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Winner of business competition to receive site at Queensbury Business Park

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 2:27pm

EDC Warren County and Hudson River Local Development Corporation have announced a business plan competition for a site at the Queensbury Business Park.

According to a statement, EDC Warren County and the HRLDC are sponsoring a Business Plan Competition to encourage development and to help provide employment opportunities for the region. The grand prize winner will win a fully-approved shovel-ready lot in Queensbury Business Park at no land cost.

“This is a great opportunity to stimulate investment in our community.  We’re hoping that this initiative will bring out the best of the best”, said Attorney and EDC Board Chairman Michael Borgos in a statement. 

Applications for the competition will be available to the public May 4 and the deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on July 31.

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2012 Spring Business Expo to take place May 15

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 2:01pm
2012 Spring Business Expo to take place May 15

The 2012 Spring Business Expo, presented by the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) will take place on Tuesday, May 15 in the SUNY Adirondack Gym located at 640 Bay Road in Queensbury.

Participants will enjoy complimentary food and drink samples from local restaurants and bars. There will be drink specials at the cash bar and the opportunity to win door prizes. These prizes include $500 cash prize from Glens Falls National Bank.

“We are pleased to once again collaborate with the Adirondack Regional Chamber to highlight Washington County businesses at the region’s premier spring business expo,” said Washington County Local Development Corp. President Tori J.E. Riley in a statement. “This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase what Washington County has to offer in a topnotch business-to-business setting where participants have ample opportunity to meet and network with hundreds of successful local business professionals, all under one roof.”

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Free legal help to be available

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 5:57pm

More people will be able to find free legal help thanks to a new rule announced today.

New York’s chief judge says new lawyers will now have to provide 50 hours of free legal serves in order to take the state bar exam next year.

New York’s attorney general says the pro bono requirement should help more families stave off mortgage foreclosures.

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Glens Falls makes Forbes list

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 5:54pm

Top honors for Glens Falls tonight from Forbes Magazine.

The magazine has named it one of the best mid sized cities for jobs.

Glens Falls ranks 12th overall, citing the city's more than five percent employment growth over the past year.

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How to avoid home improvement headaches

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 10:24am

RENSSELAER - It's 'song and movement time' at the Ready, Set, Grow Daycare.

"Are we really happy? If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!" says Dominque Smith to the young children who are clapping to the rythm.

Smith and his wife run a home business that had plans to grow itself by adding a new room. But he and his wife said those dreams withered when their contractor stopped showing up.

"It's unfair when you give somebody money in good trust, and they start to do things and they disappear, and you feel heartbroken and you feel like you ultimately, got scammed," Smith said.

He showed NewsChannel what they have to show for the addition they hired the company Mr. B's Construction to build.

"Wood. Footings. Cement. Headache. Frustration," said Smith, pointing to the footings off his deck.

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Price Chopper changes Fuel Advantage rules

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 9:58pm

Price Chopper is making a change to its popular promotion called Fuel Advantage.

Right now customers can save 10 cents a gallon on gasoline for every $50 they spend on groceries.

Beginning Sunday, May 13 they will have to spend $100 on groceries to get the same savings at the gas pump.

Price Chopper officials say there will be other ways for customers to earn fuel rewards in the future.

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Businessman exonerated of tax fraud tries to clear name

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 10:25am

WILTON - Dave Monsour puts fitness equipment together as he tries to repair his reputation.

The owner of Concepts in Fitness stores in Wilton and Albany says he had his life turned upside down by the state Tax Department. They had him arrested without notice last November.

"Zero contact. Just bang, out of the blue 'You're under arrest with a six-count felony indictment,'" said Monsour.

He was fingerprinted and had mugshots taken. The state Tax Department told the Warren County district attorney that Monsour failed to pay $70,000 in income tax, leaving him to prove otherwise.

"A lot of stress. Lost 25 pounds. Couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. It was horrible. Put myself and my family through hell for five months," Monsour, who lives in Queensbury, said Tuesday.

He hired attorney William Comiskey, a one-time chief tax enforcer for the state.

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