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Rita Van Alstyne R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry You opened R.H. Van Alstyne Fine Jewelry in 1990. What inspired you to open your own business? There was a paucity of female-owned jewelry stores in my area. It’s mostly women who wear jewelry, and I felt that...
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Michael Richman Ta-da! Tell us how Ta-da! started and what inspired you to open a novelty store? I originally started out working for my father’s store, Pearl Grant Richmans. I put in a little kids’ department there and watched it grow and grow. It was like a...
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Jared Nekos Nekos-Dedrick’s Pharmacy, Dedrick’s Pharmacy and Hazard’s Pharmacy You independently own a few pharmacies in the state. Which pharmacies? Dedrick’s Pharmacy in New Paltz, I bought in 2018. Nekos-Dedrick’s in Kingston was...
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Joseph Stern Boro Rug & Carpet Warehouse Tell us the history of Boro Rug & Carpet Warehouse. How did you get involved with the business? My father, Herman Stern, started his first company after the war. He’s 98 years old, and a Holocaust survivor. He started...
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Eneslow Shoes & Orthotics Robert Schwartz Eneslow has been family-owned and operated since 1909. Tell us about the 100-plus-year-old business. Yes, Eneslow, the shoe store, is now celebrating 100 years. We have skilled people. Technicians who make shoes and...
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Cosentino’s Florist Jessica and Carmen Cosentino Your family has been in the floral industry since 1933. Tell us how the business started. Carmen: It began when my parents found this place for rent in 1933. They had been in business before and were very...
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Dan Morehouse Morehouse Appliances Morehouse Appliances is America’s second-oldest continuously operating, family-owned appliance retailer. Tell us about your history. My great-grandfather was a blacksmith and a tinsmith, and he moved into stoves. In that time period,...
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Pete Millspaugh Millspaugh Furniture Tell us about your family’s history of furniture making. It started over 167 years ago. My great, great, great-grandfather, TL, was a woodworker. He was working for a man named John Woolsey in Walden, New York and his business was...
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Sew Creative Lisa Swisher Sew Creative has been in business in Rochester since 1975. Please tell us about the products and services you offer to your community. Primarily, we are a sewing machine business, and we offer classes. Our Learn to Sew classes have been...
