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As Herb Besaw gazes out the window of the SPOON Exhibits & Events headquarters in Macedon, it’s impossible for him to forget his roots. Having grown up on a farm in the St. Lawrence County town of Gouverneur, the view ...

  Rochester People’s Climate Coalition is trying to go viral like the Ice Bucket Challenge did, but with melting instead of freezing. And instead of curing a disease, the group is aiming to cure the planet of climate change by ...

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Ann Maynard, who headed Maynard HR Consulting, is joining forces with JK Executive Strategies LLC, effective Thursday. Maynard will be vice president of the human resources services division, overseeing client on-site HR consulting engagements as well as compliance services and ...

Anytime Fitness has announced its intention to expand in the Rochester and Buffalo areas, boosting its numbers locally to as many as 13 gyms in three years. Currently, the 24-7 gym has three locations in  Greater Rochester, including one  downtown, ...

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The leadership team at Tipping Point Communications, a certified New York State woman-owned business, has grown with the addition of Jamie Frumusa, Megan Connor Murphy and Melissa Yacuzzo. Frumusa has been promoted to director of public relations. She has been ...

Bristol Mountain’s High Point Terrain Park isn’t even a year old and already the country’s governing body for competitive skiing is bringing the U.S. Aerials Freestyle Championships to Mikey’s Jump. The country’s best aerial skiers will be at Bristol Mountain ...

A well-known Greece landmark that has been nothing but a vacant building and parking lot for six years is again on the market. The former Crescent Beach Restaurant, which hugs the Lake Ontario shoreline on Edgemere Drive, has been listed ...

Even while eateries are closing on the west side of downtown, new ones are springing up on the east side. Syracuse-based Original Grain has opened a second location on the Broad Street side of Tower 280. The restaurant at 280 ...

A new county law regulating grease traps could be in effect by the end of September.  Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Friday introduced legislation to that effect in the wake of the death of a 3-year-old.  The little boy ...

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 An online course is available for operators of farm market stands, focusing on safe food handling procedures. The “Farmers Market Food Safety” course is offered by Penn State Extension, aiming to reduce risks of foodborne illnesses that can come up ...

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For the folks at CJS Architects, the neighborhood surrounding their workplace is more than just the spot from where they design cool buildings and interiors. It’s their home. When they look out their office window on South Union Street, they ...

Roberts Wesleyan College has launched The Community Institutes program, a strategic initiative offering custom educational solutions and resources to Rochester-area businesses and organizations. The Community Institutes will provide certificate and training programs — separate from the degree-based education already offered by ...

NextCorps’ Growth Services, which serves as the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) network center in the Finger Lakes, generated $77.2 million in financial impacts and helped create or retain 602 jobs in 2018. The numbers were released last week ...

Fourteen years. That’s how long Gabriela Carranza studied dentistry before officially beginning her career as a prosthodontist.

As soon as a birthday party at Wickham Farms ended Sunday afternoon, the staff started dismantling the building in preparations to move. The popular agricultural-entertainment business closed last week temporarily to move around the corner to 1315 Sweets Corners Road ...

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