Author: Colette Connolly

Having run Dodd’s Wine Shop in Millwood for 40 years, Dodd Farber knows what it takes to create a winning business. The liquor store, located in the Millwood Shopping Center, is a popular destination for locals, but what makes Dodd’s

Some people start a home-based business searching the Internet for tips on how to launch their ideas. When Rose Colonna was toying with the notion of creating a new business, she found inspiration in a book called, “How to Start

After closing his family’s Mount Vernon-based auto repair shop and gas station after 40 years in business, John Repetti didn’t anticipate starting a new venture. But not being one to stay idle for long, Repetti and his wife, Susan, found

If there’s one thing that most parents have in common, it’s having to endure the bickering that can take place between siblings in the backseat of a car. Three local inventors have solved that dilemma by creating Divide Your Ride,

Based on the success of his first gym in Pleasantville, Anthony DiFroscia is planning to unveil a second facility in Bedford Hills, complete with an array of top-shelf cardio and muscle-building equipment as well as on-site and virtual exercise classes.

As a young girl, Livia DiPaola often watched her aunt cut hair and dreamed one day that she, too, would become a hair stylist. That dream came true 14 years ago when DiPaola opened her own business in Hawthorne called