Home
-
A Message From The Chamber PresidentOn behalf of the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, I want to welcome you to SchuyLines, a feature-oriented website that will stress in the coming months and years many of the good things about Schuyler County.
The county, located in the heart of New York's famous Finger Lakes Region, offers endless wonders to see and experience. Our streets are the birthplace of yesterday's American Road Racing, while our famous Watkins Glen International racetrack hosts today's popular NASCAR drivers. The Seneca Lake Wine Trail boasts one of the largest concentrations of New York State wineries, while our Watkins Glen State Park...Read More »
-
Farm Bureau: A much-needed voiceThis article's author -- a native of Interlaken, where she was raised on a dairy farm -- is interning with the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce as part of her studies at Morrisville State College, where she is an Agriculture Business major. Her career goal is to pursue a position within the field of agriculture and to share the knowledge of the agriculture industry with the public.
--By Meredith Beardsley--
The rooster crows, the farmer wakes up with his aching back and new-found calluses on his right hand. He walks through...Read more » -
A Thousand Miles From NowhereThe author (pictured), a lifelong Alpine resident and a graduate of Odessa-Montour High School, was a Writing major in the Ithaca College Class of 2012. She is a regular contributor to SchuyLines.
By Melissa Shutter
Recently I was granted a wonderful opportunity following a phone interview with the Internet/Catalog Copy Manager at Cabela’s corporate world headquarters in Sidney, NE… an all expenses paid trip for an on-site interview for the Copywriter II position within their Production department. Airfare, rental car, meals, hotel, fuel – the works – were paid in full prior...Read more » -
Green Grand Prix: Celebrating motoring technology Special to The Odessa File
WATKINS GLEN, March 26, 2013 -- The Toyota Green Grand Prix, a showcase of motoring technology that aims for a cleaner environment, is returning to the famed Watkins Glen International race course on April 19.
The single-day event will feature a two-stage, fuel-efficiency competition for pre-registered drivers of alternate-fueled vehicles, hybrids and traditional gasoline-powered and diesel-powered vehicles.
Individuals, colleges and universities, car clubs, dealerships and entrepreneurs are all invited to participate.
The list of entries includes Alfred State College, winner last year of the Auto Career Development Center Excellence...Read more » -
Preferred Pairings The following was provided by the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail.
FINGER LAKES, March 13, 2013 -- The third Preferred Pairings event -- a collaboration between the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail and the Seneca Lake Wine Trail -- will be held Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 10 select wineries along Seneca Lake. Partners & Pairings is a series of three monthly events where the creameries of the Cheese Trail pair with different members of the Wine Trail to offer select pairings of reserve wines and artisanal cheeses to...Read more » - Where I belong The author (pictured), an Alpine resident and a graduate of Odessa-Montour High School, was a Writing major in the Ithaca College Class of 2012. She is a regular contributor to SchuyLines.
--By Melissa Shutter--
Recently, I traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey with one of my gymnasts for a competition. While everything about the trip intimidated me – the caliber of the gyms I expected to see, the tightly packed, heavily trafficked highways and city streets, the sheer numbers of people – I came away from the trip with a few lessons...Read more »
