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Red Tail Ridge Winery in running for James Beard award again
A Penn Yan winery is again receiving attention from the James Beard Foundation. Red Tail Ridge Winery’s owners, Nancy Irelan and Mike Schnelle, have been nominated for a 2020 James Beard Award in the category of outstanding wine, spirits or beer producer. Irelan is the winery’s winemaker, while Schnelle oversees the vineyards on the west side […]
Fisher names new nursing dean
St. John Fisher has named a new dean for the Wegmans School of Nursing: Tricia K. Gatlin from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Gatlin will replace the school’s founding dean, Dianne Cooney Miner, who is moving to a new position at Fisher. The change will take place July 1. “Dr. Gatlin’s demonstrated experience as […]
Nazareth curtails two programs because of coronavirus
Nazareth College has curtailed two study abroad programs as precautions in light of the global outbreaks of the coronavirus. President Daan Braveman issued a statement on Wednesday saying Nazareth would call home its students now studying in Italy, where the virus poses a potential health hazard for them and precautions are limiting their freedom of […]
New source of natural gas right under our noses on local farms
For more than a decade, dairy farms in New York have been trying to manage their cow manure and save on their electric bills by employing anaerobic digesters. The digester siphons off the manure’s methane — a greenhouse gas — and burns it to run generators that make electricity. Now Brightmark Energy has arrived on […]
Wine industry awards honor Arbor Hill’s John Brahm III, others
The late John Brahm III, founder of Arbor Hill Grapery and Winery in South Bristol, Ontario County, was honored at the Unity Awards Banquet Wednesday on the opening day of a wine industry conference in Henrietta. Brahm, who also founded Brew And Brats, died as the result of an accident at his home in 2019, […]
Paychex, ESL and ConServe lauded for training programs again
Three local companies have landed once again on Training magazine’s 2020 list for Training Top 125 Organizations. The companies are: Paychex, the company that provides human resources, payroll and other services to business, ranked No. 14. It was No. 12 in 2019. ESL Federal Credit Union, ranked No. 17, the same as in 2019. ConServe, […]
GoPuff arrives in Rochester, delivering the contents of convenience stores
A new digital delivery service arrived in Rochester this week that places the resources of a convenient store in your pocket – or at least in an app on your smart phone. GoPuff maintains a local storage facility in each of the communities it serves with more than 2,500 products typically carried in convenient stores. […]
Queens man suing Rochester-area plazas for access
Four local malls and plazas were named this month in lawsuits seeking greater access for people with disabilities by a New York City-area man who has been filing such suits for more than a decade. Christopher E. Brown, whose address is not listed in the suits but was identified in one against a New Jersey […]
Community Bank will lay off some Steuben Trust workers as they merge
As Community Bank takes over Steuben Trust Co. and eliminates duplication in some areas, it expects to lay off 39 Steuben Trust Co. workers. Community, based in Dewitt, Onondaga County, plans to close three Steuben branches in communities where both banks had been represented. They are in Alfred and Bolivar, both in Allegany County; and […]
County legislator calls for investigation of College at Brockport
County Legislator Vincent R. Felder, a graduate of the College at Brockport, has asked the chancellor of the SUNY system to investigate his alma mater because of recent conflicts over diversity. In a Feb. 18 letter to SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, Felder stated his concern over the firing of Chief Diversity Officer Cephas Archie in January; […]
As plastic bag ban approaches, some stores ahead of the curve, others merely react
A nickel can be a powerful thing. Last summer Wegmans conducted a pilot study at two stores to see how customers would react if single-use plastic grocery bags were removed even before a statewide ban goes into effect March 1 in New York. The pilot introduced Wegmans’ new paper bag policy – they now cost […]
F.L.X. Wienery will open Rochester restaurant in Roc Brewing Co.
F.L.X. Wienery, a popular Finger Lakes eatery on the Seneca Lake wine trail, will be opening a second location this spring inside Roc Brewing Co., on Rochester’s Union Street. F.L.X. Wienery is one of several restaurants operated by Master Sommelier Christopher Bates and his wife and partner, Isabel Bogadtke. Their F.L.X. Hospitality Group also operates […]
