ALBANY — Hundreds of letters were hand-delivered Wednesday to the Executive Chamber to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office from anxious farmers and farm laborers pleading against the state Wage Board’s pending decision to lower the agricultural overtime threshold to 40 hours.
ROCHESTER — Applications are being accepted for Round 2 of the Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization Grant Program.
WARSAW — Brow lifts. Regrowing hair. Scar removal.
Noyes Health, citing rising COVID-19 numbers, is instituting new visitors restrictions beginning Friday that will limit the number and frequency of visitors in areas of the hospital, urgent care and the Geneseo surgical location.
BATAVIA — The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce has announced three events to celebrate the Chamber’s 50th anniversary in 2022.
BUFFALO — M&T Bank is conducting its Gift of Warmth donation drive through Jan. 7.
BATAVIA — The federal government plans to distribute money to selected Finger Lakes counties to aid cultural and historical activities, and Genesee County Historian Michael Eula wants to make sure Genesee County gets some of those funds.
BATAVIA — A longtime business owner and community benefactor will be honored Friday for his efforts when Bill Hayes steps forward to receive the Genesee County Health & Humanitarian Award.
WASHINGTON — Americans will see prices at the pump fall “before long,” President Joe Biden said after tapping U.S. oil reserves to ease price pressures and risk a feud with OPEC.
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DANSVILLE – Noyes Health’s Kim Povec has been named to Rochester Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list less than two months after taking the director of strategy and business development position at Noyes Memorial Hospital.
LE ROY — families are faced with tough decisions heading into the holiday season.
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. braces for a busy holiday travel period, the Biden administration’s decision Tuesday to sell 50 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should lower gasoline prices in the short term, analysts said.
Samsung Electronics has chosen Taylor, Texas, over Genesee County and other sites for a $17 billion semiconductor plant.
Federal and state leaders praised President Joseph R. Biden’s decision Tuesday to tap millions of gallons of fuel from the national reserve to lower energy prices, although market experts expect the effect to be minimal.
(TNS) – Samsung is making another multi-billion-dollar bet on Central Texas, as the technology giant confirmed Tuesday that it has picked a site in Williamson County, near Taylor, to build a $17 billion chip-making fabrication facility.
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BATAVIA — Last year’s pandemic pause was harsh on businesses throughout the GLOW region.
BATAVIA — Standing outside Max Pies Furniture, 400 S. Jackson St., Steve Pies said Friday was a special day.
BATAVIA — The Genesee County Chamber’s Annual Awards Committee is looking for nominations for the chamber’s annual awards ceremony. The chamber will honor recipients for 2021 at a place and time to be determined.
Max Pies celebrated completion of its new facade with a ribbon cutting this afternoon outside the store at 400 South Jackson St., Batavia. To watch the ribbon cutting, click the video:
BATAVIA — A half-century is around the corner for the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce.
ALBANY — The state must prioritize educating younger New Yorkers in school about a career in farming or food industries to bolster the agricultural industry and its suffering workforce, officials said.
New York will receive at least $27 billion to resuscitate its aging infrastructure, and millions of dollars to bridge the digital divide plaguing upstate, rural communities and low-income New Yorkers as part of the federal infrastructure package signed into law this week, officials said Wednesday.
Wyoming County is included in a winter weather advisory that begins tonight and continues into Friday afternoon.
ATTICA — The annual Western New York Maple School and Trade Show has been set for Dec. 4.
BATAVIA — A company hoping to build a vehicle sales, parts, service and maintenance facility at the corner of West Saile Drive and Call Parkway has town Planning Board site plan and special use permit approval.
ALBANY — New York women and minority groups struggling to balance work and family caregiving were forced to leave the workforce or change industries, contributing to the state’s record job loss and labor decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Monday.
WARSAW — Wyoming County continues to see the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact in its proposed 2022 budget.
BATAVIA — An upcoming virtual seminar will discuss African Swine Fever and its potential impact on New York pig farms.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is urging the Biden administration to do what it can to lower gas prices.
Three SUNY Geneseo alumni will be honored next week with Forty under 40 awards for 2021 from business publication in the Rochester and Buffalo areas. They were selected for their professional success and significant contributions to the community.
We’ve hit the time of year when we rally around our high school teams, and I could not be prouder of what I’m seeing.
Plug Power Inc., which broke ground about three weeks ago on a hydrogen fuel facility in Genesee County, officially opened its $125 million Innovation Center in Henrietta on Friday afternoon.
ALBANY — The New York State Agricultural Society will host the 190th Annual Meeting and Agricultural Forum on Jan. 6.
ALBANY — It is not too late to respond to the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
WARSAW — The 11th annual Shop Wyoming and Win shop contest has kicked off early this year.
Cornell experts to discuss food, ag trends at Grow-NY Summit
BATAVIA — Angotti Beverage was closed Thursday as employees were given the day off to remember the company’s founder, Anthony Angotti.
LE ROY — Sweet Betty’s on Main Street is offering something sweet for people to eat.
WILLIAMSVILLE — The Federal Trade Commission has approved the merger of Tops Markets and Price Chopper.
PAVILION — In the attempt to fill a multi-county void, Jennifer Noble of Craigs Creamery launched FarmDrop of Western NY.
WASHINGTON — The House passed an historic $1-trillion infrastructure package Friday night and planned to vote to start formal debate on their larger social spending and climate bill, a show of progress on President Joe Biden’s agenda after months of division between centrists and progressives.
DANSVILLE – Catching cancer early is the best chance to have a positive outcome. That’s why Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville and St. James Hospital in Hornell have added a state-of-the-art low-dose lung cancer screening program.
BATAVIA — After about 15 months at 56 Harvester Ave. in the Harvester Center, Rob Credi and Pub Coffee Hub are certainly settled in.
WARSAW — The possibility of starting their own business became a reality Tuesday for the graduates of the Wyoming County Business Startup Program.
WEST SENECA — The New York State Office of General Services has announced an auction of surplus vehicles, highway equipment, and miscellaneous property.
ALBION — Unemployment rates continue to decline in the GLOW region compared to 2020, according to state
BATAVIA — A demolition crew was working on the Ellicott Station Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) project site for the first day Monday to get going on project work.
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday said he’s more worried that supply chain delays will affect next year’s planting season than this year’s harvest.
