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How bad has this season been for the New York Mets? So bad that even their beloved, baseball-shaped mascot has been verbally batted around. At a recent game, frustrated fans taunted Mr. Met and he responded by flipping the bird ...

Keegan and Xerox One of the most viewed stories on the Rochester Business Journal website over the final week or so of May was one that rumbled with echoes of the Big Three era in Rochester. Xerox, with the retirement ...

The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association Inc. is a thousand-member organization whose purpose is to protect the water quality and overall environment of the Canandaigua Lake watershed for future generations. The association applies scientific research, advocates sound public policy and offers ...

“After 20 years of studying the experiences of more than 10 million employees annually in over 50 countries, Great Place to Work has found a trust-based culture to be a strong driver of successful business.” — Three Predictions for the ...

It may not sound romantic, but Ronald Schutt Sr. spent Valentine’s Day 2013 acquiring a company he had worked at for a quarter of a century. “The stars aligned just right and I achieved my dream of owning my own ...

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” —Harry S Truman I could have used “The times, they are a-changing” from Bob Dylan. However, referencing a former president seems so much more appropriate given the events occurring ...

The heavens opened about an hour after Peter LaDolce and his fellow cyclists had pedaled away from the starting line at Hamlin Beach State Park. For the next several hours, the 300 participants in that inaugural Tour de Cure on ...

The days of Reefer Madness—the 1930s exploitation film that depicted marijuana-smoking individuals as criminals who slowly, but surely, descended into insanity—are long over. Today, the legal sale of marijuana is a billion-dollar business. Cannabis can be found in numerous neighborhood ...

New York a leading state for loss of manufacturing jobs New York and its neighbors were among the twenty-eight U.S. states whose nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, increased between April 2016 and April 2017, according to data released May 19 ...

Last week we looked at how the Affordable Care Act and the Republican replacement plan changed health insurance for those of us who buy insurance either through our employers or on the individual market. This week we’ll look at how ...

Cancer Action Inc., which does business locally as Gilda’s Club Rochester, creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer—men, women, teens and children—along with their families and friends. The organization’s programs complement medical care, providing networking and support ...

President Trump has vowed to “totally destroy” the restrictions on political activity applying to churches and charitable organizations. Earlier this month, he signed an executive order touted as a first step toward fulfilling this promise. The executive order actually does ...

What is the perfect job for a beer-loving, former yogurt-manufacturing biochemist? For Joe Bustos, it is his current role as senior manager of brewing quality innovation for North American Breweries Inc. “I have the ultimate beer geek’s job,” he says. ...

WEEKEND BESTBETS 1. The first 2017 Zoo Brew at Seneca Park Zoo is May 26. Visit the animals, enjoy beer and wine, and hear live music by Steve Grills & the Roadmasters and others. See inside the elephant barn with ...

The contentious national debate over health care reform will heat up with the release of Congressional Budget Office cost estimates of the American Health Care Act passed by the House of Representatives this month. Regardless of the outcome of the ...