CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard)
• Agency awards grants for company improvements, job retention Staff reports Directors of Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, Thursday approved grants to companies in central and northern New York.
RAVE celebrates 25 years of helping victims (The Argus-Press)
ST. JOHNS - When Relief After Violent Encounter, Inc. started 25 years ago, it was done out of the back room of founder Janet Holden's local business.
LOCAL BRIEFS (The Reading Advocate)
Again this year, Mission of Deeds is launching its Buy-a-Bed Campaign. The campaign is designed to raise funds that will be used to buy beds for mothers and their children, many of whom are starting a new life after living in a shelter for homeless or battered women.
Updated 11/20: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs)
Gingerbread house workshop brings families together for holiday fun from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 28 at Elmhurst Historical Museum's Education Center, 120 E. Park Ave. Participants can create a gingerbread house to enjoy all season by decorating a small, pre-assembled house with candy, pretzels, frosting and more.
County Legislature hears from sheriff (Pawling News Chronicle)
The combined membership of the budget, finance and personnel committee, public safety committee and leadership met last Thursday to listen to Sheriff Adrian "Butch" Anderson state his case for the continuation of his department's operation as a county-funded entity.
Community Briefs: Tourism grants, Elegant Affair (Sierra Sun)
Getting sweeter all the time