Crucible asks workers to vote again on contract
Crucible Specialty Metals faces a strike as 673 workers receive letters from President David Yates urging a return to work and a fresh vote on the company proposal. USW Local President Frank Salatu Jr says resuming talks is unlikely and the workers cannot return under the expired contract. Widespread walkout began at midnight September 30.
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Liquor store and ad agency to renovate city building
Business owners plan a 550000 renovation of the Hall McChesney Building at 996 N Clanton St Syracuse. Mike Siano of Siano Spitz Advertising and Jum Kraft liquor store owner will finance with an SBA loan from Solvay Bank via the Syracuse Economic Development Corp. Kraft will open a new liquor and wine store on the ground floor while selling his South Side business to a new owner. Siano will move his agency to the second floor. James T Mulder
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Halloween tops candy spend as second to Christmas
A survey by the International Mass Retail Association finds Halloween the second leading holiday behind Christmas for parties and decorations. Robert Verdisco notes the holiday boosts family interaction and is enjoyed by both adults and children. Americans are projected to spend 950 million dollars on chocolate and candy this Halloween, the candy industry’s peak season.
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International Mass Retail Association
Robert Verdisco
Camillus Woman Promotes New York Apples On Road
Diana Luber, a part time fitness instructor at St. Joseph's Church in Camillus, tours the state promoting New York apple growing. New York ranks second to Washington with about 25 million bushels annually. She travels in a travel store along Interstate 90 in a long skirt apron and frilly hat, extolling the Macintosh apple.
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Antique appraisal firm expands into Baldwinsville complex
T W Conroy & Associates Inc a four person antique appraisal and auction firm based at 251 Slayton Road Cato plans a December opening of a 14500 square foot Mason ic Temple at 36 Oswego Road Baldwinsville. The first floor will host an antiques cooperative for 10 to 40 dealers while the second floor may hold auctions. Tim Conroy president and Terry Dean vice president oversee operations and finances. The business serves New York state with occasional travel to Georgia and aims to attract two competing collectors per auction. Patricia Conroy, mother of Tim, remains an adviser.
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Tim Conroy
Terry Dean
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American Society of Appraisers
Patricia
Ing
Oswego Road
Baldwinsville
Temple
Dean
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Food safety rules tighten for seafood firms HACCP plan required
Tim Paige and six colleagues study the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan at a seminar for seafood wholesalers and producers. Polge Seafood Distributing Inc. faces December enforcement as HACCP becomes mandatory for processors, distributors, and wholesalers, with paperwork and timing posing business challenges.
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Polge
Art & Home Center
State Fairgrounds
Panay
Polge Seafood Distributing Inc
Hudson Foods
Food and Drug
Poige
Food and Drug Administration
HACCP
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Blue Cross Tentatively Setstle Rehab Claims
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Central New York agreed to resolve disputes over denial of substance abuse treatment claims. At a Syracuse meeting, state Attorney General Dennis Vacco pushed for past-denials to be addressed and a fair system for future claims. No timetable was set, but if unresolved a lawsuit is possible.
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Blue Shield
New York
State Attorney General
Dennis Vacco
Syracuse
Vacco
Marc Carey
Carey
Tom D'Angelo
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Company Matters Highlights New Appointments and Board Directors
Arlene E Dressler joins Key Bank in Baldwinsville as small business relationship manager for Onondaga and Cayuga counties. B Rich Rohit named director of Manufacturing at Clostra Cleanroom in Syracuse overseeing SO compliance and manufacturing team. The Business Council of New York State elected Erland E Kallbourne Brian J McNells Ronald M Pirtle and Robert M Smoler to its board. Several others reelected to the board of directors including Harold R Anderson Michael J Falcone Guy Fauconneau Gale S Fitzgerald Robert F Flacke W Craig Heaton Harry P Kamen David H Komansky John R Loveland John E Mack and William D Matthews. Readers urged to submit business notices to Susan Royal for Company Matters which appears on Tuesday through Friday in the Harvard Journal Business Dash.
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Baldwinsville
Key Bank
Dressler
Onondaga
Cayuga
Rich Rohit
Clostra Cleanroom
Syracuse
Rohitt
Eral Motors Corp
Delphi Harrison
Lockport
Robert M. Smoler
Oxford Health Plans
Harold R. Anderson
Phoenix Metal Fabricating Inc
Jamestown
Michael J. Falcone
Pioneer Development Co
Guy Fauconneau
CarnerCorp
Gale S. Fitzgerald
CTG Inc
Buffalo
Robert F. Flacke
Fort William Henry Corp
Lake George
W. Craig Heaton
Utica National Insurance Group
Harry P. Kamen
Cooperative plan eyed for running nuke plants
NYPA chief Eugene Weltmann outlined a possible joint venture with private utilities to form a single company managing New York six nuclear plants. NYNOC would employ current plant workers while ownership stays with the utilities, pending cost benefits analysis and labor concerns.
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New York Power Authorit
Eugene Weltmann
Clifto Park
Power Authority
DeWitt
Privat Utilities
Authenty
New York
NYNOC
Thos
Oswey County
Zehrmann
Labounions
Zeltmann
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Rot Bros. Smelting Corp
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