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GLENVILLE
Mohawk Honda to expand outdoor lot in Glenville
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Mohawk Honda will expand its outdoor sales area with the takeover of the former Carbone Carpets lot next door on Freemans Bridge Road.
NISKAYUNA
SI Group hires new outsider CEO
Monday, May 6, 2013
For only the second time in more than a century, SI Group has looked outside the company for its new president and chief executive officer.
NISKAYUNA
Historic Niskayuna mansion to start new life on new site
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The old Stanford mansion has been through much in recent years, from the controversy over what to do with it to the site being physically moved — twice. But it’s now about to see its new life begin, one to be spent as a bank.
MALTA
Balloons give a hint of height of GloFo smokestacks
Saturday, May 4, 2013
A balloon test to help the public assess the visual impact of GlobalFoundries’ proposed plant is a crucial step for company officials hoping to move the project forward.
SCHENECTADY
‘Les Mis’ crowds a good problem for business
Saturday, May 4, 2013
“Les Miserables” breezed through town this week, bringing a whirlwind of economic activity to downtown Schenectady.
SCHENECTADY
MVP lays off another 22, 12 in Schenectady
Friday, May 3, 2013
MVP Health Care has laid off 22 more employees just months after announcing 68 company-wide layoffs as part of a restructuring plan to keep its health plans affordable to members.
NEW YORK
Dow crosses 15,000 for first time
Friday, May 3, 2013
A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to a record high.
GLENVILLE
Schenectady chamber honors those who make good news
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Ten businesses, organizations and people were honored at the Chamber of Schenectady County’s annual Good News luncheon Thursday.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Saratoga County, economic development group at odds over end to relationship
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Saratoga County and its chief economic development agency offered competing versions Thursday of why the agency’s 35-year relationship with the county is being terminated.
SCHOHARIE
Court says towns can ban fracking
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A court decision Thursday upholds the right of New York towns to ban heavy industry operations including the controversial natural gas extraction process called hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking.
SCHENECTADY
Cleanup to shift jobs off Broadway
Thursday, May 2, 2013
An environmental cleanup of a 9-acre site along Broadway west of Interstate 890 has forced National Grid to temporarily relocate some of its city workforce to Glenville.
ALBANY
Albany’s Broadway Art Center to close
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Broadway Art Center, which has displayed and sold artwork in the downtown Arcade Building since 2007, will close May 31.
SCOTIA
Petition drive calls for village to shut down Mohawk Avenue smoke shop
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A village resident has launched a petition drive against a local smoke shop, saying it is not the right kind of business for Scotia.
SARATOGA COUNTY
GloFo balloon sight test set Saturday
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
With the weather forecast for Saturday looking good, Malta town officials said a balloon test to help the public assess the visual impact of GlobalFoundries’ proposed second computer chip plant will go forward as scheduled.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Saratoga County will not renew SEDC economic development deal
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors will end its decade-long relationship with the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation at the end of 2013.
