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Just in time for Small Business Saturday, the barrels blocking most of downtown Rochester's Main Street are scheduled to be moved out of the way this week. The road is set to fully r...

Credit City of Rochester

Remember back in April when the Main Street Makeover began? It's been a long road, so to speak, but we're nearly at an end. The project is scheduled to be complete — meaning all...

Credit City of Rochester

Here's an important event in the ongoing Main Street Makeover: the end of a century-old water main era. At 5:04 a.m. Thursday, the final piece of new water main went online in downto...

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As the Main Street Makeover in downtown Rochester continues, the work is now focused north of University Drive. This week, Old Towne Road will be closed at Rochester Road near the hub of ...

Credit Eric D. Bothwell

Rochester’s Main Street redevelopment has something in common with similar projects under way across the country: workers and on-site archaeologists discovering prehistoric human remains....