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The Resource Center Honors Longtime Staff Members

Evelyn Wright-Kegelmyer and Tanya Schmidt recently were honored with The Resource Center’s top staff honors for 2022. Wright-Kegelmyer, who has worked at TRC for 28 years, received the Joseph Trusso Jr. Employee of the Year Award. As administrative support coordinator in the human ...

Chautauqua Comics To Host Free Comic Book Day May 6

Chautauqua Comics in Jamestown will celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 6. For the last 21 years, Chautauqua Comics has given away comic books to hundreds of fans to introduce them to the wonders of comics. “Free Comic Book Day is a great event for the whole community. ...

Consumer Banks Weather The Storm

NEW YORK — Lindsey Johnson became president of the Consumer Bankers Association in 2022, representing the trade and lobbying organization for the nation’s big retail banks like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, US Bank, PNC and others. Before she joined CBA, she was president of the trade ...

Compass Bar And Grille To Open Soon In French Creek

A new bar and grille is set to open in the town of French Creek at the end of May. Compass Bar and Grille is owned by Elizabeth and Megan Odell-McKinley and will be located at 1789 Old Road. The planned opening day is May 26. The building has been in the area since 1977, last being used as ...

Small Business Owners Feel The Credit Crunch

NEW YORK — When Nat West, owner of cider-making company Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, decided to supplement his wholesale business by opening a taproom in a bustling neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, he thought getting financing would be a breeze. After all, he was only seeking $50,000, has ...

Tupperware Seeks Money To Stay Afloat

Tupperware Brands, which experienced a resurgence during the pandemic, is now pursuing investors to keep it afloat and is in danger of being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of Tupperware Brands Corp. tumbled nearly 50% on Monday after the company said late last week that it had engaged financial advisers to help it secure financing and “remediate its doubts regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.” Sales and profits have steadily fallen the past couple of years after the pandemic breathed new life into the Orlando, Florida-based maker of food storage ...