Resources and incentives available to operators of agricultural businesses will be a topic at an Agribusiness Outreach Forum April 5 in the Cornell Cooperative Extension building on the Niagara County Fairgrounds, 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport. Advance registration is required by calling 278-8760 or emailing bonnie.satarian@niagaracounty.com. Two panels of representati…
Taylor Devices earned $446,000 during the third quarter, rebounding from a loss a year ago, as the North Tonawanda shock absorber manufacturer's sales rose by 19 percent. Taylor Devices' profits, which equaled 13 cents per share, were an improvement from its loss of $23,417, or a penny per share, a year ago. The company's sales rose to $7.8 million during the quarter th…
Citizens Bank has a branch inside a Tops supermarket on South Transit Road in the Town of Lockport. The bank has another branch just across the parking lot, in a standalone building alongside South Transit Road, near Strauss Road. Soon, those two branches will become one. Citizens has decided to combine the in-store branch with the standalone branch. The Tops bran…
The Elderwood network of senior-care facilities is about to grow by another six locations across New York state, including two in Williamsville, after Post-Acute Partners, the company's parent, inked a deal with Brookdale Senior Living. The purchase includes two facilities in Amherst - the former Brookdale Bassett Road at 245 Bassett Road and Brookdale Bassett Park at 1…
There is one thing everyone seems to agree on: Plastic bags are bad for the environment. But when it comes to the plastic bag ban that has apparently been approved as part of the state's budget talks, that's where the public consensus ends. Consumers are divided. Is the ban a meaningful move in environmental conservation or just a green-washed money grab? “I’m not…
Jim Vail and Jamie Lanier look forward to a day when an artificial pancreas and a bandage-sized sensor placed under the skin will help them seamlessly manage the oft-changing insulin demands of their Type 1 diabetes. Meanwhile, they are among those who look for help and inspiration from Dr. Paresh Dandona and his colleagues at the Western New York Center of Diabetes-End…
The Arc Erie County, a nonprofit human services agency formerly known as Heritage Centers, has opened its new administrative hub and service location in Williamsville, expanding its ability to serve clients and making it more convenient for those in the Northtowns while also cutting operating expenses. The agency, which serves individuals with developmental disabilities…
As an economist, James Glassman absorbs a lot of information, and he has a conversational way of sharing it. Take his view on the "skills gap" between available jobs and candidates' qualifications: "You've got all these 65-year olds who have a lifetime of skills that they've got on the job. And a 20-year old doesn't know what a 65-year old knows. So the business is comp…
Spring has sprung, and just in time. It's been a long, cold winter and everyone in your family is probably feeling like a caretaker at the Overlook Hotel by now. Cabin Fever is reaching a fever pitch and we're all bursting to get out and go. Here are five free (or cheap!) ways to do just that. She Started IT. If you've got girls in grades 6 through 10, mark this o…
Isaiah Young has dreamed of creating video games since he was 5 years old. Now 12, Isaiah, was in his element as a member of the "coders club" at his school, learning the basics of computer programming. "(My mother) wants me to become a scientist, so I want to do that for her and myself at the same time," the seventh grader said. Isaiah and 11 of his fellow students …
Plans to open a Chick-fil-A at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport have been canceled, Assemblyman Sean Ryan said Friday. Chick-fil-A had been announced as the anchor to an entirely new restaurant area in the airport, where concessionaire Delaware North is aiming for a new look. "A publicly financed facility like the Buffalo Niagara International Airport is not…
HSBC Bank USA has made a change in its top Buffalo-based leadership role, and reduced the size of the territory overseen by that position. Greg Duval was named head of corporate banking for HSBC's newly created Great Lakes region, encompassing upstate New York, Ohio, Michigan and Vermont. Kevin Quinn was formerly the top Buffalo-based executive, serving as managing dire…
Those familiar long car lines aren’t expected for the area’s second Chick-fil-A grand opening, but fans of the chain may fly in from around the country this fall when its newest restaurant debuts at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Chick-fil-A, which is still drawing overflow crowds to its Walden Avenue location after opening in November, is set to anchor an entir…
A relative of the family that was instrumental in the growth of Five Star Bank will not seek re-election to the board of the bank's parent company. James H. Wyckoff, 67, who has served on Financial Institutions' board since 1985, is a cousin of Peter G. Humphrey. Humphrey, the fourth-generation member of his family to leave the bank, abruptly retired as president and CE…
Woodcock Brothers Brewing Co., which has operated in Wilson since 2011, on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of its second brew pub. It's in North Tonawanda and will open to the general public at 11 a.m. Friday. State and local officials were on hand at the ceremony in the Wurlitzer Building, 908 Niagara Falls Blvd. The City of North Tonawanda provided a $516,000…
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