Business First of Buffalo articles from September 1997

Business First of Buffalo archives from September 1997

Interest in bank jobs rebounds in WNY. (Western New York)
September 1, 1997... After several years in decline, Buffalo area bank jobs again are on the rise. The trend, coupled with growth at some of Buffalo's banks and back office centers, is helping to polish the area's rejuvenated reputation as a regional banking...

Wilson's investment pays off. (Buffalo Bills franchise owner Ralph Wilson Jr.)
September 1, 1997... You're 40 years old, and you've got $25,000 just burning a hole in your pocket. What do you do? Well, you might decide to play it safe and invest in real estate. Or you could accept a reasonable amount of risk and put your money in stocks or...

Health center links business, researchers. (Western New York Health Care Business Center)
September 1, 1997... A facility linking health-care businesses with health-care researchers is expected to be established at the University at Buffalo by year-end. The Western New York Health Care Business Center will help move technology from the laboratory to...

Station's renovation switches to fast track. (Lockport, NY's train station)
September 1, 1997... Twenty-three years after the landmark Union Station in Lockport was destroyed by fire, the historic structure is getting ready to rise from the ashes. The final hurdle in transforming the majestic ruin into an office building is about to be...

Atto finding computer industry is right place to grow. (Atto Technology Inc.)
September 1, 1997... Tim Klein is learning what it's like to be a CEO of a bigger company. Klein, president and CEO of Atto Technology Inc., has watched his company grow from a two-man operation that started in 1988 in his living room to an 80-person staff at the...

Freight firm's expansion reaches Canada, Europe. (Fulfillment Systems International Inc.)
September 1, 1997... Growth continues at a North Tonawanda freight forwarding and fulfillment firm as it expands North American operations and plans a European office. Fulfillment Systems International Inc., 908 Niagara Falls Blvd., plans to hire 10 to 20 local...

Falls redevelopment group pursues airport operation. (Niagara Falls Redevelopment Corp.)
September 1, 1997... Niagara Falls Redevelopment Corp., the private company working with Niagara Falls to revitalize the city, has begun discussions to take over management of the Niagara Falls International Airport. While all involved stress that discussions are...

Sale of Better Health Plan to Fidelis OK'd by state. (Better Health Plan Inc.; Fidelis Care New York)
September 1, 1997... The state has approved the sale of the Medicaid HMO Better Health Plan Inc. to the Fidelis Care New York, the managed care organization operated by the Catholic church. The $7.75 million transaction helps Better Health's parent concentrate on...

Ready for the 21st century. (office gadgets)(Special Report: Telecommunications)
September 1, 1997... Office gadgets are getting smaller and better, manufacturers say Just 20 years ago, the most high-tech piece of equipment in most offices was an electronic calculator. Oh, how the times have changed. Telecommunications equipment...

Supporters are talking up benefits of phone cards. (includes related article on GTE Card Services and Child Watch of North America's 'missing children' phone cards)(Special Report: Telecommunications)
September 1, 1997... Mark Keene has told the story so often that people figure he's making it up, but he swears it is both true and a perfect illustration of why the prepaid phone card industry is growing. A woman with two teen-age daughters wasn't thrilled with...

Busy executive gets a grip on life by being involved in sports, family. (NHT Partnership general manager Jerry Gerasimou)(Special Report: Telecommunications)
September 1, 1997... Two years ago, Jerry Gerasimou took up golf as a way to forge and foster business networks for NHT, an emerging telecommunications provider. He liked the game so much, he bought a set of used golf clubs and had them cut down and re-gripped for...

ACC Telecom is going back to school. (provision of long-distance service to colleges and universities)(Special Report: Telecommunications)
September 1, 1997... An international telecommunications company with a Buffalo office and $309 million in annual sales continues to rack up college and university business. ACC Telecom, a subsidiary of ACC Corp. of Rochester, provides long distance service to...

Execs say telecommuting online to become future office practice.(Special Report: Telecommunications)
September 1, 1997... For a growing number of companies today, the phrase "9 to 5" may soon become an anachronism. In a recent nationwide survey, 84 percent of executives polled said their firms now offer either a formal or informal "flexible hours" program for...

Small telephone companies lure big carriers' customers.
September 1, 1997... WASHINGTON - With more than $60 billion in revenue at stake, the nation's largest long-distance telephone service providers are losing customers to hundreds of smaller upstarts. During the past decade, the smaller carriers' share of toll...

