CNY employers having a hard time hiring new workers, despite high unemployment rates By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Have noticed a bumper crop of “Help Wanted” signs springing up? Are you…

Retail Council: Many factors exist as to why traditional malls are biting the dust By Lou Sorendo A once-treasured tradition is fading away. Two suburban malls in Onondaga County —…

By Ken Sturtz As the COVID-19 virus upended day-to-day life and plunged Americans into financial calamity, nonprofits sprang to action: emergency food, mental health care, medical treatment, social services, education,…

Contractor: Same project that cost $2,300 in the spring, now goes for $8,300 By Ken Sturtz In the spring Joe Spereno furnished an estimate for a woman who wanted a…

Me’Shae Rolling became president of Upstate Minority Economic Alliance in September. She shares her plans to grow the group, which already has about 150 members By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Me’Shae…

New president needs to address COVID-19, help New York state and small business, say LeMoyne professor, business people By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant “I would say that particularly from the perspective…

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant If you live in Oswego, it is likely your life has benefited from that of Joe “JD” Castaldo, whether directly like the many family, friends and…

COVID-19 brings poverty to the forefront as county continues to rank among the poorest in New York state By Mary Beth Roach The issue of poverty in Oswego County can…