Mike Giavanone, owner of Concord Pools, owns this RV and boat storage facility at Saratoga Lake and plans to build a similar one in Queensbury near Northway Exit 18.By Jill Nagy The long, cold winter caused a change in Concord...
Study: Scaffold Law Endangers Workers, Drives Up Project Costs In New York State
New York state's unique "scaffold law," or Labor Law 240, designed to keep construction sites safe, is actually doing just the opposite: It is causing hundreds of injuries while costing the public millions of dollars, according to a recent...
Glens Falls Hospital Will Continue To Buy ‘Green’ Power From Colorado Company
Glens Falls Hospital has renewed a contract to buy green power from Renewable Choice Energy of Boulder, Colo., to offset 50 percent of its electricity consumption at its acute care hospital campus and 26 regional health care facilities for...
Stewart’s Shops Has Store Improvements, Expansions, New Stores On Tap For 2014
By Barbara Brewer La Mere Construction projects for Stewart's Shops are underway for the season. Stewart's spokesperson Maria D'Amelia says the company has plans for a dozen or so larger projects, some of which have received final approval in their...
State Has Grants For Companies Develop ‘Green’ Job Skills Within Their Work Force
There is more than $500,000 available in job training grants through the state's Clean Energy On-the-Job Training (OJT) program, which helps eligible businesses develop green job skills in their work force. To date, the program has already awarded 64...
Adirondack Technical Solutions In Argyle Expands Services Into Central New York
Adirondack Technical Solutions in Argyle and HUNT Real Estate ERA have reached an agreement to extend its managed services agreement to cover the Utica, Syracuse and Watertown areas. ATS currently handles all the real estate company's services for the Capital...
Howard Donnelly Named As Chairman Of AngioDynamics Board Of Directors
AngioDynamics, a provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, announced Howard W. Donnelly, 52, was named chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately. Donnelly joined the AngioDynamics board of...
World Awareness Children’s Museum To Participate In Noted Assessment Programs
The World Awareness Children's Museum will participate in a program to strengthen operations and enhance communication to better respond to community needs.The American Association of Museums (AAM) accepted the World Awareness Children's Museum as a participant in the 2014 national...
Adirondack Regional Chamber Chooses Jennifer Howe As Executive Administrator
Jennifer Howe is the new executive administrator at ARCC.The Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce announced the hiring of Jennifer Howe as the new executive administrator. Howe previously worked for the Sagamore Resort as a payroll/benefits administrator and Keena Staffing as...
GlobalFoundries To Forge Collaborations With Major Players Samsung And Toshiba
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and GlobalFoundries announced a new strategic collaboration to deliver global capacity for 14 nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. The new collaboration will leverage the companies' worldwide semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, with volume production at Samsung's fabs in...