State signs on to new policy allowing Thruway messages. (New York Thruway Authority)
September 1, 1997... A Fredonia firm known for harvesting grapes for wine. recently added a new element to its marketing strategy. Woodbury Vineyards Inc. is the first business in the state to hoist signs under changes made by the New York Thruway Authority. The...

Growth of inns, bed & breakfasts boost Chautauqua County tourism. (New York)
September 1, 1997... The Blue Heron Inn at Findley Lake opened in May by Bruce and Tobi Ahlquist reflects the growth of bed and breakfasts in Chautauqua County. The allure of the region as a tourist destination was not lost on the Ahlquists. "We came here after 14...

Getting a stake in business; surveying firm works on area's big projects. (Professional Land Surveyor P.C.)(Small Business Handbook)
September 1, 1997... Small Business Profile Deborah Naybor, Professional Land Surveyor P.C. 11901 Broadway Alden 937-9448 Fax: 937-9526 What's going on: Deborah Naybor's company performs land surveying services for large construction projects, such as the...

Merging hospitals play name game. (name for the merger of Buffalo General and Millar Fillmore health systems with Children's Hospital of Buffalo)
September 8, 1997... How would you say "Three of Buffalo's largest health care facilities merged" - but not in so many words? Organizers have asked 28 ad agencies to consider the challenge of naming the new system. The agency selected will have a complex task,...

Inventor pursues the unknown. (Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. founder Wilson Greatbatch)
September 8, 1997... Wilson Greatbatch spent an afternoon recently talking with a young inventor who had driven down from St. Catharines, Ont. They sat in chairs on the shady side of Greatbatch's modest home in Newstead, adjacent to the vegetable garden and behind...

Regal Cinemas plans complex in Niagara Falls.
September 8, 1997... A new 12-screen movie theater in Niagara Falls would more than double the number of screens in and around the city. Regal Cinemas Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn., is working with Benderson Development Co. Inc. to bring the multi-screen complex to a...

MJ Mechanical Services acquires Vastola heating, air. (Vastola Heating & Air Conditioning)
September 8, 1997... Vastola Heating & Air Conditioning Corp., one of the area's largest women-owned businesses, has been acquired by MJ Mechanical Services Inc. The deal will make MJ Mechanical, a Tonawanda-headquartered firm, one of the area's largest heating...

HealthCarePlan fares well in analysis of area HMOs. (health maintenance organizations)
September 8, 1997... The financial performance of HealthCarePlan and Independent Health have been respectively rated good and fair by a Florida firm that analyzes HMOs across the country. Weiss Ratings Inc. gave HealthCarePlan a B-minus grade, deeming it has good...

Regional marketing strategy seeks to lure companies.
September 8, 1997... A regional marketing plan is being hailed as landmark effort between the City of Buffalo and the Amherst Industrial Development Agency. The plan, dubbed ABCorridor, was formally introduced Sept. 4. The heart of it is a marketing program...

Acquisition of Fla.-based bank likely to have little local impact. (NationsBank Corp.'s plan to acquire Florida-based Barnett Banks Inc.)
September 8, 1997... NationsBank Corp. plans to acquire Florida-based Barnett Banks Inc. in the highest-priced bank merger in history that would also create the third largest U.S. bank. But unlike the recent acquisition of Boatmens' Bancshares of St. Louis, which...

Buffalo Bills ticket prices rank in NFL's bottom tier. (National Football League)
September 8, 1997... You have to give the Bills credit for this one. When a ticket restructuring plan was announced in March, the club said the average price of a game at Rich Stadium would still rank them about 23rd in the 30-team National Football League. How...

The old-fashioned way: hardware restores the charm of yesteryear. (Restoration Works Inc.)(Small Business Handbook)(Company Profile)
September 8, 1997... Restoration Works Inc. 812 Main St./9 St. Louis Place Buffalo, N.Y. 14202 856-6400 Fax: 856-8040 What's going on: The company supplies decorative hardware, plumbing fixtures and accessories, architectural trim and tin ceilings. Who's who:...

Enjoying the benefits of leasing. (Employer Services Corp.)(Special Report: Insurance & Employee Benefits)
September 8, 1997... A small WNY company plans to go national by managing personnel for businesses Executives at Employer Services Corp. have been laying down on the job a lot lately, but it's not because they're not working. Nor does the company sell beds, but...

