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Women offered chance to boost self image 5 Sep 2010 | 4:39 am
Program gives participants an opportunity to look and feel their best.
Ellenburg man opens dive shop in brother's memory 5 Sep 2010 | 4:36 am
As he copes with the loss of his younger brother, Archie Jones hopes to teach others about scuba diving, something Melvin Jones became passionate about before his death.
Champlain Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan approved 5 Sep 2010 | 4:30 am
President and CEO Trent Trahan will sell his majority shares to the company's non-union workers. They will get stock based on their years of employment and will be reimbursed for them when they retire.

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Spotlight on Business

Business Briefs: Sept. 5, 2010 5 Sep 2010 | 12:28 am
Labor Day donation; Deadline extended; Health forum; School program; Grant received.

Farm Briefs

Farm Briefs: Sept. 5, 2010 5 Sep 2010 | 12:28 am
Hay and pasture insurance expands; High-tunnel crops experience success; Online courses for beginning farmers debut; Local dairy recognized as eco-friendly farm.

Colin Read: Everybody's Business

Another fun day in the city 5 Sep 2010 | 4:53 am
The Battle of Plattsburgh celebration gives the community a special chance to strut its stuff, columnist Colin Read believes.

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In Brief 7 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
GE Global Research in Niskayuna has been awarded a $538,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to…
Help for 'underwater' borrowers 7 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort…
Role of Education examined 7 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
Laura L. Anglin, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, and Times Union Editor Rex Smith…

AP Analysis: Vermont avoids economic distress 31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
The most recent Associated Press index shows that the Green Mountain State…
Sizing up the two shopping meccas: Church Street and the UMall 31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
University Mall in South Burlington is at full occupancy while empty storefronts…
Vermont spared big home-sale slump 31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
People who work in real estate in Vermont counsel patience, because the…

Southwest’s August traffic up 6% 8 Sep 2010 | 8:04 am
Albany International Airport’s busiest carrier closed the final month of the summer vacation season with a gain in…
GE Global wins $538K NIH grant 8 Sep 2010 | 8:01 am
GE Global Research has won a $538,000 National Institutes of Health grant to develop technology that would aid…

No laughing matter selling Quebec 8 Sep 2010 | 9:06 am
The founder of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has a serious new mission: Finding ways to make…
'Learn to anticipate' ad prompts backlash 8 Sep 2010 | 9:02 am
A "learn to anticipate" ad campaign, created by the French office of a New York agency for a…
BP blames Transocean for missing danger signs 8 Sep 2010 | 8:38 am
BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States’ worst-ever oil…

With less money and fewer teachers, school starts across New York 7 Sep 2010 | 10:00 pm
NY-20: Republican challenger wants smaller Homeland Security department 7 Sep 2010 | 10:00 pm
Lake Placid hopes to host Winter Youth Olympics 6 Sep 2010 | 10:00 pm
Unions representing state workers flex their political muscle 5 Sep 2010 | 10:00 pm
Schumer touts organic farms in St. Lawrence county 2 Sep 2010 | 10:00 pm

Syracuse wants to know: Best hamburgers and Wegmans' peas, rated by Consumer Reports 8 Sep 2010 | 9:45 am
David Lassman / The Post-StandardFive Guys Burgers & Fries opened at Fairmount Fair shopping center in June. Having…
Obama to push against extending Bush-era tax cuts for the rich 8 Sep 2010 | 4:22 am
President also plans to pitch tax breaks for businesses, infrastructure plan.
Upstate Shredding acquires Liberty scrap business 7 Sep 2010 | 2:18 pm
Adam Weitsman, president of Upstate Shredding LLC-Ben Weitsman & Son, in Owego, has reached an agreement to purchase…