Owner to add beer sales in building occupied by Arsenal Street Wine

April 22, 2013 By

Workers install the framework for the entrance to Bottle Caps Beverage Center, a separate business located in the same building as Arsenal Street Wine & Liquor Depot. The new business will enable all types of alcohol to be sold, without requiring customers to drive to a different location, while at the same time complying with state law. Photo by Amanda Morrison/Watertown Daily Times.

Under state law, beer and wine can’t be sold in the same store. But Mary R. Miles, owner of Arsenal Street Wine & Liquor Depot, found a solution to that problem.

Cases of cold beer will be sold by Bottle Caps Beverage Center, a convenience store being built in the basement of the building occupied by the wine store at 940 Arsenal St. An array of brews will be showcased in a large walk-in cooler at the business, a 2,400-square-foot retail space separated from Arsenal Street Wine that’s set to open at the end of May. [Read more...]

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Fireside at Partridge Berry Inn closes restaurant; is now event center

April 22, 2013 By

The Fireside at Partridge Berry Inn, 26561 Route 3, Watertown, closed its restaurant last week to become exclusively an event center. [Read more...]

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COR Development dropped Carthage apartment plan due to poor market study

April 17, 2013 By

General manager of COR Development Co., Steven F. Aiello, at the construction site for Beaver Meadows Apartments, Watertown. Photo by Norm Johnston/NNY Business.

Plans for a 364-unit apartment complex in West Carthage were scrapped in January because a market study commissioned by COR Development Co. created serious concerns for financiers, according to COR General Manager Steven F. Aiello.

“We would have been pleased to have done the project there, but the market study didn’t support it. There were financial challenges getting the project built there,” Mr. Aiello said. “We have an obligation to the state to make sure the project had the best opportunity to be successful.” [Read more...]

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Business booming at Massena Sportsman’s Expo

April 15, 2013 By

People meander around Sunday during the Sportsman’s Expo at the Massena Arena. A piebald deer mount sits in the foreground. Photo by Melanie Kimbler-Lago/Watertown Daily Times.

MASSENA — Lovers of the great outdoors filled the Massena Arena over the weekend for the 35th annual Massena Rod & Gun Club Sportsman’s Expo.

Hunting and fishing were on prominent display, with vendors peddling everything from smoked venison to all-terrain vehicles. [Read more...]

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Jefferson County quarterly sales tax revenue dip may be due to Fort Drum deployments

April 15, 2013 By

County officials are publicly expressing concern that sales tax revenues may fall below their projections, following the release of totals for the first fiscal quarter.

On Saturday, County Legislator Scott A. Gray, R-Watertown and chairman of the Board of Legislators’ Finance and Rules Committee, said the numbers could be linked to recent deployments at Fort Drum. [Read more...]

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Women TIES sets business organization program

April 15, 2013 By

Women TIES will host its fourth regional program titled “Becoming More Organized to Become More Successful” from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 23 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1290 Arsenal St. Registration is $29 and includes a mini-trade show promotion and lunch. [Read more...]

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Business Briefcase – April 2013

April 2, 2013 By

Car-Freshner files lawsuit against book publisher

Car-Freshner Corp. has filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit against a book publisher it claims is marketing a coffee table book that includes an air freshener similar to the Watertown company’s “Little Trees” design.

Car-Freshner, which has its headquarters in the Jefferson County Corporate Park, filed suit March 18 in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, against Insight Editions LP, San Rafael, Calif., a publisher of illustrated books on photography, music and popular culture. [Read more...]

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Clarkson names new business school dean

March 20, 2013 By

Dayle M. Smith

Effective July 1, the Clarkson University School of Business will have a new leader.

Dayle M. Smith, a professor of management at the University of San Francisco’s School of Business, where she has spent more than 20 years, will take the helm at the Clarkson school.

She replaces Timothy F. Sugrue, who has been dean of the business school since 2000. He will step down June 30 to focus on his position as CEO of the Beacon Institute, a subsidiary of Clarkson University. He has led the institute since 2011.  [Read more...]

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Five businesses net honors from Watertown chamber

March 6, 2013 By

At the Greater Watertown-North Country Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Business of the Year awards ceremony Wednesday afternoon four businesses were given top honors for 2012.

For the first time, the chamber honored an Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which was presented by the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency’s Don Alexander. The award was given to All American Real Estate NNY LLC, Black River, and accepted by owner James M. Conlin. According to Mr. Conlin, sales for 2012 saw a 250 percent increase over 2011, totaling more than $8 million.

In the nonprofit sector, two awards were given:

  • USO Fort Drum received the Business of the Year Award for a nonprofit agency with fewer than 50 employees.
  • Transitional Living Services of Northern New York received the Business of the Year Award for a nonprofit agency with more than 50 employees.
In the for-profit business sector, information technology firm and communications provider Westelcom, which is headed by president Paul Barton, received the Business of the Year Award for a firm with 50 or fewer employees.
Watertown Savings Bank received the honor of Business of the Year with more than 50 employees.

In addition, the chamber honored Jeany Danielsen, of Rose & Kiernan Insurance, as Ambassador of the Year for her work as a volunteer and incoming member of the board of directors.

Mark Gaines, of Stephens Media Group and current second vice chair of the 2013 chamber board of directors, was given the Board Member of the Year honor.

Wednesday’s luncheon was held at the Black River Valley Club and sponsored by M&T Bank, Davidson Auto Group, GYMO Architecture, Engineering & Land Surveying, Timeless Frames and Expressions, Watertown Daily Times and NNY Business magazine.

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Business Briefcase – March 2013

March 5, 2013 By

Hyde-Stone establishes foundation

From left, Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors owner Jay Stone, wife, Dawn and sons, Christopher and Thom.

Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors, which has offices in Watertown, Potsdam and Plattsburgh, has established a charitable foundation within the Northern New York Community Foundation.

Through a substantial gift, the new foundation will enable the company to formalize its reinvestment efforts in support of nonprofit organizations and schools in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence and Clinton counties. [Read more...]

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