Religious properties gain new life with a new purpose.(Real Estate & Construction)
September 8, 1997... For 120 years, the Clarence Center United Methodist Church stood as beacon in the hamlet of Clarence Center. The church was a community focal point that went beyond weekly religious services. Over the years, there were community celebrations...

Developing the good will of the home building industry.(Real Estate & Construction)
September 8, 1997... Joe McIvor Jr. believes in the American dream and, as executive vice president of the Niagara Frontier Builders Association Inc., he is the point man for an industry that is often in the center of controversy. "I'm not sure when we changed from...

The foundation grows for partners Carmina and Silvestri. (Carmina Silvestri Architects P.C.)(Real Estate & Construction)(Company Profile)
September 8, 1997... There are partners and then there are friends. Phil Silvestri and Steve Carmina are both. They are the Amherst architectural firm of Carmina Silvestri Architects P.C. They share one office with their desks just a few feet apart. They finish...

MJ Mechanical evolved from startup to third decade. (MJ Mechanical Services Inc.)(Real Estate & Construction)(Company Profile)
September 8, 1997... For some companies, growth comes rapidly through spectacular acquisitions, mergers, or taking over a chief competitor. Others find that aggressive marketing of fresh products or entering geographical areas are tickets to major expansion. Many,...

University Heights' sights, sounds abound as rejuvenation of residential and commercial area begins.(Real Estate & Construction)
September 8, 1997... Throughout Buffalo's once-dormant University Heights - the mixed commercial and residential area near the University at Buffalo's South Campus - the sights, sounds and busy-ness of rebirth and rejuvenation are almost everywhere. A gleaming new...

Rich deal triples Bill's luxury seat income. (Rich Stadium; Buffalo Bills)
September 15, 1997... "Paydirt" is one of those trite sports phrases used by football announcers to describe a touchdown. But paydirt is precisely what the Buffalo Bills seek to strike in its expanded marketing push to sell luxury boxes and club seats at the...

Competitor is role model for Delphi. (Denso Ccorp.; Delphi Automotive Systems)
September 15, 1997... Denso Corp. might not be the perfect role model for General Motors' Delphi Automotive Systems to copy. But it comes close, GM Chairman Jack Smith said as much several months ago. When Smith was asked what the automaker had in mind for its...

Restaurateurs find gold on East Side. (McDonald's restaurants; Buffalo, New York)
September 15, 1997... For the first time in more than a decade, there's a new set of golden arches in the city. A McDonald's restaurant opened last week in the Towne Gardens Plaza at Jefferson and William streets on Buffalo's East Side. The city's last new...

Landmark building at center of Westfield debate. (Chautauqua County, New York)
September 15, 1997... At the edge of the Chautauqua County village of Westfield is a 144-year-old building that has become a sticking point between progress and preservation. The building is the Spencer House, a two-story, Italianate brick structure topped with a...

Auction will decide future of landmark city restaurant. (Park Lane Restaurant, Buffalo, New York)
September 15, 1997... An auctioneer's gavel will decide the last chapter of one of the city's most noteworthy restaurants. The Park Lane Restaurant, a Gates Circle fixture, will be auctioned off at 10 a.m. Sept. 17, the by-product of foreclosure actions brought on...

Lockport gasoline supplier keeps its motor running. (Reid Petroleum Corp)
September 15, 1997... Despite increasing challenges in the motor fuel industry, one Lockport supplier continues to pump ahead. Reid Petroleum Corp., 100 W. Genesee St., has grown through three family generations to own and supply more than 150 fuel outlets across...

ECMC bypass death rate among best in New York. (Erie County Medical Center)
September 15, 1997... Heart bypass surgery programs at Buffalo hospitals stood out among the strongest and the weakest across the state in 1995, according to a state Department of Health report. The average statewide death rate for bypass surgery patients that year...

Trade zone means peanuts to Niagara County firm. (North American Trading & Drayage)
September 15, 1997... Peanuts mean a lot to Jody Morphy. As president of North American Trading & Drayage, operator of Foreign Trade Zone 34 in Niagara County, she oversaw warehousing of more than 4 million pounds of peanuts during the first three months of the...

Women, disadvantaged get biggest boost from SBA. (Small Business Administration)
September 15, 1997... A Small Business Administration program aimed at disadvantaged firms has expanded its scope to include a wider array of applicants, including non-minority women and the physically challenged. The 8(a) program, named for a section of the Small...

