The Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce is organizing its second annual St. Patrick’s Day-themed vendor fair at the Holiday Inn Resort in Lake George.
Called the Sham “Rock” the Block Vendor Fair, the event is offered the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day.
The vendor fair will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the Holiday Inn Resort, 2223 Canada St. It is free to attend.
By Jennifer Farnsworth
Ash Anand, CEO and president of the Lotus Group, said the one thing the Warrensburg area was missing was an authentic Mexican restaurant. He has changed that with the opening of Ocho Cinco Cantina, a place he describes as both casual and upscale.
The restaurant is his newest venture joining his diversified business portfolio that includes Lotus Analytics, The Grist Mill restaurant, Small Tales Early Learning Center, Lotus Auto Xperts garage, Lotus Nutraceuticals Warrensburg NAPA Auto Parts and Ashes Pub.
Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky, PE, was selected as the recipient of a statewide award for his work using the study of algae near the shore of the lake to identify and prioritize potential sources of pollutants.
The Lake George Waterkeeper is a program of The FUND for Lake George.
Navitsky was presented with the Linn H. Enslow Memorial Award from the nonprofit New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), a statewide organization of leaders in water quality management, at the association’s annual meeting on Feb. 6, in New York City.
The Enslow award recognizes an individual outside of the NYWEA membership for an outstanding technical paper presented at an Association conference and/or published in a professionally recognized trade journal.
PROVIDED COURTESY OF Pamela Green
March is not just the month that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. It is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. In recent years, women have been making history with their emergence as a powerful economic force.
In fact, women control nearly 4 percent—or $11.2 trillion—of all investable assets in the U.S. as primary decision makers. They also represent almost half of the entire U.S. professional workforce.
By Kevin M. Hedley
2018 was a year that most people who watch the financial markets are likely going to want to forget. There were few positive numbers across the different asset classes and sectors. At the broadest level the U.S. bond market was the only market to see a positive return—all of one basis point.
It was an unusual year with few places to find a positive return. In fact of the eight major asset classes none of them provided a return above 2 percent – the first time since 1972.
By Jill Nagy
Customer service is important to any business, including banks. So keeping up with the latest in technology is important, as banks compete to retain and draw customers.
Online apps that allow customers to make deposits, move money to other people’s accounts, as well as check their own accounts; ATM’s that accept cash deposits and return a photographic record of a check deposit; and branches smaller and more streamlined that offer a range of financial services, including insurance and investment services, are all services banks now offer.
By Jill Nagy
After more than 20 years of organizing events, often as a sideline to a sales position, Stacy Bissell is in business for herself as Anastacia’s Events LLC out of Queensbury.
She specializes in setting up trade shows and sales conventions, but has done everything from family parties to weddings to corporate team-building events.
“What I do is my passion,” she said, “I am following my passion as my career.” She said that she has “a ton of contacts” from previous work and, although in business for less than six months, “I am very busy.”
By Susan E. Campbell
Maria Nissi is an independent college admissions consultant who has started a new business to help high school students find the best fit for their college careers. With 4,000 institutions to choose from and sticker prices that can mean decades of debt, more and more parents are finding guidance like Nissi’s to be invaluable.
“Some people think this is a service only for the rich,” said Nissi. “But it’s a lot less expensive than transferring because the student was not in the right place.”
By Christine Graf
Linda Brown of Spire Business, Inc. never set out to start her own business. She had a successful career in money management and financial planning when she took a maternity leave in 2002.
While on leave, a CPA asked her if she could help some of his clients with QuickBooks.
“I never went back to corporate America,” she said. “As a financial planner, you work 70 hours a week and I really didn’t want to do that.”
The Adirondack Thunder hockey team, ECHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils playing at Cool Insuring Arena, has donated $17,950 to Special Olympics.
The donation came from the post-game jersey auction after a Law Enforcement Appreciation night at Cool Insuring Arena. This amount is the largest donation in Adirondack Thunder history. The specialty jerseys were purchased and donated by the Sheriff’s Offices of Washington, Saratoga and Rensselaer counties.
Conor Riley’s Law Enforcement Appreciation jersey sold for a team-high $1,500 in the auction, while captain James Henry’s and goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos’ jerseys also topped the four-digit plateau.