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COBLESKILL
Grand hotel turned furniture store at heart of Cobleskill history
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Scholet Furniture offers a fine array of couches, chairs and other home furnishings. Walking up the front steps of the building at 561 Main St., you’re also greeted by a strong sense of history.
ROTTERDAM
Abandoned storage units can be full of surprises – or junk
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Auctions are part of the self-storage business. Whenever people fall behind in their rents or abandon their possessions, business managers are allowed to sell the contents and find new “tenants” for storage areas. A lot of the auction commotion is thanks to “Storage Wars,” a reality television series that began on A&E Network in 2010.
Commerce and Community: May 17, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Business news from around the region
SCHENECTADY
Mash Up pairs Schenectady retailers, eateries
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Merchant Mash Up introduces more people to downtown Schenectady’s businesses, both retail shops and restaurants.
MALTA
Malta looking for Luther Forest fees
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The town of Malta is owed nearly $800,000 in overdue payments for road maintenance in the Luther Forest Technology Campus, and it is looking for ways to collect.
Commerce and Community: May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
News from around the area business community.
Commerce and Community: May 15, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Business news from around the region.
MALTA & STILLWATER
Hearings set on GloFo infrastructure funding
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency will hold three public hearings next month on GlobalFoundries’ request for help in financing $70 million in infrastructure to serve the Luther Forest Technology Campus.
NEW YORK STATE
State moving to revive hops industry
Saturday, May 11, 2013
More New York farmers are planting hops, with the goal of selling their product to craft breweries throughout the state and region.
Commerce and Community: May 11, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
News from the local business community.
SCHENECTADY
MVP unveils merger plan
Friday, May 10, 2013
MVP Health Care and Hudson Health Plan announced Friday they have agreed to merge into one company, largely to bolster each other’s organizations within a rapidly changing health care landscape.
MALTA & STILLWATER
GlobalFoundries offers infrastructure funding idea
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Luther Forest Technology Campus may get promoted as a world-class site for technology companies, but some of the basic infrastructure there was never finished. Computer chip maker GlobalFoundries now wants to take on some of that work but is looking for government help to do it.
SCHENECTADY
Metroplex moves on cleanup project, awards grants
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Metroplex approved environmental cleanup work in Scotia, announced grant money for an apartment project in the Stockade and approved a facade grant for a downtown Schenectady business at its monthly board meeting Wednesday evening.
Commerce and Community: May 9, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Business news from around the region
LATHAM
French firm invests in Plug Power
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Plug Power has received a $6.5 million investment from a French maker of industrial gases that company officials hope will provide the liquidity it has long needed for growth.
