Buying fresh is a pipeline fix
Local restaurants are increasing their local connections to farms in order to lessen the burden of pandemic-related supply chain issues that affected 96% of restaurant operators nationwide, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. Restaurants that buy local have not had the supply-chain troubles, the story says, and the local farmers and suppliers can meet demand, though inflation can still be an issue.
Clifton Park Panera will upgrade
The Clifton Park Panera will gain touchless ordering software, a new interior layout and two drive-thru lanes—one for ordering and driving away, and one for picking up online orders, says the Albany Business Journal. The plan is to build new in the parking lot of the current location.
OSHA investigating beer warehouse
Federal safety regulators and state police are investigating how safety equipment failed a man who fell from the roof at DeCrescente Distributing’s warehouse, the Times Union says. The owner of the company doing the work, REO Welding, says he is sure the man was wearing the proper equipment before the fall, the story says. The investigation will look at which equipment was used and if it was being used properly, the story says.
Tops is Grand
Saranac Lake’s Tops grocery store has changed over to a Grand Union and just in time for the second week of the village’s winter carnival, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting. The store opened two days earlier than expected, hoping to catch shoppers during the annual festivities. The Tops Markets were purchased in a merger by the Price Chopper chain. As part of the antitrust regulatory process, Price Chopper was forced to divest 12 stores. The Saranac Lake store was one, the story says.
Ti gets more solar
The Adirondack Park Agency has approved a fourth commercial solar permit in the Town of Ticonderoga since the fall of 2020, the Adirondack Explorer reports. The latest is a large-scale project that would bring the total electricity generation to 32.5-megawatts if all of the projects are built out, enough to power over 5,000 homes, the story says.
Ti looking to inspect sewers
Septic systems at homes within 500 feet of Lake George in the Town of Ticonderoga will be inspected, under a proposed regulation, and the owners will be on the hook for repairs if needed, the Adirondack Sun is reporting. The inspections would start in about a year and would also include homes within 100 feet of DEC-regulated streams flowing into the lake. Inspections would occur once every five years thereafter. Regular pump-outs will be required, too.