Amherst getting on board for regional transportation. (Amherst Industrial Development Agency)
September 15, 1997... The Amherst Industrial Development Agency plans to implement a system of employee shuttles from central transportation hubs to town industrial parks as early as next year. Working in coordination with the Niagara Frontier Transportation...

Drive gains momentum to make Rt. 17 an interstate. (Cattaraugus, New York)
September 15, 1997... A momentum-building road rally has been the latest and most visible effort by elected officials in a drive to have Route 17 turned into an interstate highway. The road rally was held to show the Southern Tier's support for having the east-west...

Business education center grows at Houghton campus. (Houghton College)
September 15, 1997... Houghton College is redirecting efforts at its West Seneca campus to encourage its use as a business education center. The West Seneca campus, which had been referred to as the Buffalo Suburban Campus, will now be known as Houghton College at...

WNY minority businesses lose development center. (Western New York)
September 15, 1997... A restructuring of federal business development programs has left Western New York minority business owners with no access to low-cost assistance services. Funding ran out in the spring for the Buffalo Minority Business Development Center,...

Managed care, deregulation reduce hospital staffing. (Western New York)
September 15, 1997... The impact of managed care and deregulation appears to be making a mark on Western New York hospital staffs. According to the 1997 Business First list of largest hospitals, employment at most facilities decreased a total of 1,400 full-time...

News, guild end stalemate. (Buffalo Newspaper Guild)
September 15, 1997... A tentative contract settlement has been reached between employees and management at the Buffalo News. The agreement, reached after more than a year of negotiations, grants 13 percent pay increases over six years to editors, reporters and other...

Area home builders wary of Marine's new initiative. (Marine Midland Bank)
September 15, 1997... A move by Marine Midland Bank to enter the Buffalo subsidized low-income new housing program is generating concern in the home building community. At issue is the role of Marine Midland Bank joining the home building industry at a time when...

Mixing work with family: printing company executive involves family in the job. (Quantum Color Corp. Pres. Carl Finn)(Special Report: Printing & Graphics)
September 15, 1997... Carl Finn has the best of both worlds at home and at work. Sometimes, the two are the same. That's because, as president of Quantum Color Corp. in Niagara Falls, he presides over a successful multimillion-dollar print company. At the same...

Printers are right in claim that their business is big.(Special Report: Printing & Graphics)
September 15, 1997... This industry accounts for 14 percent of all employment in the state. Annual sales related to it are estimated at $10 billion. If you consider Buffalo and Rochester as one metropolitan area, it would be the 14th largest market for this industry....

Minolta execs excited about the new line of printers.
September 15, 1997... Minolta has introduced a printer designed to offer greater desktop publishing opportunities for businesses. The Minolta PageWorks family of desktop laser printers comes from the Minolta Peripheral Products Division and features five models: two...

Buffalo CVB broadening study of convention center options. (Greater Buffalo Convention & Visitors Bureau)
September 15, 1997... The Greater Buffalo Convention & Visitors Bureau has expanded its convention center study to include funding options and economic development impact projections. The bureau decided Sept. 5 to have the consultant, C.H. Johnson Consulting Inc.,...

Mounting bankruptcies fuel national reforms.
September 22, 1997... Western New Yorkers and others nationwide who continue to march into bankruptcy court in record numbers are the focus of reforms under consideration in Washington D.C. After nearly two years of testimony and deliberations, a special...

Swift approval predicted for RCSB acquisition. (Rochester Community Savings Bank)
September 22, 1997... Charter One Financial Inc.'s acquisition of Rochester Community Savings Bank is expected to be completed in less than two weeks. Shareholders of both Charter One and RCSB Financial Inc., the parent of Rochester Community, will vote Oct. 3 at...

Fisher-Price toys with new ideas. (Fisher-Price Inc.)
September 22, 1997... Gone is production of little people farms, play sets and other legendary toys at East Aurora's Fisher-Price Inc. plant. The plant stopped making toys in 1990. Now, assembly of the toys is done at plants in Murray, Ky., Augusta, Ga., China,...

Toronto, Buffalo sports franchises compete for fans. (Toronto Raptors; Buffalo Bills)
September 22, 1997... For decades Western New Yorkers and residents of southern Ontario crossed the border to take advantage of an array of entertainment options. Americans flock northward for top flight productions in Toronto and Niagara-on-the-Lake. More recently...

