1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (105+ words) Fire destroys Spencer’s only full-service grocery store Fingerlakes1.com Fire destroys Spencer’s only full-service grocery store A Friday afternoon fire destroyed Spencer’s only full-service grocery store, Shurfine Food Mart, according to The Ithaca Voice. The fire began around 12:30 p.m., and…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1175+ words) New York is moving to tighten oversight of automobile insurance rate increases, but the state’s latest affordability initiative stops well short of guaranteeing drivers will actually see lower premiums. Instead, the most immediate change is procedural. Under current rules, insurers…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (255+ words) Rochester Regional Health has added a general surgeon who is accepting patients at its Clifton Springs and Geneva offices, expanding appointment options for people seeking surgical care in the Finger Lakes. Dr. Edwin Jimenez is seeing patients at Clifton Springs…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (294+ words) New York will provide $2.2 million to expand free Sunday admission at the 9/11 Memorial Museum for people who live or study in the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Beginning in October, the New York First Sundays program will offer free admission…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (298+ words) New York is offering up to $25 million to establish a semiconductor design center in New York City, Long Island or parts of the Hudson Valley. The state says the center would connect downstate technology talent and investors with chip research…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (492+ words) New York has awarded $2 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for a cancer genomics study involving first responders exposed to toxins after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The project is examining blood samples for precancerous mutations that could identify responders at…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (485+ words) Cornell AgriTech researchers are testing 61 commercial, experimental and heritage hop varieties to determine which can grow reliably in New York and produce flavors brewers want. The Geneva-based program evaluates plants from the field through pilot batches, giving growers yield and…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1292+ words) Only about half of U.S. business owners view their city or local area positively as a place to operate, according to new Gallup research that puts customer access, business support networks, regulation and government services ahead of taxes and real estate…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (216+ words) Geneva businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs can apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 through the city's Microenterprise Assistance Program. The city received Community Development Block Grant funding for the program from the New York State Office of Community Renewal, according to…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1027+ words) Auburn city government could lock in a significantly higher electricity supply rate for the next four years while also advancing a $190,000 stream restoration project at Hoopes Park and acting on two police grant proposals when City Council meets tonight. The…...