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TRC Community Health Center To Hold Open House November 21

An open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place Thursday to showcase the TRC Community Health Center. The event will run from 3 to 5 p.m. at the health center, 890 E. Second St., Jamestown. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the dental and primary care operations and speak ...

Supporting Efforts

Blackstone Advanced Technologies is partnering with Dream It Do It Western New York to support efforts to build a talent pipeline into manufacturing careers. Representatives of Blackstone Advanced Technologies officially endorsed the Dream It Do It Advanced Manufacturing Program ...

How To Protect Yourself From Scammers Offering Fake Jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Between finding openings, sending out your resume and interviewing, looking for a job is tough. Now a growing trend of scammers impersonating recruiters is making it even harder. In the last year, job scams have been on the rise, according to Eva Velasquez, president and ...

Northwest Bancshares Net Income Down, Deposits Up

Net income at Northwest Bancshares Inc. is down $5 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023. The company, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, finished the quarter with net income of $34 million. Net income was $39 million in the third quarter of 2023. But bank officials note net income increased from the second quarter of 2024 ($5 million). Average loans receivable increased $33 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 largely driven by the company’s commercial banking portfolio, which grew by $456 million in ...

After 127 Years, Smucker’s Has Moved Beyond Jam

Smucker’s Uncrustables – the pillowy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches found in the frozen aisle – could soon hit $1 billion in annual sales. To keep up with demand, J.M. Smucker Co. will soon open a third Uncrustables plant. It almost didn’t happen. The product lost money for more than a decade after the company bought the Unscrustables brand in 1998, Chairman, President and CEO Mark Smucker said. The manufacturer once known only for its jellies and jams spent years trying to figure out how to mass produce the stretchy, hole-free bread used in the crust-free sandwiches. For ...

Increased Spending

NEW YORK (AP) — The largest retail trade group in the United States said Tuesday that it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday shopping season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and prices. The National Retail ...