Oswego County’s unemployment rate jumped past 10% last month and is the third-highest in the state.
The county’s June jobless rate of 10.2% is up six-tenths of a point from May and a full three and a half points higher than a year ago.
In these rough economic times, public libraries are becoming even more important, and the Pulaski Public Library is no exception.
The library offers many services, including free wireless access. It is also a member of the North Country Library System, and patrons can request books from the system’s 64 libraries in person or online.
Yet another business is pulling out of the half-empty River Glen Mall.
Fulton Savings Bank will close its 15-year-old branch at the Route 481 shopping center on December 18. No employees will lose their jobs, according to the bank’s CEO, Mike Pollock. The bank’s lease expires not long after the closing.
If U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer gets his way, every child born in America will start life with a savings account, and a first deposit from the federal government.
“It’s a way to encourage people to save,” Schumer said in his weekly conference call with reporters. “It leaves people with a nest egg.”
Uniforms, Etc. of Fulton outgrew its home on S. 1st St. This Spring, the business moved about 300 feet away, to the corner of Cayuga St. and S. 2nd St. Now, you know S. 2nd St. better as Route 481, the main route through the city. The difference in visibility made a massive difference to Uniforms Etc.’s bottom line — an immediate jump in business. “People were reminded that we existed because of the move,” the company’s marketing manager says.
On a conference call with reporters statewide Tuesday, Clinton said the surprising failure of the bailout bill on Monday left small businesses unable to get credit to keep operating, tightened credit to families trying to fund a college education or a mortage, and placed the nation, and even the world, at risk.
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