January

Byrne Dairy to create 250 jobs in $125M plan to expand facilities

DeWITT — Byrne Dairy Inc. plans to create nearly 250 jobs in Onondaga County as part of the firm’s $125 million plan to expand its facilities. Read More

Big I New York board chair calls new insurance-licensing law “common sense”

DeWITT — DeWitt–based Big I New York announced that it applauds the approval of a new state law that the organization says it wrote for “easier” compliance with insurance-licensing requirements. Gov. Read More

SBDC in Watertown offers winter entrepreneurship courses for startups and existing businesses

WATERTOWN — The New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Watertown is offering its entrepreneurial training course in two versions this winter to people interested in starting a new Read More

City of Syracuse offers paid parental-leave for non-union employees

SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse is providing city employees working in non-represented positions with 12 weeks of paid leave, which they can use for a new birth, adoption, or foster placement. Read More

Oswego Health appoints Brown as VP of human resources

OSWEGO — Oswego Health announced it has appointed Marquand (Marq) Brown as VP of human resources. Brown arrives from Pennsylvania with 20 years of experience in all areas of human resources, includin Read More

The Boxer

I’d like to share a bit about my business partner Mark Bandurchin, whose story is seldom told (as Paul Simon, one of Mark’s favorites, said best). Read More

Five Social-Media Trends to Watch for in 2019

Now that 2019 is here, business owners and marketers should be thinking about what they can do to make their companies more successful in this New Year. Hopefully, somewhere near the top of their prio Read More