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After more than a century of offering Italian baked goods in Rochester, Gruttadauria’s is pulling up stakes and relocating the business to Temecula, CA. Earlier this week, third-generation owner Mark Gruttadauria announced that he’s closing the business, which was at ...

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What began as a desire to cut costs and become more environmentally friendly has turned into a new product, a new business venture and a new location for MCM Natural Stone Inc. and its subsidiary CM&M Industries Inc. CM&M is ...

The owners of the Record Archive have won a national music retailing award that will be presented in Nashville in May. Richard Storms and Alayna Alderman have been named the 2019 Independent Spirit Award winners by the Music Business Association. ...

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As 2018 becomes nothing but a memory, the most significant new four-digit number for New York business owners isn’t 2019. It’s $11.10 or $12.75. Those are the two new minimum wage figures for all of Upstate New York. The latest ...

Stuart Boyar has retired as president of the Cooley Group, the Rochester-based brand-enhancement and marketing firm. A graduate of Irondequoit High School, Boyar spent 36 years with Cooley Group, including the past 20 as president. Phil Yawman, a Rochester native, ...

If you’re heading out of town and don’t know where to leave your dog or cat, your search is over. Paws and Claws Pet Care Inc. has everything an owner would want for their pet—and more. Owner Emily Bennett, 27, ...

The Rochester RazorSharks basketball team must pay former coach Chris Iversen $76,181 in back pay and damages, New York State Supreme Court Justice Ann Marie Taddeo ruled last week. The court granted a request for summary judgment in the lawsuit ...

Club Pilates is targeting Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse as part of a nationwide expansion effort for 2019, pending the procurement of franchisees. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Club Pilates operates more than 450 locations nationwide and has plans to open 300 ...

When she finished learning all the essential tricks of the hair-dressing trade more than five decades ago, Jackie Conway admits she wasn’t exactly Miss Talkative. And while being a great conversationalist isn’t a requirement for styling hair, it sure helps. ...

Success of the innovative Sentry Print Services is leading to expansion of facilities for Pharos Systems International, Inc., and that will mean the creation of additional jobs, according to Imagine Monroe. Pharos Systems requested, and was granted, a sales tax ...

  It all began with a birthday gift for his wife. Gary Shadders was baffled at the price of the Pottery Barn dining table his wife wanted to purchase, so he set out to recreate it with his own two ...

Growing up in Rochester, Brian Zerges saw firsthand the benefits of owning lakefront property. His parents bought two cottages on Keuka Lake near Branchport. The family vacationed in one and rented out the other to pay for them, he said. ...

Nichols Construction Team is undergoing a leadership transformation, but the outgoing president and CEO says company standards and goals built over the past 35 years won’t change. As the firm celebrates its 35th anniversary, founding partner John Nichols is passing the ...

Growing up the child of Chinese immigrants in Rochester and Brighton, Nancy Gong was familiar with Asian art and its emphasis on monochromatic works. Those familiar with the bus stop outside Gleason Works or the panels of glass in Rochester ...

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You’ve bought the local fruits and vegetables. Now the state Department of Agriculture is asking that you buy local when it comes to your Christmas tree, too. To set an example, locally grown trees and wreaths are being displayed at ...

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