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Local Food Sales Experts Share Tips April 16-17

March 23, 2010 Contributor

Cultivating sustained local foods sales is the focus of Ã¢â‚¬Å“Working with the Middleman: Selling through or to a local distributorÃ¢â‚¬Â conference set for Friday, April 16 at the American Legion in Chateaugay, NY, and Saturday, April 17 at Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County in Watertown, NY.

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SUNY Oswego Offers Workshop for Intermediate Users of QuickBooks

March 2, 2010 Contributor

Edward Schaperjahn, founder of HELP! Small Business Solutions, will teach the sessions, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day in Room 322 of Rich Hall. Schaperjahn, who regularly uses the accounting software in his business, is a certified Intuit QuickBooks ProAdviser.

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Sports Marketing Pros to Train Event Planners at Metro Center

March 1, 2010 Contributor

SUNY Oswego’s Metro Center has lined up two longtime Syracuse marketing leaders as trainers for a daylong sports marketing program March 9, just as area organizations gear up to promote golf tournaments, walkathons and myriad other sports-related events this spring and summer.

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SUNY Oswego Offers Preparation for Notary Test in Syracuse, Phoenix

February 26, 2010 Contributor

SUNY Oswego’s Division of Extended Learning will offer a morning workshop on preparing for the notary examination Feb. 25 at the Phoenix Center and Feb. 26 at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center and at other sessions throughout the year.

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SUNY Oswego Program Focuses on Retirement, Mature Entrepreneurs

February 23, 2010 Contributor

SUNY Oswego's Larry Perras, senior small business adviser; Ellen Wahl, Retired Senior Volunteer Program director; John Halleron, small business adviser; and Helen Milam, RSVP assistant director, plan the March 26 workshop presentation on "Mature Entrepreneurs" and "Life After Retirement."

SUNY Oswego’s first program of a new Retired Senior Volunteer Program-led Lunch ‘n’ Learn series on retirement options will take place March 26, featuring a presentation on mature entrepreneurs.

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Credit For Small Businesses Available

February 21, 2010 Contributor

The good news is that the financial climate has begun to change and though credit is not as easy to obtain as it was two years ago, there are many state and federally funded programs available to help businesses stay afloat, retain employees and allow businesses to expand.

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Plan to Attend Ã¢â‚¬Å“Harvesting Profits from Your LivestockÃ¢â‚¬Â: A Marketing Workshop

February 18, 2010 Contributor

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is hosting a livestock-marketing workshop entitled Ã¢â‚¬Å“Harvesting Profits from Your LivestockÃ¢â‚¬Â on March 24th, 2010 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

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Cleaning Service Expands, Relocates

February 17, 2010 Contributor

Davis Cleaning Service, LLC has relocated to Walgate Commons from the Oswego County Business Expansion Center, both in the city of Oswego. Pictured are owners, from left to right, Anne Davis, Julie Anne Winklestine and Niki Hilton.

Davis Cleaning Service, LLC (DCS), a woman-owned business specializing in commercial janitorial services, has relocated to Walgate Commons from the Oswego County Business Expansion Center (BEC), both in the city of Oswego.

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SUNY Oswego to Host Workshop for New Users of QuickBooks

February 14, 2010 Contributor

Small-business owners and employees can learn introductory QuickBooks at a four-hour workshop March 6 at SUNY Oswego.

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Valley News, Patriot Sold To Syracuse-based Chain

February 10, 2010 Contributor

The company that owns The Valley News and the Fulton Patriot has sold the publications to the company that prints the two newspapers.

Vincent and Ronald Caravan, the father and son team that operated the publications (and the Valley News Advertiser, a weekly shopper) for 38 years turned over the keys last week to the Scotsman Press, Syracuse-based owner of 18 publications throughout Central New York.

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