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From Student Transportion News January 2, 2015By Art Gissendaner  There is no doubt that school violence is a hot-button topic. The Columbine and Sandy Hook shootings serve as exclamation points in a tragic narrative on contemporary society that could be titled: “Education Should Not Be a Life-Threatening Activity.”  At the outset, many educators, law enforcement officials and security experts focused their attention on making classrooms more secure. This approach is [...]

From the Daily GazetteJanuary 12, 2015By Haley Viccaro  Mayor Gary McCarthy says Schenectady will build on its successes this year regarding crime, finances and economic development — “you can bet on it.”  McCarthy delivered his 2015 State of the City address to a packed house at City Hall Monday evening, which focused on the positive development the city has experienced last year and how he is looking to continue that momentum of growth this year.   [...]

TRANSFINDER'S LOGISTICS SOFTWARE CAN BUILD EFFICIENCIES INTO SANTA'S TOY-DELIVERY TRIP   Schenectady, NY/North Pole – December 22, 2014 – Transfinder Corp. announced it is offering its routing and logistics software free to Santa Claus this Christmas Eve in an effort create the most efficient toy-delivery route to each and every boy and girl.  Antonio Civitella, Transfinder’s president and CEO, said Transfinder’s implementation team would be at the ready [...]

Megan RogersReporter- Albany Business ReviewNovember 6, 2014  Joseph Nicolla, the president and founder of Columbia Development Company, had an Oscar moment at the Albany Business Review's Achievers event last night. Nicolla, the 2014 Game Changer, stressed in remarks to business leaders the number of people he thanked for playing a hand in his success.  "We've learned to dream at a scale that is daunting," he said.  Nicolla pointed to the success of 677 Broadway in downtown [...]

Christopher CalnanStaff Writer- Austin Business JournalNovember 6, 2014  Transfinder Corp., a New York-based software maker, plans to open a 10-person satellite office in Austin in early 2015.  Transfinder will open the office in an undetermined Austin location to be closer to where a large number of clients are based. The company, founded in 1988 as Forth & Associates, expects to send executives to Austin later this month to identify possible locations, spokesman Rick Derrico [...]