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After losing a company to COVID, owners seek the next gig

NEW YORK — As airlines slashed flights and furloughs appeared inevitable in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Catania sensed there would be little need for a service that helped airline crews find short-term housing. So, Catania and his fellow owners shut down Padloop in early March, even though the nearly year-old company had just broken even. Catania started looking at how life was changing amid the pandemic and came up with the idea for his next business: Locaris, a website to help apartment renters connect with prospective neighbors to get the scoop on ...

Biden’s $15 an hour proposal: Job killer or a boon for workers?

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour could provide a welcome opportunity for someone like Cristian Cardona, a 21-year-old fast food worker. Cardona would love to earn enough to afford to move out of his parents’ house in Orlando, ...

Nearly 100 jobs coming to area with foundry reopening

Ninety jobs are expected to come to Tioga County with the reopening of a former industrial site in Lawrenceville. The announcement this week of the purchase of the Waupaca foundry by Victaulic comes as great news for the region, Tioga County Commissioner Erick Coolidge said Thursday. “It is good news,” he said. “They have been interested in this site for a a while.” Victaulic is a global manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining, fire protection, and flow control solutions. The 220,000-square-foot facility is expected to increase foundry production capacity by 70 percent in the ...

SEDA-COG names vice chair of state floodplain manager association

Teri Provost, director of SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) flood resiliency program, has been selected as vice chair of the Pennsylvania Association of State Floodplain Managers (PAFPM) board. Provost’s board appointment is from January to December this year. Having worked for ...

Social network Parler announces re-launch

BOSTON (AP) — The social network Parler, which was forced offline following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, says it is re-launching. The Twitter alternative has been struggling to return online since Amazon stripped it of web-hosting ...

How the pandemic will affect filing your taxes

The pandemic has made everything a bit trickier — tax filing season is no exception. The whole process is starting a bit later this year and there are a few wrinkles to be aware of for those who received unemployment benefits, worked from home, took on gig work, were a victim of fraud — ...