Movie Gallery’s outlets in Oswego County will not be affected, at least initially, by the company’s move to close nearly one third of its stores.
The company, which owns the Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video rental store chains, and the Game Crazy videogame chain, filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors late Tuesday in a Virginia federal court.
Business is about to boom at Oswego Industries, and it couldn’t be happening at a better time.
Oswego Industries had to cut down its payroll as work evaporated. Some people with disabilities stopped coming; others kept working but without pay. “There are a lot of people on our floor who haven’t had work in longer than we’d like,” Crowley said.
[The story has been updated with several clarifications.]
The white coveralls you see in the picture at left mean more protection for defense workers and more jobs in Oswego County. Oswego Industries, Inc. of Fulton has earned a contract to produce the coveralls for the US Defense Supply. They have to be made to very specific standards. Oswego Industries will be hiring people to make the coveralls. Find out more when you click to read the story.
Our coverage of Cayuga Community College’s proposed $11 million move to River Glen Square shopping center left us with a couple of unanswered questions. Thanks to college spokesperson Pam Freeman, we’ve got a couple of answers.
For more than 15 years, Cayuga Community College has been working in leftover, rented spaces. Now, it wants a home of its own.
The $11.2 million plan to buy the closed P&C Foods store at River Glen Square is intended, according to college President Daniel Larson, to create a space that “looks and feels and sounds and smells like a college campus.”
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Empower Federal Credit Union’s Fulton West branch has a brand new look and is celebrating with an open house. The public is invited to stop by Empower’s branch at 722 West Broadway, Fulton, the week of December 14, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday. Visitors will enjoy refreshments and giveaways throughout the week, while taking in the new interior.
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