Adding Some Rudy’s Lakeside Flavor to the Adirondacks
New Chalet Whiteface B&B and Rudy’s Scar Bar, owned by Oswego native Allison Livesey, show steady growth after the pandemic By Steve Yablonski Allison Livesey knows a few things about…
Tricia Peter-Clark, president and chief executive officer of ConnextCare, and Michael C. Backus, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Oswego Health announce the opening of a medical office at 3045 East Ave. in Central Square.
ConnextCare Expands Services to Central Square
ConnextCare has announced the opening of a new office in Central Square. The new site will offer primary care and mental health services and will open its doors this winter.…
Lumber Prices May Go Up Again in the Fall
Prices have leveled out recently; experts say this could change By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant A perfect storm of circumstances during the pandemic drove lumber prices to unprecedented levels earlier this…
Part of the crew which until recently ran Twin Mill Brook Farms, LLC.
Labor Shortage Shutters Central Square Sisters’ Family Dairy Business
Without workers, resurrected family dairy farm folds By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Sisters Trista VanDuzer and Melissa Booth started Twin Mill Brook Farms, LLC, in Central Square in 2018; however, above…
14 Businesses Compete for $90,000 in Prizes
Entrepreneurs advance for the next phase of the Next Great Idea Oswego County Business Plan Competition The Next Great Idea (NGI) competition kicked off in spring 2021 when entrepreneurs submitted…
SUNY Oswego Endowment Outperforms National Average
This marks the for 14th consecutive year the college surpasses the performance of other college endowments By Steve Yablonski For the past 14 years, the SUNY Oswego endowment has outperformed…
Bosco’s Now Under New Ownership
New owner of grocery store in Oswego aims to continue Bosco’s family tradition By Steve Yablonski The steady stream of vehicles in and out of the parking lot is the…
Before striking out on his own, Steve Chirello worked at PR managar at Syracuse University, Miller Brewing Co., among other places.
Chirello Advertising Celebrates 25 Years in Business
Founded in 1996, the business is still going strong today with additional clients and more products By Steve Yablonski A summer internship sparked a lifelong career. “Believe it or not,…
Models wearing samples of T-shirts marketed by Syracuse-based In Our Words Apparel.
Mother-Daughter Team Starts T-Shirt Business to Inspire Women
Ashley McLeod and her mother, entrepreneur Gwen Webber-McLeod, betting on a new line of T-shirts that they say will inspire women By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant If Syracuse resident Ashley McLeod…
Karen Knapik-Scalzo is the person most in the media seek when they’re writing stories about local unemployment, employment trends, salaries or other key labor-related statistics. She has been on the job for 30 years.
30 Years on the Job: Karen Knapik-Scalzo
Associate economist with the NYS Department of Labor, a SUNY Oswego grad, helps the media and the public understand trends in local labor, jobs By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Karen Knapik-Scalzo…