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Effie’s Boutique In Halfmoon Becomes Fulfillment Of A Lifetime Dream For Owner

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Efithia “Effie” Vasilakos recently opened Effie’s Boutique in Halfmoon. It sells formal gowns, dresses, shoes, purses, coats, that and accessories.

by Christine Graf

The opening of Effie’s Boutique in Halfmoon was a dream come true for Montreal native Efithia “Effie” Vasilakos. 

The 32-year-old has loved fashion for as long as she can remember. As a child, she would walk into her mother’s walk-in closet to admire her stylish clothes. As she got older, she developed a passion for helping people put outfits together. 

“I enjoyed getting people to try things on that they wouldn’t normally wear,” she said. 

In Montreal, she owned a bookkeeping company and also worked in real estate. Her love of fashion continued. She kept up with trends by reading fashion magazines and visiting boutiques. 

She later married Halfmoon resident Jimmy Vasilakos. The couple settled in Halfmoon, where Jimmy and his brother, Teddy, operate the Halfmoon Diner. The diner was started 30 years ago by their father, Peter.  It was her father-in-law who suggested that Effie’s Boutique be built on a parcel of land across from the diner. 

She decided to take his advice.

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‘By The Bottle’ Liquor Store Opens On Spring Street In Saratoga, Specializing In Wine

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
By the Bottle, at 11 Spring St., Saratoga Springs, offers a variety of wines and spirits from New York and California wineries, as well as vineyards from France, Italy and beyond.
©2018 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Greg Hitchcock

Annmarie Guglielmo is a native of Saratoga Springs and pilates instructor with a bent for business. 

“I had been working at another wine shop just outside of Saratoga when I got the idea to open my own wine and spirits business,” she said. 

By the Bottle, at 11 Spring St., Saratoga Springs, across from Congress Park, is a boutique wine and spirits shop that opened on Oct. 26. It offers a variety of wines and spirits from New York and California wineries, as well as vineyards from France, Italy and beyond.

“It’s not the same as even five years ago,” Guglielmo said. “Better quality products are coming from New York state including cabernets and delicious sparkling wines.”

Other products are spirits including moonshine, whiskey, gin, vodka, and bourbon.

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Business Advisor Michael Cruz Pens Book That Guides People Through Hiring Process

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Michael Cruz of Lighthouse Advisors LLC has written a book, “Hire The People You Want (And The Questions You Must Ask To Get Them),” that is available at Amazon.com.

By Susan E. Campbell

A new book by local business advisor Michael Cruz is aimed at helping managers at all levels acquire the skills to employ the best people and retain them longer.

“Hire The People You Want (And The Questions You Must Ask To Get Them)” aggregates the insights and tips Cruz has acquired helping clients of his consulting firm, Lighthouse Advisors LLC out of Queensbury, to manage their rapid growth, for which building infrastructure, support and an executive team are key components.

“Most people don’t have the skills to hire the best candidates and no one wants to take the time to learn,” said Cruz.

Before founding his firm in 1999, Cruz ran marketing departments in the corporate sector and honed his skills as a communicator.

Self-published and sold exclusively at Amazon, the 100-page book s priced at $9.99 for the digital edition and under $15 for the soft cover edition.

“This book helps companies develop a methodology and encourages making time to do this job right,” he said. “If the business owner or manager can’t find the time now, when will they find the time when they have to hire again?”

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‘Darn Good Yarn’ Moves From Schenectady To Halfmoon; Offers Crafting Supplies, Clothing

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Nicole Snow moved her business, Darn Good Yarn, to a new location that has 10,000 square feet of warehouse space and 2,000 square feet of office space.
©2018 Saratoga Photographer.com

by jill nagy

Nicole Snow’s desire to learn to knit led to the development of Darn Good Yarn, her successful online business selling crafting supplies and clothing

Most of the product is hand-made in India or Nepal and most uses recycled materials.

A yarn spun from scraps of saris (draped female garments from India), brightly colored, silky to the touch and ideal for a novice knitter, was Snow’s first product. The yarn was hard to find. Only three suppliers in the United States sold it and it was a seasonal product. 

For the women who made the yarn, it was something they did when they could not work in the fields. Snow, who calls herself “a very accidental entrepreneur,” set out to change that. 

Drawing on contacts from previous work for a general import business, she contracted with cooperatives and sole proprietors in Nepal and India, providing about 600 full-time, year-round jobs at wages similar to the minimum wage in the U.S. and two or three times the local wages, she said.

