out to employees or customers and do not need to be a current customer of Tiny Fish…

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