Norlite must collect dust
The state Department of Environmental Conservation ordered the Norlite aggregate plant to stop the dust on its property from blowing elsewhere, the Times Union is reporting. If the company does not comply, it faces a $22,500 per day fine and a threat from the DEC to “shut them down.” The dust is detritus from the process the plant uses to transform shale into construction and road-building aggregate. The dust has been blowing onto the nearby Saratoga Sites public housing apartment complex.
Food Co-op may get $3M
The Schenectady County Legislature has informally agreed to provide up to $3 million toward a food co-op marketplace if one can be fully planned, the Daily Gazette is reporting. Electric City and Albany’s Honest Weight food co-ops are working together to build the market in downtown Schenectady. The hope would be to bring healthy food to the “food desert” of downtown Schenectady, but the smaller Electric City co-op needs to grow from about 435 members to 1,000, and they are looking to merging with the 20,000-member Honest Weight or receiving advice from them, the story says.
Espey's bottom line rising
Espey Mfg. & Electronics, the Saratoga Springs-based defense contractor, saw net sales increase to $7.46 million during its second quarter, the Albany Business Journal says. That is up about $500,000. The company's order backlog has grown to $70.1 million at the end of last year, up $10 million from December 2020, the story says. Net income is way up from the height of the pandemic in 2020.
Flats restaurant hopes to open in May
The Flats Restaurant and Tavern in Clifton Park, should open in May with a upscale brewpub menu in a “warm industrial setting,” the Albany Business Journal reports. The 3,600 square foot restaurant will seat 130 inside and 60 on a patio outside, the story says. It leases space in a new building along with an Italian import deli and an art gallery, the story says.
Ironman groups asks for an extra year
The Ironman Group, organizer of the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon, is requesting a three-year contract extension, though a task force looking at the impact of the race on the Lake Placid community recommended running it two years, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise says. The Town of Elba is looking at the contract with the group, and the group is arguing that three years, through 2024, would give them time to implement the changes recommended by the task force.