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New York home sales slip in January, CNY sales mixed
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,935 previously-owned homes in January, down 5.4 percent from the 11,565 homes they sold in January 2021, as the industry grappled with record-low inventory. Pending sales in January edged up 0.6 percent to 9,698 from 9,639 a year prior, pointing to a possible reversal of sales declines in […]
Birch Wealth Management adds employee, plans growth
ROME, N.Y. — With the philosophy that everyone deserves a financial planner, whether they are close to retiring or just starting their careers, Iris Buczkowski founded Birch Wealth Management in September 2019. Since then, she has grown her firm to $40 million in assets under management and recently added a full-time employee. Birch Wealth is
North Country projects get boost from National Grid grants
Economic-development projects involving Watertown Public Square, a boost for the Drum Country NY marketing program, and a Potsdam business renovating an adjacent building were among those National Grid helped fund last year. The energy company said it invested a total of more than $2.6 million in economic-development funding in 2021 in Central and Northern New York aimed
New York egg production dips nearly 1 percent in January
New York farms produced 146.6 million eggs in January, down 0.95 percent from 148 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged almost 5.75 million in January, a drop of 0.7 percent from nearly 5.79 million in the same month in
Program offers information on launching a food-based business
ROME, N.Y. — For everyone that whipped up some sourdough bread while in lockdown and thought, “I should sell this,” Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County has just the program to help make that happen. The From Recipe to Market program, in partnership with Mohawk Valley Community College’s Rome campus, kicks off March 9 and
Three North Country businesses transition to younger ownership
Three businesses in Franklin County are remaining “active in their communities for years to come” with the involvement of young entrepreneurs and local economic-development organizations. The businesses are Little Town Lanes and Martin’s Handmade Pretzels in Moira and Happy Camping RV in Vermontville. The Franklin County Economic Development Corp. (FCEDC) worked with the new owners of the
Lewis County farm adds energy-efficient barn with help from National Grid grant
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — A family farm in Lowville building a new, energy-efficient pole barn to house dairy cattle was one of the economic-development projects National Grid helped fund in calendar-year 2021 in central and northern New York. The 3,600-square-foot building features energy efficient LED lighting and variable-speed fans. The project received $3,000 from the Agribusiness
Woodland Farm Brewery plans Boonville location
BOONVILLE, N.Y. — Woodland Farm Brewery plans to expand this summer with a second taproom in the former Hulbert House on Main Street in Boonville. Woodland owner Keith Redhead says the idea first surfaced in the summer of 2020 when the “What’s Happening in Boonville, New York” Facebook page organizer reached out to him and
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Athletics has signed a group-licensing agreement allowing the school’s athletes to profit off their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) using
People news: Riger Marketing Communications adds Burke-Zindle to staff
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Riger Marketing Communications has hired Kathleen Burke-Zindle as account/media manager. Prior to joining Riger, Burke-Zindle was the communications director for Longview, a
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