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Spectroscopy firms plan merger
ITHACA — Tornado Medical Systems and Arjae Spectral Enterprises are merging to form a new company, Tornado Spectral Systems. The new company will be based
UTICA — SCORE has honored U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna (R- Barneveld) with the 2012 SCORE Congressional Champion award. The annual award recognizes outstanding advocacy and
Griffiss Business and Technology Park to get another hotel
ROME — Griffiss Business and Technology Park will be getting a new hotel in the next couple years, now that Griffiss Local Development Corp. (GLDC)
Custom-trailer company adds trailer repairs to offerings
BARNEVELD — Even as governments on all levels continue to cut spending, RollingStar Manufacturing, Inc. is expanding its offerings to make sure business stays strong.
Couple launches floor-cleaning business in Holland Patent
HOLLAND PATENT — A bout of illness caused by mold, a move to New York, and an advertisement in an in-flight magazine came together to
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
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