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Jerky business, country store expand in Sherrill
SHERRILL — Joe’s Jerky didn’t win this year’s EDGE Business Competition, but the Sherrill start-up business sparked enough interest from contest sponsors that they followed
Aspen Athletic continues growth with new Fairmount club
CAMILLUS — Aspen Athletic Clubs’ pursuit of a location in Fairmount has been a marathon, not a sprint. “We’ve actually been looking at the Fairmount–Camillus area since back before our Liverpool location opened,” says Nichole Polos, who owns and manages Aspen with her husband, Brent Polos. “2006 is when we opened the Liverpool location.” Aspen
Gallery One Fourteen marches out new location at Fort Drum
FORT DRUM — Kathleen Backus Alibrandi didn’t expect the military to recruit her art and framing gallery. But it did. And she responded to the call, opening a new branch of her Syracuse–based Gallery One Fourteen at Fort Drum on Sept. 4. Alibrandi hadn’t planned to open a second location. She operated Gallery One Fourteen
Survey: Small-business owners uncertain about new 401(k) fee notices
New U.S. Department of Labor required 401(k) fee disclosures haven’t given small-business owners a shot of confidence about explaining their retirement-plan offerings, according to a new survey. The rules, which the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration put into effect this summer, require plan administrators to provide participants and beneficiaries with plan-related information like
Rising astronomer launches New Moon Telescopes
WEST MONROE — Celestial inspiration led Ryan Goodson to look into telescopes, and 10 years later he’s viewing them as a chance to run a business in a field he loves. “It started a little over a decade ago,” Goodson says. “I saw a fireball shoot across the sky when I was on my way
Smile-Therapy wants to beam emails to colleges, businesses
CAMILLUS — Have grouchy employees in the morning? A small firm in Camillus wants to help everyone grin so you don’t have to bear it. Smile-Therapy sends out an email at 8 a.m. every morning that’s designed to help people start their days on a positive note. The company started signing up individuals for its
Anaren captures new satellite work
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) said today it received an order worth more than $7 million for antenna assemblies to be used in a
Galaxy programming VP to retire
SYRACUSE — Mimi Griswold, vice president of programming at Galaxy Communications, will retire at the end of this year. Griswold has been with Galaxy since
CCMR names latest JumpStart companies
ITHACA — Three companies will participate in the latest round of the JumpStart program from the Cornell Center for Materials Research. Empire State Development’s Division
Vestal businesswoman wins competition
VESTAL — White Knight Productions owner Elin Barton is one of 30 winners in the Make Mine a Million business competition. Barton, who gave a
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