Expansion of Canadian bank may include Buffalo offices. (National Bank of Canada)
September 22, 1997... National Bank of Canada is adding offices in the United States and eying the possibility of expanding the Buffalo office it opened in 1991. Canada's sixth-largest banking company recently won regulatory approval to open an office in Somerville,...

Producer index: state trails only California. (New York; Gross state product)
September 22, 1997... It all adds up. From the engines manufactured at the General Motors Tonawanda Plant to the meal you bought from an area restaurant, each contributes to billions of dollars in goods and services produced in the state. In 1994, those goods and...

Stock sale opens opportunities for Lockport Savings. (Lockport Savings Bank)
September 22, 1997... After 127 years as a mutual thrift, Lockport Savings Bank is becoming a stock institution through an initial public offering. The IPO and new structure will allow the bank to make acquisitions more easily, expand into other aligned businesses...

Lockport Savings begins move to new building. (Lockport Savings Bank)
September 22, 1997... The vanguard of almost 200 Lockport Savings Bank employees has begun occupying the bank's new two-story administrative center in Pendleton. The moves began Sept. 5-6 when the data center moved from downtown Lockport into the recently built $9...

New power authority head has high-energy agenda. (New York Power Authority Pres and COO Eugene Zeltmann)
September 22, 1997... Eugene Zeltmann, recently appointed president and chief operating officer of the New York Power Authority, believes private competition will enhance electricity supply in the state. With ongoing deregulation in the industry, he sees his role as...

Women-owned businesses get boost from Air Force.
September 22, 1997... The U.S. Air Force is helping women-owned businesses soar above the competition. A new partnership between the Air Force and the National Women's Business Council is designed to bolster government contracting awards to women-owned...

WNY rail group continues push for lower rates. (Western New York)
September 22, 1997... The Erie/Niagara Rail Steering Committee continues to push for dual access and lower switch rates under a proposed $10.2 billion purchase of Conrail by CSX and Norfolk Southern railways. The committee is a coalition of area industry, business...

Olean high-tech company born of risk, opportunity. (Olean Advanced Products)
September 22, 1997... In 1994 a pair of AVX Corp. executives at a North Carolina plant saw a low-volume line of capacitors abruptly dropped. Before long plant manager Dan Jordan and chief design engineer Sharan Narula, who also worked together at the company's Olean...

Tonawanda plant expansion boosts growth of rural Chautauqua. (WGB Aluminum Casting Corp.)
September 22, 1997... A growing Tonawanda firm, a businessman and the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency are pursuing an arrangement expected to boost the economy in rural Cherry Creek. The IDA recently agreed to accept, as a donation, a five-building...

Fun and games. (The Tree House)(Small Business Handbook)(Company Profile)
September 22, 1997... Couple assembles toys in their hometown store What's going on: Nestled among The TreeHouse's 600 square feet are puppets, stuffed animals, trucks, kites and games. "This is a place to relax and explore," said store owner David Schueckler....

Livsey leaves Bills front office to take top lacrosse league job. (John Livsey of Buffalo Bills, new commissioner of Major Indoor Lacrosse League)
September 22, 1997... The National Lacrosse League, formed a few months ago to replace and expand on the Major Indoor Lacrosse League, has chosen an experienced Buffalo sports marketer to serve as commissioner. John Livsey was named commissioner recently after a...

Automakers have plenty of new features for '98. (new car models for 1998)(Special Report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... Beginning a new automotive model year is a little like opening the football season: Some veteran players are waived or retired, a few rookies make the squad, and a venerable player or two tries a comeback. Some even appear in new uniforms. So...

Car thieves have old ideas about what models are right. (car thieves choose older, less distinctive models)(Special Report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... If you think you've protected yourself from being a victim of car theft by trading in your Camaro for that 7-year-old mid-sized sedan, think again. The car most frequently stolen in Western New York is not a Camaro, a Montero, or even the...

Protecting your car can now be just a phone call away. (Clifford Virtual Link System)(Special Report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... Many of us have seen the television news specials where an experienced thief, working with a news crew, disables a standard car alarm in seconds. Car alarms, we've learned, are only effective if they cannot be disabled by a thief. Auto...

Volkswagen gets bugs out of new line of luxury cars.
September 22, 1997... Volkswagen, the "people's car," is homing its way into the American luxury car market in a manner that would make an original Beetle-buyer blanch. The redesigned Passat is being introduced as a direct challenge to BMW and Mercedes, the premier...

