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Offices after COVID: Wider hallways, fewer desks

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The coronavirus already changed the way we work. Now it’s changing the physical space, too. Many companies are making adjustments to their offices to help employees feel safer as they return to in-person work, like improving air circulation systems or moving desks further apart. Others are ditching desks and building more conference rooms to accommodate employees who still work remotely but come in for meetings. Architects and designers say this is a time of experimentation and reflection for employers. Steelcase, an office furniture company based in ...

Local business leaders join C&N in fighting hunger

WELLSBORO – C&N recently recognize local businesses for their support of our Giving Back, Giving Together program, supporting the food banks in the area. Each year, thorough their Giving Back, Giving Together (GBGT) program, C&N partners with local organizations to support different causes. Recently, GBGT turned its focus to fighting hunger. Millions of people now face financial strain as a result of the economic impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are now relying on food banks for sustenance. As consumer demand has placed constraints on supply chains, fewer ...

As tax changes loom, farmers worry about the next generation

HARPSVILLE (AP) — Michael Kovach got into the farming business 13 years ago with the purchase of a 107-acre farm in Mercer County after retiring from the oil and gas industry at 39. “I’ve worked too hard on this piece of ground to really even consider the thought of it turning into anything other than what it is and getting better than what it is,” said Kovach, 52, owner of Walnut Hill Farm in Sharpsville. He has two full-time employees who help him raise grass-fed livestock such as Angus cattle, lambs and chickens, which are sold direct to consumers at the farm. His wife, ...

Staimans honored at Leadership Lycoming graduation

When Marvin Staiman passed away earlier this year, less than four months after his wife, Jean, who died in September, 2020, they left behind a legacy of service to the community that was honored at the Leadership Lycoming graduation by awarding them posthumously the Donna Bastian Leadership ...

Another jump in prices tightens the squeeze on consumers

WASHINGTON — American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May — a 0.6% increase over April and 5% over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008. The May rise in consumer prices that the Labor Department reported Thursday reflected a range of goods and services now in growing demand as people increasingly shop, travel, dine out and attend entertainment events in a rapidly reopening economy. The increased consumer appetite is bumping up against a shortage of components, from lumber and steel to chemicals and semiconductors, that supply such key ...