Marc Daalder Detroit Free Press Published 10:57 p.m. UTC Jul 21, 2018 A Detroit business owner seen spitting at a security guard's face on a Facebook video Tuesday has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Saturday. Robert Stanzler, 50, was arrested Tuesday morning by Detroit police after officers were called to a disturbance outside his business, The Detroit Mercantile Co., on Russell Street in Eastern Market. "It is alleged that the defendant was upset about parking by others on his property when he made an obscene gesture and spat in (Ibrahim) Faison’s face. The victim provided cell phone video of the incident to the police," according to a news release from the prosecutor's office. Faison, 29, shared the video on Facebook under username Ibrahim Mission, and it had received more than 66,000 views by Saturday evening. He'd … [Read more...] about Business owner charged with assault, battery after spitting incident
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More small businesses seek to expand opportunities for disabled workers
Joyce M. Rosenberg The Associated Press Published 5:54 p.m. UTC Jul 21, 2018 NEW YORK — On any weekday morning, Miles Thornback is working on marketing campaigns for real estate agents or dealing with tricky tech issues at the office. Thornback, who has cerebral palsy, got hired three years ago at the RE/MAX Prestige real estate agency in Costa Mesa, Calif., after the owners heard that he'd spent six years applying for jobs at hundreds of companies and finding nothing but negative mindsets. Many small business owners are open to hiring or specifically recruit people who have disabilities, sometimes because they want to expand the opportunities for people with talent and skills but who can't find jobs. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities who want to be hired is 8 percent, more than twice the national average. "I think a lot of people assume that if you're disabled, you can't work," says Thornback, 36, who uses a wheelchair. While some jobs he applied for … [Read more...] about More small businesses seek to expand opportunities for disabled workers
What’s New: Businesses in Saratoga Springs
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Bill seeks to target businesses engaged in human trafficking
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill aimed at closing the so-called “bodyworks loophole” that critics say helps businesses act as fronts for human trafficking. The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Mark Montigny, would add “bodyworkers,” bodywork therapy and bodywork facilities to the state’s licensing structure overseen by the Division of Professional Licensure. The bill, approved Thursday by the Senate, would restructure the Board of Registration of Massage Therapy to include two bodyworks practitioners and a law enforcement representative specialized in human trafficking. Under current law, the practice of bodyworks therapy is not licensed, unlike massage therapy. Attorney General Maura Healey said her office has investigated establishments that purported to offer “bodyworks” or “bodywork therapy” but were fronts for human trafficking operations. The bill now heads to the House. Close The … [Read more...] about Bill seeks to target businesses engaged in human trafficking
Tons of new businesses are coming to Bixby Knolls – find out what, where and when
By Tim Grobaty | [email protected] | Press-TelegramPUBLISHED: May 24, 2016 at 5:56 pm | UPDATED: September 1, 2017 at 12:46 pm We remember when Bixby Knolls was Grandmaville. Not that that was a bad thing. We loved our grandma, and she took me on frequent visits to uptown on Atlantic Avenue to Roberts or Grants for some nice clothes. Might have been a glancing shot at our mom who dressed us like a hobo, We don’t know. And for decades Bixby Knolls just kind of sat there, employing a sort of mercantile rope-a-dope waiting for its second wind. That started in the winter of 2000 when Trader Joe’s moved to Atlantic, followed by a Jamba Juice. Small stuff in the realm of things, but it whiffed a bit of life into the long-doddering part of town. Now, Bixby Knolls is on fire and you would not lose an argument if you maintained it is the hottest spot in Long Beach now, zipping almost unnoticed past downtown, which is always struggling and misstepping to regain its 1940s-era … [Read more...] about Tons of new businesses are coming to Bixby Knolls – find out what, where and when