Trucker rides safety record to a national competition. (Tim Maryniak, 10th Annual Food Industry Truck Driving Championship award winner)(Special Report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... Ever since he was a small boy, Tim Maryniak knew he wanted to be a tracker. Every Christmas, he asked for toy trucks. Maryniak, now 37, received a toy truck again last year, but this time it was a replica of the truck he drives for a living....

Sportservice now in gear in the field of motorsports. (Sportservice Corp.)(Special report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... At the California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., thousands of racing fans work up an appetite watching high-performance cars burn rubber tearing up the track. When they get hungry and thirsty, Buffalo's Sportservice goes into overdrive - serving...

Used cars treated like new under terms of warranty plan. (extended service contracts)(Special Report 1998 Automotive)
September 22, 1997... Among the biggest expenses associated with buying a used car are the repair and maintenance costs that would be covered by a warranty had the buyer bought a new car. More and more buyers of previously leased and used cars are taking advantage...

Making a difference in the lives of the disabled. (Virginia Purcell, ninth Athena Award winner)(Women in Business)
September 22, 1997... Ninth Annual Athena Award winner Virginia Purcell Executive director United Cerebral Palsy Association of Western New York When Virginia Purcell makes light about receiving the Athena Award, it's not because she does not appreciate the...

Athena program has grown into a helping hand for women. (Athena Awards program)(Women in Business)
September 22, 1997... The Athena Awards program began in Western New York in 1989 as a recognition program. Co-founded by the Oldsmobile Dealers Association of Western New York and the Greater Buffalo Partnership, the award recognizes a member of the community who...

Poll: merger will improve health care. (merger of three hospitals in Western New York)
September 29, 1997... Most adults in Erie County believe the proposed merger of three of Western New York's largest hospitals will improve health care in the area. But they don't buy the idea that any cost savings achieved by the marriage of Buffalo General and...

Employment jump capsulizes future for growth at Moog. (Moog Inc)
September 29, 1997... After weathering defense cuts of the early 1990s, Moog Inc. rebounded in a big way. The work force of the Elma manufacturer of motion and flight controls for commercial and defense aircraft and satellites grew by 20 percent, or 322, to 1,929...

Wegmans ready to build first store in Niagara County. (Wegmans Food Markets Inc to open store in Niagara County, New York)
September 29, 1997... Speculation that Wegmans Food Markets Inc. may open its first Niagara County store appears to be nearing reality. Real estate sources said Wegmans is close to cutting a deal for a 92,000-square-foot store on Military Road in the Town of Niagara...

Canadian utility markets prime parcel at Falls' brink. (restructuring of Toronto Power Generating Station)
September 29, 1997... How long has it been since the Toronto Power Generating Station in Niagara Falls, Ont., was last used? Well, Richard Nixon was still U.S. president and Jim Schoenfeld was a rookie defenseman with the Buffalo Sabres when the station produced its...

Dispute over CEO's salary lands in U.S. tax court. (income tax of 2544 Clinton Pres Richard Garman questioned by IRS)
September 29, 1997... Almost anyone would agree that the $2.7 million that Richard Garman was paid in 1992 and the $2.78 million in 1993 was impressive. But why does the Internal Revenue Service say his pay wasn't reasonable? Garman's salary was disclosed in a...

VTG messaging product boosted by deal with Lotus. (Voice Technologies Group Inc, Lotus Development Corp)
September 29, 1997... Voice Technologies Group Inc. expects to close on a multi-million dollar deal with Lotus Development Corp. in the coming weeks. The deal will make VTG's PremisMail program available as a fully integrated part of Lotus Notes, the software...

Legendary course designer brings his golf game to WNY. (golf course architect Geoffrey Cornish of Cornish Silva and Mungeam Inc to improve courses in Western New York)
September 29, 1997... Geoffrey Cornish is, like 26 million people who play the game, a golfer. But he sees a course much differently than most. As Cornish views a course, he plots improvements, both competitively and aesthetically. So it goes with golf course...

Castle Restaurant owners closing Allegany landmark.
September 29, 1997... Allegany's landmark Castle Restaurant will close by year-end. The Castle operated for more than half a century and was the site of some of the Southern Tier's biggest annual banquets. The 160-room Castle Inn will remain open. The restaurant...