WESTFIELD — Westfield area businesses have won several awards in the Lake Erie Living Magazine “Best of Lake Erie” competition covering communities across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Westfield area businesses home 13 awards out of 27 categories and 84 total winners. ...

The Biden administration proposed new standards that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most pets hate visiting the vet. Now it’s becoming a lot more unpleasant for their owners, too. America’s worst bout of inflation in four decades has swollen the cost of your dog or cat’s visit to the animal doctor. Prices for vet services have jumped 10% in the past ...

WASHINGTON — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.5% in September from a year earlier, the third straight decline though costs remain at painfully high levels. Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the producer price index — which measures price changes ...

NEW YORK — Goodwill is expanding its online presence, promising high tech features from digitized receipts to personalized alerts. The 120-year-old Maryland-based nonprofit organization this month launched GoodwillFinds, a shopping venture that is making roughly 100,000 donated items ...

HARTFIELD — Crosby’s recently held a grand reopening of its convenience store in Hartfield. “Hartfield is a great community and we’re proud to be part of it — we are so excited to be in this location for customers and serve Chautauqua County,” said Lenny Smith, vice president and ...