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For years, advocates for farmworkers have lobbied to end exemptions to labor laws that exist on farms but with little success. Since Democrats took control of the state Senate last fall, however, a new effort concerning farm interests introduced by ...

Tagged with: agriculture Farm Credit East farmers Farmworkers labor laws Librada Paz Michael Ranzenhofer minimum wage overtime Shelley Stein Steve Ammerman

GP Flooring Solutions will officially christen its new facility in Gates next week. The private grand opening celebration is set for May 30 at 32 Marway Circle, former warehouse space that became the company’s new home in April. GP Flooring ...

Watching her father go through the annual election period for health insurance brought up concerns for Vicki James; the agent her father was working with was only showing him one piece of the health care pie.

Rochester Regional Health recently was named winner of the George K. Hansen Exemplar Award, the highest honor given by the Greater Rochester Quality Council. Rochester Regional Health was recognized for its Optimizing EMR Alerts, an improved med administration initiative. The ...

Most people duck on to the golf course to get away from work, but there will be a different brand of R&R when the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship comes to Oak Hill Country Club next week. Instead of rest and ...

When an Ivy Thimble Quilt Shop newsletter shared in March that the Victor store was going to close after 16 years, there was a “Oh, no, not again!” reaction among customers.

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In celebration of Small Business Week, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced today the launch of the Shop Monroe Portal, a shoppable registry for local small businesses who sell retail on the Internet. “With over 17,000 small businesses supporting over ...

A Holley contractor was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution for defrauding the New York State and United States transportation departments. Nathaniel P. Lorenz, 47, also must serve a two-year supervised release ...

Amorette Miller admits that ShiftDiff was born out of her frustration. A longtime labor and management worker, she found herself struggling to find a job. “I couldn’t find any positions that were actually vacant in Rochester on national (job seeking) ...

ViewSport, the Penfield-based sports apparel firm, has signed a pair of deals to become an official supplier to two of the largest endurance franchises in the country, Ironman and Tough Mudder Inc. ViewSport is now the official recreational apparel partner ...

Central Rock Gym, which opened on Averill Avenue in Rochester last month, is more than just a collection of climbing walls. Some would say it’s part yoga, part toning, part endurance, part orienteering, part sculpting and part adventure. “There are ...

Eat Up Rochester kicks off again on Monday, featuring 22 restaurants that are offering special menus at special prices. From a nationally known steakhouse (Morton’s) in the heart of downtown to casual Jamaican restaurants on both the east (Peppapot Flava) ...

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CountryMax has opened its new store in Batavia, one of 17 stores operated by the family business that began in Farmington. The 23,000-square-foot store has scheduled a grand opening celebration May 18 and 19, but doors opened Thursday for shoppers. ...

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Aaron Olden M.D. tragically lost his 34-year-old brother to an opioid overdose in 2017. Devastated, Olden found hope in his heartache and used it as a catalyst for his latest project. “My brother’s death made me rethink my professional goals ...

Indie Queens began in the basement of Sarah Baker’s Pittsford home nearly two years ago. Baker, Chelsea Henderson and Lyndsey MacMillan were former coworkers on a mission to find their own business adventure.