The longstanding tradition of Sunday sauce is rooted in family: a designated time of the week where a slow-cooked pot of flavors brings the entire family to the dinner table. But for Julie Camardo, CEO of Zweigle’s (preference: white hot), Sunday sauce meant driving to all the local “hots” places with her family. “We’d hop […]
Roberto Lagares
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At Norbut Farms, the future of solar is shepherded by the sheep
Embroidered on J. Michael Moore’s pine green hooded sweatshirt is the Norbut Farms logo. Beneath it the phrase, “The farm of tomorrow.” That’s the core belief throughout the grounds of the agriculture division that Moore, general farm manager, runs at Norbut Solar Farms in Spencerport. The Kentucky native pioneered the first solar grazing program at […]
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A retail store meets the next generation of riders off-piste
Jonah DiPasquale remembers the first time he carved up a fresh bank of snow on his friend’s Burton snowboard. It was the late ’80s, when skiing still dominated the mountains and snowboarding was finding its footing in professional and recreational winter sports. “The equipment back then was just so antiquated, these giant buckles and big […]
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A reporter leaves the country — and comes back hungry for more
During my recent travels between Athens, Santorini and Paros, I was often greeted in Greek before the host realized they’d mistaken me for a local. I like to refer to myself as “ethnically ambiguous,” as my identity is often assumed based on the environment. The assumption even comes with perks — one host informed me […]
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Ridge Donut Cafe works to rise above the complexities baked into running a donut shop
A line forms outside Ridge Donut Cafe each morning well before the sun makes its daily appearance. The demand for donuts remains strong, and the longstanding donut shop is only one of two (the other being Donuts Delite on Culver Road) in the area still making them by hand “the old fashioned way,” without automated […]
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Tinseltown to become one of 33 theaters worldwide equipped to show IMAX 70mm film
IMAX and Cinemark announced on Monday an agreement to add and upgrade systems across 17 locations, with Rochester’s Tinseltown location on Buffalo Road becoming one of three — along with Colorado Springs and Chicago — to receive IMAX 70mm for the first time. Currently, there are only 30 theaters in the world equipped to project […]
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Monroe County’s most historic property rebuilds its public acclaim
It’s high noon and the grounds of the Stone-Tolan House are serenely quiet. If not for the ambient noise spilling over the tall concrete walls that separate the historic site from six lanes of traffic on the expressway, it’s easy to believe this is a country road on the outskirts of civilization. Instead, the red […]
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Family tree
At Stokoe Farms, seven generations of blood, sweat and shears have uphold tradition.