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Gennaro’s Pizza Parlour Has New Ownership

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018

By Greg Hitchcock

When New York City restaurateur Alex Rodriguez found out that Gennaro’s Pizza Parlor in Saratoga Springs was for sale, he jumped at the opportunity.

“I was looking for a slower pace,” Rodriguez said. “I like the small town feeling. We absolutely love Saratoga.”

When a friend relocated to Saratoga Springs, Rodriguez sold his apartment in New York City and moved upstate with his wife and two children.

Rodriguez purchased Gennaro’s on Oct. 1 and started renovations soon afterward,  adding a fresh coat of paint with a new pizza-esque style from floor to ceiling, designed by Manhattan artist Raphael Santiago.

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Three Builders Win ‘People’s Choice’ Awards At The Annual Fall Showcase Of Homes Event

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
This home built by The Form Collaborative won the People’s Choice award in the Luxury Home category. It has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and two half-baths.
Courtesy Showcase of Homes

The 2018 Saratoga Showcase of Homes announce the three “People’s Choice” award winners as voted on by the public who visited the homes during the annual fall event.

The Showcase of Homes was presented over three weekends n September. This year’s edition had 13 locations from 12 of area builders on display in Saratoga County. Over 3,500 hundred people toured these new homes, officials said.

“People’s Choice” winners were:

• Classic Home category – Kodiak Construction. The home is in The Point at Moss Creek and offers expansive western mountain views and sunsets. It has 3,028 square feet of space, four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms.

Founded locally by Saratoga Springs natives Jesse Boucher and Justin Sitler, Kodiak Construction serves clients throughout the northern Capital District, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls, and Lake George.

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Business Report: Corporate VPNs

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Michael Hatalla is director of technology at STEADfast IT in Saratoga Springs.

By Michael Hatalla

We often hear from our business customers that their employees are working remote or outside of the office on a more regular basis. Whether home or a local coffee shop, these employees need a safe way to access corporate data securely.

There are a few ways to accomplish this. If your company has a proper firewall in place, most will support either an SSL VPN or IPSec VPN solution.

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. A VPN is an encrypted connection, or tunnel, between your computer and the firewall at the office over the internet. This type of connection makes it appear that the user is on their local network, regardless of their location.

As more and more businesses allow their employees to work from home or remotely, VPN’s are becoming more and more important to keeping corporate data and applications secure.

For a company to setup an VPN, they can purchase a stand-alone VPN appliance; a multifunction device, such as a next-generation firewall or unified threat management firewall that offers VPN capability, or as a service, using a virtual VPN device.

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New Saratoga Springs City Center Website Offers A More Interactive Visitor Experience

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018

Saratoga Springs City Center has launched  a revamped website it says offers quick and easy access to venue information for planners, trade show vendors and event attendees.

The website offers a more interactive experience for site visitors, officials said. A virtual reality tour of the City Center is available, allowing planners and event attendees to tour the venue at their leisure from their own computers or handheld device.

The website also has a comprehensive governance section with current and historical City Center Authority annual reports, budgets, monthly agenda and meeting minutes.

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More Participate In NY Employee Insurance Plan

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018

NY State of Health, the state’s official health plan Marketplace, announced a boost in participating employers in New York’s Small Business Marketplace (SBM) due to significant changes made earlier this year. 

State officials said it’s now easier for small businesses to access the federal Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, and there are more health plans for employers to choose from through New York’s SBM. 

In the first five months of New York’s re-vamped SBM, the number of participating small employers increased by over 300 percent and now exceeds 9,000.

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Discount Hockey Tickets Benefit Senior Citizens

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018

The Adirondack Thunder and The Wesley Community have entered into a new partnership that will offer seniors a savings on home game tickets to see the Thunder at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls.

Seniors ages 55 and older will receive a $2 discount on tickets to home games during the 2018-19 regular season, courtesy of The Wesley Community. The discount is available on all full-price tickets exclusively at the Upstate Chevy Dealers Box Office at the arena.

“We are extremely excited to announce this brand-new partnership with The Wesley Community,” Thunder President Jeff Mead said. “Adirondack Thunder hockey at Cool Insuring Arena is a great night of fun and entertainment for people in our community of all ages. Our goal is to always make Thunder hockey affordable for all and this new discount program will continue that push for the seniors in our region.”

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