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Constellation Brands announces acquisition of SpikedAde
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Alcohol company Constellation Brands announced on Tuesday that it has acquired SpikedAde. SpikedAde is a spirit-based ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage brand that combines sports drink flavors with a vodka base. The beverage is zero-sugar, 100 calories, and non-carbonated. The company acquired SpikedAde on Tuesday to strengthen its position in the RTD category. […]
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Upstate New York bucking national housing slowdown
Upstate New York markets — Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Binghamton — rank among the Northeast's hottest, with tight inventory and fast sales. Rochester leads at 1.1 months' supply and 21 days to contract. Syracuse has 1.6 months' supply and a $325,000 median. Micron's planned chip plant promises long-term demand growth. AI Summary.
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Epi training helps Wickham Farms staff save guest’s life
PENFIELD, N.Y. (WROC) — When it comes to fall feels, Wickham Farms in Penfield has a little bit of everything: a corn maze, apples and bees. Last year, one of those bees stung a guest. It turned out she was severely allergic, and had left her EpiPen in the car. When the farm’s director of […]
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Goya Gives: 90 Years of Giving Back in Newark | Monica Makes It Happen
Goya Gives is celebrating 90 years of Goya Foods with a powerful celebration of community, culture and the next generation. In Newark, Rafael Toro of Goya Foods was honored with a Key to the City, recognizing Goya’s longstanding commitment to the Hispanic community and its impact across the region. As part of the celebration, Goya Foods also awarded five scholarships to deserving young Latino students, helping support their education and future dreams.
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UPS hiring 100,000 seasonal employees nationwide to prepare for holiday season
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — UPS is ramping up its workforce for the busy holiday season by hiring 100,000 seasonal workers at locations nationwide. The company says the temporary workers will help sort, move and deliver packages during the holiday rush. In our region, there are open positions for seasonal warehouse workers in Batavia, Henrietta and Geneva.
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Proposed 412-unit housing development draws concerns in Honeoye Falls
Honeoye Falls, N.Y. — A proposed development that could bring more than 400 new homes and apartments to Honeoye Falls drew a crowd of residents to a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Monday night. The proposed Copperfield development calls for 242 single-family homes and a multifamily site with 170...
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Honeoye Falls proposal for 200 homes, 37 townhomes, and 170 apartments draws concerns
HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. — Some residents in Honeoye Falls are pushing back against a proposed housing development that could bring hundreds of new people to the village. The village is considering a project that would add 200 single-family homes, 37 townhomes and 170 apartment units to a community with a population of just under 3,000 […]
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What's In Store? First look inside Pittsford's Westport Crossing
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Luminate NY’s Ramanujan tapped to lead laser hub
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The University of Rochester-led National Science Foundation STELLAR Engine has selected Sujatha Ramanujan as its CEO. Ramanujan, former managing director of Luminate NY, was named to the position Tuesday. An original co-principal investigator, she played a key role in developing the application for the NSF Engine alongside several partners, including URochester, NextCorps and Greater Rochester Enterprise.
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Foodlink’s Community Farm in Rochester celebrates first full year with annual festival
Foodlink hosted its fifth annual Fall Festival Saturday afternoon at its community farm on Lexington Avenue, offering free food, giveaways and a chance for visitors to learn more about the farm.
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Epi training helps Wickham Farms staff save guest’s life
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Walk with Me: Inside Ibero’s push to expand affordable housing in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For more than three decades, the Ibero-American Development Corporation has worked to expand affordable housing in Rochester, transforming both new and historic properties into places families can call home. This week on “Walk With Me,” News 8’s Theresa Marsenburg gets an inside look at IADC’s growing housing portfolio and how the […]
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Finger Lakes winery opens in 15th century barn shipped from France
An impressive 15th century barn that recently stood in Champagne, France, is now home to a new Finger Lakes winery. The 1487 Heritage tasting room is up and running overlooking Seneca Lake in Hector. Céline and Sébastien LeSeurre, both natives of France, are owners. The couple also owns Domaine LeSeurre Winery, which has been operating in Hammondsport on Keuka Lake since 2013. 15th century French barn finds new home in Finger Lakes Sébastien LeSeurre, who grew up in the Champagne region of France, is the sixth generation of his family to make wine. He had long envisioned the couple having an old French structure in the Finger Lakes. "The idea was to bring the old character of us in the New World," he said. But it would take years for the right land and the right building to come together. In 2025, he was in France when he spotted an online ad that said "beams for sale." When he answered the ad, he found an abandoned barn in disrepair; the farmer said he was close to knocking down the building. “The thing was beautiful," he said. "I don’t think anybody realized how beautiful it was.” He appealed to the owner