Biz Buzz

     Operation Oswego County (OOC), Oswego County's designated economic development organization, was recently awarded best in class for their 2012 Annual Report, at The Northeastern Economic Developers Association's (NEDA) 2013 literature and promotions award competition. NEDA represents 11 states including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Canale's restaurant is ramping up for their 60th year of business in 2014 . Looking up, Nick Canale was deep in thought as memories of his grandparents rushed back to him.

     Cidermoon Coffee has recently expanded their fresh-roasted coffee shop into a much larger building – right next door to their previous location at 170 W. First St. Stop by and check out their new digs and enjoy one of their signature coffees.

     WADES'S DINER announces the winner of their One-Third Carat Diamond Earrings Raffle as Freddie LePine Jr. of Oswego. The 2 week long 75th Diamond Celebration also featured daily drawings of gift certificates, as well as the release of the new Wade's Diner logo. Shown here are raffle winner Freddie LePine Jr. (left) and James Pauldine (right) of JP Jewelers. Proceeds from the raffle were donated to the Port City Educational Foundation.

     Recognizing Oswego County has selected the River's End Bookstore as the Community Champion for March. The theme for this month was Literacy Awareness. Literacy encompasses reading, writing and basic math as well as critical thinking, speaking and listening.

SUNY Oswego's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program has been named as Recognizing Oswego County's Community Champion for February.

Recently, My Digital Discount purchased and moved into the former Service With Purvis building located next to Domino's Pizza. As they expand their services, they are now ready to make themselves known to the general public as a locally-owned and operated business in Oswego.

FitzGibbons Agency, an Oswego-based Independent Insurance Agency, and a subsidiary of Pathfinder Bank, is completing its integration of the Huntington Agency of Baldwinsville, effective into the FitzGibbons family of insurance agencies, according to John FitzGibbons, agency President..

Recognizing Oswego County has named Food Bank of Central New York as April's Community Champion for their extensive programming to promote health and wellness of their employees.