Read more about the article Thrifting is Big Business In CNY
Part of the warehouse at the Rescue Mission Distribution Center. The boxes piled up in the foreground are sorted by commodity and be ultimately be sold as salvage. The racks in the middle are where all the sellable clothes are hand-sorted and hung. They will ultimately be sent to the Thrifty Shopper stores or the 3fifteen stores.

Thrifting is Big Business In CNY

Thrifty stores running by the Rescue Mission generate $19 million in sales; revenues help fund programs and services to the needy By Mary Beth Roach   Thrifting at the Syracuse…

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Read more about the article SPECIAL REPORT: Buy a Church in Pulaski. Asking Price: $99,000
Former Congregational Church of Pulaski on 27 Church St. is one of 56 properties that were used for religious purposes that are for sale in New York state. Asking price: $99,000. Photos courtesy of Stephen Schmitt, real estate agent with HUNT Commercial Real Estate.

SPECIAL REPORT: Buy a Church in Pulaski. Asking Price: $99,000

In New York state, 56 properties that were used for religious purposes are listed for sale on the Cityfeet.com website — including buildings in Pulaski and Oneida By Aaron Gifford…

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Read more about the article BUSINESS UPDATE: Century 21 Galloway Realty Marks Milestone
All in the family: The late Tom Galloway, seated, started his real estate business in 1965 as a one-man operation. His son Bill, left, bought the business in 1994 and still runs it along with his wife Elaine. Ryan, Bill and Elaine’s son, joined in in 2011.

BUSINESS UPDATE: Century 21 Galloway Realty Marks Milestone

Local real estate agency in business for 60 years By Stefan Yablonski   T here’s a saying in real estate — location, location, location. But for William Galloway, owner of…

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Read more about the article BUSINESS UPDATE: FitzGibbons Agency Now Under New Ownership
John FitzGibbons has been in the insurance business for 45 years. He joined his father, Jack FitzGibbons, right after college, left, then returned to the business. “A business like ours only succeeds to the level of the success of the community. The investment and success of the community is a long-term investment in the success of our business,” he said.

BUSINESS UPDATE: FitzGibbons Agency Now Under New Ownership

Long-time owner John FitzGibbons recalls trajectory of the Oswego-based agency (founded by his grandfather in 1922) and explains why Marshall + Sterling was the right company to acquire his business…

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