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Beauty for you; beauty for the planet. Gloria Onderdonk’s tagline for her company, Kaia Earth Skin Care, is unwaveringly honest. “Kaia” comes from the Greek word for “pure.” Her mission is to help others maintain clear, healthy, moisturized skin with ...

What is craft? Typically applied to locally produced beer, the term is spreading to other comestibles seeking to stand out among a host of home-grown products. The craft hot sauce movement is one that has quietly flourished over the past ...

Kellie and Kristi Wright are not only mother and daughter, they’re business co-owners. The duo have different backgrounds—Kellie, of Mendon, previously worked as a financial adviser in design sales management and Kristi is a hairdresser at The Men’s Room Barber ...

Nicole Mahoney is no stranger to the small business arena. Self-employed since 1998, her latest small business, Break the Ice Media, is the culmination of her entrepreneurial journey. Mahoney, CEO, founded the company in 2009. Prior to starting the business, ...

Walking in the double doors of Warehouse127 is like stepping into an episode of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.” On the left are immaculate white walls, while exposed brick lines the right side of the building. Look up and you’ll see wood ...

Social anxiety can be debilitating. It held back Linda Heeler for much of her life, until she discovered life coaching. Heeler was a dental hygienist for over 25 years, but she knew in her gut that there was something else ...

  It’s been six years since the video was released of bus monitor Karen Klein being verbally berated by four Greece Athena Middle School students. Although it was a horrendous situation, good has managed to come out of it. Cynthia ...

At age 7 Bob Capurso found his calling in life: Scouting. He started as a Cub Scout and his since gone on to earn the Silver Beaver Award, the most prestigious award in volunteer scouting. In between that time Capurso ...

Mae Fox is soft spoken, gentle, compassionate, empathetic—the list goes on. So, when her counselor suggested she try anger management classes 20 years ago, she was rightfully stunned. “I said, ‘I think you need to look at the chart you ...

As a business owner, Maureen Ballatori thrives off of creativity and change. It was that yearning to be more freely creative that pushed her to start her business, 29 Design Studio, in the first place. 29 Design Studio began as ...

It can be hard to let go of a business you started from scratch and patiently nourished to success. However, Chris McEntee put her business in the right hands when she sold Splatters Studio Ltd. a decade after she opened ...

  Meals by DeLeo started by accident. Owner and executive chef Jason DeLeo was meal prepping for himself when a friend, Nick Benedetto, approached him at a body building competition and asked him about his regimen. DeLeo told him about ...

Some high school seniors are worrying about their pending college plans and making sure they graduate with a good grade-point average. Others have had enough and are just trying to skate by the skin of their teeth. Courtney Martin, however, ...

  Heather Collins suffered from problematic skin. When she couldn’t find any successful treatments, she took matters into her own hands and created her own soap company, Indie Goat Soap, with her business partner, Amanda Marino. Originally from Pennsylvania, Collins ...

Bob Whipple has become so knowledgeable on the topic of trust that he has earned himself the title “Trust Ambassador.” Like many other locals, Whipple spent 31 years working for Kodak. Always fascinated by leadership, he spent much of his ...