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U.S. Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY) recently visited TRSA member Unitex Textile Rental Services’ facility in Newburgh, NY, to meet local constituents and discuss how government can facilitate small-business investment to revitalize the economy. The congresswoman, who is also a doctor, toured the four-year-old healthcare laundry that employs 220 local residents and processes more than 60…

MOUNT VERNON – News 12 Video reports: Today marks the 10-year anniversary of a processing plant in Mount Vernon. The processing plant is one of 11 locations owned by laundry cleaning service Unitex. Unitex, which has hired 350 people in Mount Vernon, has been in business for 90 years. The company cleans laundry from 3,500…

For almost two years, Lisa Sokoloff was unemployed after the plant in Spotswood where she had worked shut down. “I was told I was overqualified, or places just weren’t hiring,’’ she said. “Then I heard about this.’‘ Sokoloff recently landed a job as a fork-lift operator at Unitex, a commercial laundry operation that opened on…

In January, Greenwich native Glenn Caruso was voted the Division III national football Coach of the Year for 2010 in the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year program. At age 36, the University of St. Thomas coach is the youngest winner of the award, which bases nominations on on-field leadership and achievements as well as…