Tax Burden We’re Still on Top
By Aaron Gifford Experts attributes high taxes in NYS to the skyrocketing cost of public education and out-of-control Medicaid spending. “The state can’t continue operating with this cost structure. There…
COVID-19 Tests Labor Laws
Gray areas exist in terms of how employers are obligated to provide safe working conditions By Lou Sorendo Businesses are taking a variety of approaches to ensure health and safety…
JC Penney’s Oswego location, which has been in operation since 1977, was spared from being shutdown in a recent round of store closures
Surviving 2020
Iconic retailer JC Penney in Oswego survived 1-2 punch of COVID-19, corporate bankruptcy. Store manager reflects on her ordeal By Lou Sorendo Why was the Oswego JC Penney spared from…
Overview of the village of Liverpool with Onondaga Lake in the background. Photo by Kenneth Sturtz.
Surge in Real Estate Market
After a few slow months, real estate market is hot again, in part thanks to low interest rates, coronavirus pandemic By Ken Sturtz John and Monica Weber decided in February…
Lean Times for Travel Agents
How bad are things for travel agencies? 30% may be out of business because of pandemic-related travel restrictions, says expert By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Despite pre-pandemic growth in travel, the…
Death of the Handshake?
It may be on hiatus for the pandemic, but experts say rumors of the handshake’s demise are greatly exaggerated By Ken Sturtz The loss of the handshake in social interactions…
Wagner’s Vineyards on the shores of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes Wine Country Keeps Juice Flowing
Major tourism destination adjusts to limitations placed by global pandemic By Lou Sorendo The coronavirus has made a direct hit on the travel and tourism industry, perhaps one of the…
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail.
Put On Your Drinking Boots!
No matter where you are in New York state you are never far from a winery By Sandra Scott Local wineries are all the same in that they serve fine…
Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven. Main Street at the end of the bay running horizontally; Pleasant Beach Hotel is on the left with the docks. Photo courtesy of Kyle Meddaugh.
Summer in Fair Haven
Adaptability, natural beauty, community spirit brighten summer in this Cayuga County village By Tim Nekritz nekritz@gmail.com Many local establishments — including a re-opened Pleasant Beach Hotel, Brandon’s Pub, Turtle Cove…
Exposition Center at the Great New York State Fair. Cancellation of the fair, with an attendance of more than 1 million people, is a blow to the local tourism industry.
‘This Year is Horrendous …’
President, CEO of Visit Syracuse characterizes how COVID-19 has decimated tourism industry in Central New York By Lou Sorendo June is a month when occupancy rates in the Syracuse region…
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