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“Stress Management Techniques” to be Presented at September WNET Meeting

Leslie English, managing partner of Dale Carnegie Training in Central New York, will present “Stress Management Techniques” at the next Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training (WNET) monthly breakfast meeting Thursday, Sept. 2, 8 a.m. at the SUNY Oswego Phoenix Center in the Oswego County Industrial Park, Phoenix (exit 14, state Route 481).

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Owens Introduces Legislation to Expand Credit for Upstate Farmers

Congressman Bill Owens introduced legislation that aims to expand credit for family farmers in Upstate New York. H.R. 6057, the Farm Credit Expansion Act, would expand the range of business structures that qualify for loans through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), ensuring more family farms are eligible for a wider flow of credit during economically challenging times when they need it the most.

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New York Chocolate Files For Bankruptcy, Winding Down Business

A photo of the Nestle plant from around 1995, from the New York  Chocolate and Confections website.UPDATE: New York Chocolate and Confections filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, ending its long attempt to bring chocolate manufacturing back to its North American birthplace.

“We are not accepting the Chapter 11 activity as there’s no absolutely no hope, that the plant’s going to be liquidated, sold, and the plant’s going to be scrapped,” the head of Operation Oswego County, Mike Treadwell said. […]

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Next Small Business Training Class to Begin in April

For those interested in expanding or starting a small business in Oswego County, the next Micro-Enterprise Program small business training class is scheduled to be held each Tuesday from April 6 through May 25. The classes will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the SOVAC Training Center, Gertrude Drive in Central Square. […]

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Warm Spring May Slow The Drip Of Syrup From Trees, But Boost Visitors To Maple Syrup Farms

The first ten photos show the process of pulling sap from a tree  and making it into syrup. First, a tree is tapped.The weather may be lousy for maple syrup production this year, but the tradeoff could be more New Yorkers celebrating the 15th annual Maple Weekend.

Tim Fowler, who runs Maple Hollow Farm in Hannibal with his wife Becky, says without three feet of snow on the ground and ice on the roads, more people could be going out to visit maple syrup farm open houses throughout the state.

See a gallery of photos that shows the process of making sap into syrup. […]