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Thursday May 29, 2008
The New York Department of State’s Office of Fire Prevention and Control
The New York Department of State’s Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) urges all New Yorkers to clean and test their smoke alarms regularly. Multiple fatal fires have occurred across New York State recently, and unfortunately they s...
OMRDD Unveils New Incident Reporting Management Application (IRMA)
Diana Jones Ritter, Commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD), today unveiled the agency’s new Incident Reporting Management Application (IRMA), a computerized program which provides a comprehens...
New Name, New Look, New Location for NYS Credit Union League
Beginning Monday, June 2, the New York State Credit Union League, which has represented New York’s credit unions for 91 years, will be known as the Credit Union Association of New York. In addition to the new name, the Association will take ...
PEF nurses protest short staffing at Sunmount DDSO
Nurses represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) gathered outside the Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) in Tupper Lake today to call attention to the nursing shortage which has reached a crisis st...
Governor Paterson Announces NY Small Businesses to Receive $50 Million in Insurance Refunds
Governor David A. Paterson and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Eric Dinallo today announced that Oxford Health Insurance, Inc. has agreed to refund $50 million to approximately 37,000 small businesses in New York City, Long Isla...
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Recipient of Price Chopper Floral Sales
Beginning June 1st through June 7th , Price Chopper will be selling a “Lemon Drop” bouquet in their stores in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. This lovely collection of yellow, white and ...
News Advisory
The New York State Procurement Council will meet on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 10 a.m. in Meeting Room 6, in the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY.
Spots Going Fast at DEC Summer Camps
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today encouraged families to act quickly on submitting applications for DEC's 2008 Summer Environmental Education Camps.
Clinton County Business Owner Named "Small Business Person of the Year"
Harold Hance of Mountain Valley Teleservices LLC was honored with the 2008 Small Business Person of the Year and an Excellence Award from the Syracuse District Small Business Administration on May 5, at a luncheon in Albany.
"Getting Your Business Plugged In"
The North Country Small Business Development Center and Champlain National Bank will be offering a seminar for entrepreneurs with big ideas and small budgets. The "Getting Your Business Plugged In" seminar will be held on Wednesday, June...
Business Forum to Provide Business Community with Key Messages from Federal, State Agencies
The North Country Small Business Forum on Friday, June 13, from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., will bring together many state and federal agency representatives to provide members of the business community with information about the services offered by these ...
35% Dividend Paid for the United Restaurants of New York Workers' Compensation Group # 556
35% Dividend paid for the United Restaurants of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #556, for year of September 30, 2006 to September 30, 2007.
New York’s Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged Kick Off
Twelve-hundred athletes will compete in the 24th Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged, which will take place at the Mitchell Athletics Complex in Uniondale, Long Island from May 29th thru May 31st.
New York National Guard Women Part Of Cohoes Exhibit
Members of the Capital Region press corps are invited to preview a new exhibit at the Cohoes Visitors Center that highlights the accomplishments of area women who have served in the military and are currently serving in the New York Army and Air N...
“Festival on the Erie” Returns to New York State Canal System
The New York State Canal Corporation today announced the Third Annual “Festival on the Erie,” a traveling music festival, will once again hit the waters of the Canal System on Saturday, June 21 at Lock E-20 in Marcy and make its way ea...
No Jackpot Prize Winners in $18,000,000 Lotto Extra Drawing
No Second Prize Winners, Prize Monies to Roll Over to Next Drawing
No Jackpot Prize Winners in $18,000,000 Lotto Drawing
1st prize: 6 out of 6 numbers - $0.00 - 0 Winner(s)
Five First-Prize Winning Tickets Sold for Wednesday’s Take Five Drawing
1st prize – Match 5 out of 5 numbers - $18,105.50 - 5 Winners
Capital Region Joins State Campaign To Stop Co-Sleeping Deaths
Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties today joined the New York State “BABIES SLEEP SAFEST ALONE” education campaign to stop a preventable crisis: infants dying when sharing a bed with an adult.
OGS Announces Upcoming Construction Opportunities
New York State Office of General Services Commissioner John C. Egan today announced the bidding for 12 construction contracts representing more than $30.7 MILLION in construction, providing work in five counties of New York.
Statement by Conservative Party Chairman Michael R. Long
Yesterday, Governor David Paterson declared that New York State must recognize out-of-state gay marriage while the residents of New York State are denied the opportunity to be heard on this subject.
OGS To Award Over $517,510 In New Construction Contracts
New York State Office of General Services Commissioner John C. Egan today announced the awarding of bids for four contracts representing more than $517,510 in new construction, providing work in Erie County, New York.
The Landis Arboretum Summer Garden Party:
Plans are nearing completion for the Landis Arboretum’s Summer Garden Party on Saturday, June 14. Spirited music by John Scarpulla and Tom Wadsworth! A twilight dinner by Sweet Tooth Caterers of Esperance! A Silent Auction sponsored by busi...