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Phoenicia Plaza’s New Owners Want a ‘Little Village’ on Route 28
The family that bought Phoenicia’s Route 28 shopping center in 2025 wants to turn its 10 acres into a community hub. “We’re trying to make a little village,” said Sam Veitch, one of the owners of the family business, Plaza 28 Corp. The company has been selective about which businesses it lets into the plaza. […] The post Phoenicia Plaza’s New Owners Want a ‘Little Village’ on Route 28 appeared first on The Overlook .
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WKTV
SUNY Poly's Regional Economic Impact
UTICA, N.Y. -- SUNY Polytechnic Institute has generated an economic boost for the Mohawk Valley and Central New York region, according to a new study. The study released this year in August by Lightcast, SUNY Poly contributed $356.8 million in economic impact and supported 2,901 jobs during the 2024–25 fiscal year.
Poughkeepsie Journal
Local farm ensuring Beacon school kids in need get Thanksgiving dinner
Backpacks bursting with harvest-themed produce will be given to Beacon City School District children with the greatest need to ensure they not only have Thanksgiving dinner, but a holiday spread to remember. This is Common Ground Farm's "Holiday BackPack Distribution." For Thanksgiving 2026, 80 or more Beacon City School District children, grades K-12, and their families, will receive backpacks on Nov. 19 filled to the brim, according to Liz Craig, the finance and operations manager at Common Ground Farm. From sweet potatoes and carrots to onions and garlic, as well as apples, potatoes, honey nut squash, celery and herbs, everything you'd expect on the holiday table is in the backpack, including 10 pounds of produce per bag, Hailee Salvesen, the backpack coordinator at Common Ground Farm, said. Common Ground Farm could have given instant mashed potatoes or canned pie filling, but the fresh foods give these families the flexibility, Salvesen said, to make their mashed potato recipe, their grandma's apple crisp or, if they don't celebrate Thanksgiving, an abundant bag of food that can last. Fixings like canned cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and local bread will also be found inside the bags, worth about $45 each, while allergy and dietary
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Class-action lawsuit filed against Owego McDonald’s
OWEGO, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against the franchise operator of the Owego McDonald’s. Former workers are alleging widespread labor and workplace safety violations. The lawsuit claims employees were required to work through dangerous conditions, including reported carbon dioxide leaks and other safety hazards. It also alleges workers were denied […]