From connecting families with housing and food resources, to providing valuable mentorship opportunities to local youth, Northwestern Mutual financial advisors aim to lead impactful change in communities across the country.
Through its foundation, the company is recognizing these efforts through its 2019 Community Service Awards program by awarding nearly $300,000 in grants to nonprofits nationwide.
More than $530,000 has been awarded by the AHI Performing Provider System (AHI PPS) to partner organizations in the Glens Falls region to undertake innovative health care projects.
Innovation funding, part of the state’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program’s efforts to fundamentally restructure the Medicaid system, will support the implementation of five progressive projects involving 18 regional organizations.
by Andrea Palmer
Cliff Stark and his son, Alex Stark, are opening a new restaurant in Hudson Falls.
Starky’s Grill will be located at 3515 Burgoyne Ave., the location of the former Latham’s Diner.
The father-son team purchased the diner in April. They will co-own and co-operate the eatery. Stark has four other children, whom he said will be helping out. Two are the head of Starky’s Grill marketing.
By Jennifer Farnsworth
Surfside On The Lake, 400 Canada St. in Lake George, is completing some projects as it anticipates opening for the season. Those include a major deck extension and a restaurant renovation.
Surfside director of sales Mark Dawson said they are planning to have all major renovations completed before the height of the summer season.
The artwork that moved juror Katie Chwazik the most was an image that ultimately was not selected for The Hyde Collection’s 28th annual High School Juried Show.
The photograph — one of more than 600 works submitted by students in 19 area school districts — was of a gun control rally outside Empire State Plaza.
by Susan E. Campbell
JUST Goods Inc. is proceeding with plans to lease additional production and warehouse space to keep up with demand for its original product, JUST Water, packaged and bottled in downtown Glens Falls since the brand’s inception in 2012.
According to corporate spokesperson Kara Rubin, vice president of brand and product strategy, “We need to be able to accommodate a growth trajectory based on current experience and the present facility doesn’t allow that flexibility.”
JUST Water is on the shelves of approximately one-third of all U.S. grocery stores across 50 states, plus other retailers, according to the company.
By Jill Nagy
Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center plans to expand facilities and activities, another step toward in the efforts to make Lake George a year-round tourist destination.
“It is what the whole area is trying to do,” said Kathy Muncil, CEO of the hotel complex, an 18-acre development at the southern end of the lake.
Currently, the hotel and museum are open weekends during the winter months.
“We want to change that,” she said, by introducing more activities that are not weather-dependent. Plans also include installing a distillery, renovation of the four-story carriage house and addition of a fitness center.
Employment among New York’s small businesses has increased slightly faster than the national pace, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The report, based on the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, examined the five-year trend from 2011 through 2016.
During that time frame, small business employment rose by 9.2 percent in New York while increasing 8.9 percent across the country. These companies provided more than 4.1 million jobs in the state in 2016, just over half of all private sector jobs in New York. Small businesses provided more than $212 billion in payroll, nearly 40 percent of the total private sector payroll in the state.
James Johnson has joined the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as the director of planning.
Johnson has been employed by various practices in Northwestern Mutual, most recently as the director of client relations for Tronco Network managing partner Alex Tronco.
He brings financial planning experience, as well as relationship management skills to the practice. He is licensed for both insurance and investments.
Prior to his financial planning career, Johnson was an associate pastor at Grace Bible Church, in Cohoes. He studied theology and psychology at Bob Jones University.
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Adirondack Technical Solutions (ADKtechs) has hired Ray Potter as a solutions architect.
Potter comes to ADKtechs with 20 years of experience in the education and banking industries on an enterprise level. Hisa experience with compliance, personally identifiable information (PII), enterprise systems and networking, and cyber security will help ADKtechs meet the growing demand for our cyber security services.
Potter will be responsible for delivering network, systems, and cyber security solutions to our customers around the country.
The Adirondack Thunder has made the ECHL playoffs for the third year in a row and the team has announced the schedule for Round 1 of the 2019 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
The playoffs, presented by SmileDirectClub, will begin on Friday, April 12, at Cool Insuring Arena in downtown Glens Falls. Adirondack will take on the Manchester Monarchs in Round 1 as the Thunder finished in second place in the ECHL’s North Division while the Monarchs came in directly behind them in third.
The Thunder and Monarchs will play a best of seven series in a 2-3-2 format, beginning with Games 1 and 2 at Cool Insuring Arena on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, with both games dropping the puck at 7 p.m. The series will then shift to SNHU Arena in New Hampshire for Games 3, 4 and 5, occurringon April 17, 19 and 20.