For the second consecutive year, SUNY Empire State College participated in Open Education Week, coordinated by the Open Courseware Consortium. It took place March 11-15. The college facilitated two webinars--online seminars--to advance the overall goals of Open Education Week and...
State Funds To Improve Internet Access In Rural Warren, Washington Counties
Two areas in Warren and Washington counties are among those who will benefit from New York state's $25 million in funding to expand high-speed Internet access in rural upstate and underserved urban areas of New York through the Connect...
Merger Of NBT Bank And Allied Financial Is Final As NBT Absorbs 26 Branch Offices
NBT Bancorp Inc. announced in March the successful closing of its previously announced merger with Alliance Financial Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, Alliance merged with and into NBT, with NBT being the surviving corporation of the merger,...
Maple Syrup Producers Educate People By Holding Events, Activities This Month
Workers at Maple Valley Farm in Corinth, a local maple syrup business in existence for decades, deal with a raging hot furnace used for changing maple sap into fine syrup.The New York State Maple Producers Association invited families to...
Business Report: ‘Cliff’ Adds Uncertainty For Growth
Jeff Stone is Capital Region KeyBank president, with an office in Albany.By Jeffrey Stone When Congress reached a "fiscal cliff" compromise with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, they effectively extended many of the Bush...
Business Report: Forensic Accountants And Legal Issues
Pamela Wickes, director of forensic accounting at Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte CPAs.By Pamela D. Wickes Each year most of the professional services I render relate to litigation. Whether assessing economic damages for lost profits, investigating alleged unreported income, quantifying...
CPA Separates From Partnership, Opens His Own Practice In Downtown Glens Falls
Rick Fuller opened his own accounting office at 79 Warren St. in Glens Falls where he is looking to add more services to the list of things he provides to small businesses.By Pamela Fisher For more than 30 years,...
New Structure In Wilton Will Become New Eye Care Center For Glens Falls Hospital
This artist's rendering depicts what the new eye care center near Northway Exit 16 will look like when MLB Constuction is finished building it later this year.By Jill Nagy A new free-standing eye surgery clinic will open this summer...
Job Recruiters Help Companies Find The Right Candidates For High-Skill Positions
Dhianna Yezzi, owner of Integrated Staffing Corp., says companies can save money by using a staffing agency to take care of job recruiting, Workmen's Comp and related issues.By R.J. DeLuke One of the key reasons that companies work with...
Business Report: HR Should Report To CEO, Not CFO
Rose Miller of Pinnacle Human Resources LLC, in Albany.By Rose Miller As HR consultants with clients throughout the region and nationally, we see many organizational structures. Surprisingly, when it comes to who HR reports to, there doesn't seem to...