Entertainment and Sports
Schools in the area are figuring out how to put on a show, no matter what, the Post-Star reported. Last spring, just one or two area schools were able to put on a show before the pandemic shut everything down, and this year, the drama clubs and the maintenance staff who prepare the spaces, are pushing forward, even if the shows will have no audience and will be recorded and shared, the story says.
In a sign of spring, both metaphorically and literally, the State Theatre in Tupper Lake is reopening after a long pandemic winter, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting. The theater managed this only through the help of locals who covered half the costs, so far, of computer servers that went bad as the theater sat dormant for the past year. The servers allow the digital films to be shown, the story says.
Information Technology and Computing
The founder of the app Trophecase, a Linked-In style app for high school and college athletes, says he has weathered the worst of the pandemic and is ready to roll out, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. His last call to investors was in March 2020 when money instantly dried up. In the meantime, he has been working on the app and is ready for a funding round again, the story says. He has pro athletes on board as advisors and promoters and big investors ready to help.
Retail and eCommerce
The Ransom Tattoo Gallery has opened in Ballston Spa, the Saratogian is reporting. The shop’s focus is in styles such as Japanese, American traditional, neo-traditional and geometric, the story says.
Environment, Energy and Sustainability
Curbside composting, that’s the industry of Loving Earth Compost, a start-up in Saratoga County, the Times-Union is reporting. It’s connected to the project launched by Behan Communications VP, Bill Richmond and his side-hustle Adirondack Worm Farm.
Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing
The former publisher of the Post-Star has died. Rick Emanuel lived in New York’s southern tier before he died and was widely regarded as a beloved family man. He was 55 and had returned to his native Elmira to join the Gatehouse publishing group. He was publisher at the Post-Star from 2008 to 2014, the Elmire Star-Gazette writes.