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17-year-old Mikey Williams has signed a multiyear footwear and apparel endorsement deal with Puma. Williams is the first American high school basketball player to sign a sneaker deal with a global footwear company. The junior from Charlotte, North Carolina is a combo guard and just a few years away from being eligible for the 2024 NBA […]
In hopes of attracting new employees, the Rochester City School District is now offering incentives to current and new bus drivers. These incentives include a hiring bonus of up to $2,500 for drivers hired through April 1, 2022, as well as any employee hired before October 25, 2021, whose position requires a Commercial Drivers’ License […]
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement that Facebook’s new corporate name will be ‘Meta.’ This announcement is in effort to reimage the company’s public image from just a social network platform to tech innovator focused on building the next generation of online interaction, known as the “metaverse.” In a statement from Zuckerberg, he […]
Looking for a new sweet spot? Try out the national chain ‘Crumbl Cookies’ that opened yesterday. This is the first store in New York State, located in Henrietta at 100 Marketplace Drive. Every week, ‘Crumbl Cookies’ will offer four different gourmet cookies on its shelves, as well as freshly baked chocolate chip and sugar cookies […]
Yesterday, ESL Federal Credit Union announced that they will be donating over $1 million to provide scholarships for students of lower-income families. 30 eligible students selected across six counties will receive these scholarships to help supplement existing state and federal financial aid, such as funding for housing. Faheed Masood, president, and chief executive officer for […]
Students at Howard University are now entering their second week of sit-ins, as they protest the school’s poor housing conditions and continue to fight for answers from the campus administration. Since the beginning of this fall semester, students say they’ve raised multiple concerns regarding mold in the walls of their dorms, the lack of COVID-19 […]
It’s time to say goodbye to foam peanuts as New York State will soon ban some products made of expanded polystyrene, what most of us call Styrofoam. Some restaurants will be changing their take-out containers due to this new ban. Not all are ready for the shift as while the ban will help the environment, […]
Yesterday, Wegmans announced that all of its Wegmans Pharmacy locations are now offering the Moderna and J&J/Janssen vaccine booster doses to eligible individuals by appointment only. Those who are eligible may choose which vaccine they receive as a booster dose. If you are seeking the booster shot and received Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech as your primary […]
Yesterday, a virtual conference offered insight and advice for Rochester business owners looking to grow their businesses. At this conference, Venture Jobs Foundation aims to launch a new program, called Anchor Jobs. Anchor jobs are set to launch in 2022 and are designed to invest in businesses that agree to locate in an underserved area […]
The Lucky Flea Market took Rochester by storm when launching in late May on Anderson and Carlton. The market was originally going to end in late June, but will all the success and hype, they expanded to the Village Gate area, with over 100 vendors. As colder weather approaches, the Lucky Flea plans to continue […]
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