Business

Today is the last day of the 50th Holiday Bazaar Arts and Crafts sale held at the Rochester Museum and Science Center Council. More than 170 vendors are being showcased and selling their jewelry, crafts, knits, and paintings. Kim Ozur, an RMSC council member, stated: “We’re so happy to have everyone back here after the […]

Rihanna wants Beyonce to walk in the next Savage x Fenty Fashion Show. Rihanna told E!’ “I mean, Beyoncé got body. That would just trump everything for me.” Bey would join an already impressive list of Fenty models, including Gigi Hadid, Johnny Depp and Irina Shayk. For her most recent 2022 show, which premiered on Prime Video on […]

Next Week is Thanksgiving and travelers can expect to see a rise in gas prices. Officials with GasBuddy said that the national gas price average is expected to be $3.68 on the day of Thanksgiving — a $.30 increase from last year. Experts added this is higher than the previous record of $3.44 in 2012. […]

Happy Holidays! In celebration of the holiday season, over this past weekend, the George Eastman Museum’s annual Sweet Creations gingerbread display returned. The display includes more than 60 cleverly designed decorated gingerbread creations. Anyone looking to check it our can do so now until January 1st. In order to manage crowds, the museum recommends advance […]

Rochester welcomes Sean “Diddy” Combs! Rapper and businessman, Diddy, is investing in Rochester’s cannabis infrastructure. According to a release from Cresco Labs, Combs is buying $185 million of assets from Cresco Labs and Columbia Care. The deal is set to close in 2023. Diddy stated: “My mission has always been to create opportunities for Black […]

More and more people are putting money on the game, or games. Online sports-betting company DraftKings Inc. posted higher-than-expected revenue for the start of this year’s football season. The company reported revenue of $502 million for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, more than double its revenue in the same period last year. Click Here To […]

Due to a possible recession, ride-hailing service Lyft is laying off 13% of its employees. Co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer shared the tough news by stating: “There are several challenges playing out across the economy,” the memo reads. “We’re facing a probable recession sometime in the next year and rideshare insurance costs are going […]

McDonald’s is getting everyone in Black Panther spirit with their new promotion for the upcoming movie release. McDonald’s is now offering Happy meals with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever toys leading up to the movie next week. The Happy meal toys will offer 10 different characters from the movie. I wonder if these toys will make […]

Were having issues with your Instagram account ? The social media giant Meta took to Twitter to inform users that the platform had an outage that caused several accounts to be suspended, removed or just wasn’t loading properly. Last week the company’s WhatsApp crashed for hours. Meta has yet to say what caused the outage. https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/10/instagram-app-crashes-users-randomly-suspended-in-outage.html

If you are looking for assistance this winter in paying your heat bill, New York State is here to help. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can provide up to $976 this winter to help low- and middle-income households and senior citizens keep their homes warm and help defray high energy costs. Governor Kathy Hochul […]