| Brokerage firm acquires Kingston group
Pyramid Brokerage Company recently announced its acquisition of Kingston-based Upstate Commercial Group.
Pyramid Brokerage is a regional commercial real estate services firm specializing in industrial, retail and office sales and leasing. Offices are in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Corning, Elmira, Ithaca, Kingston, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown.
Upstate Commercial Group was founded in 1996 as a New York and Connecticut licensed commercial real estate company providing brokerage services, consulting and investment analysis.
Upon the merger of the two firms, Steven Perfit, president of Upstate Commercial Group, will become managing director of Pyramid Brokerages Hudson Valley operations. .
Aberdeen land Boro prospect
The highly-rated 18-year-old made his only first-team appearance so far for Boro in May 2006, when he played against Fulham in the Barclays Premier League. Walker, who has captained England at under-16 and under-17 level, had a loan spell with Bournemouth last season. .
In Fla., age is an issue for McCain
THE VILLAGES, Fla. - On the final weekend before the Florida Republican primary, John McCain went after a key element of his political base: people his age and older. The 71-year-old senator from Arizona visited this upscale central Florida retirement community yesterday. He had spoken at another one, Sun City Center, the day before. In both cases, the crowds were large, the reception warm. "I have no problem with his age; I got smarter as I got older," said Richard Hunsicker, 81, a retired computer executive who says he plans to vote for McCain tomorrow. "You get to know a lot more if you keep going. That's one reason I can't see this Barack Obama. He's so green." McCain would be the oldest incoming president in American history. By Inauguration Day, he would be two years and five months older than Ronald Reagan was on taking office in 1981.
Today's most viewed
POLICE are today waiting on the results of tests carried out on suspected drugs seized during a series of raids in Southampton. A large quantity of an unknown substance that was collected during the early morning raids in Millbrook is currently being analysed . Sixty police officers were involved in the drugs swoop which targeted four houses as part of an operation focussing on the use and supply of drugs in the area. Officers surrounded the entrance to properties in Irving Road before smashing through doors and searching the homes in Irving Road. Two men, both aged 34 were arrested as part of the raids. One was arrested for possession of Class A drugs, the other was arrested for possession of Class C drugs. A further male was cautioned for possession of cannabis.
BEST OF THE WEB TODAY
Truce Is Stranger Than Fiction The New York Sun reports that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, who've been trading racially charged attacks for the past 10 days or so, have called a "truce": Mrs. Clinton issued a statement last night calling for leading Democratic hopefuls to "seek common ground," hours after Mr. Obama praised President Clinton and his wife for their records on civil rights. The statements from both sides were efforts to cool tensions. . . . "Our party and our nation is bigger than this," Mrs. Clinton said in her statement. "We differ on a lot of things," she added. "And it is critical to have the right kind of discussion on where we stand. But when it comes to civil rights and our commitment to diversity, when it comes to our heroes--President John F.
|
