The Odessa File Business of Schuyler County. Click on the Ad above to. Sidle Insurance website. Click here. to send an e mail to the Sidle firm. See our Wine Tourism Page. Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' title='Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' />Harlan County, USA is a 1976 Oscarwinning documentary film covering the Brookside Strike, an effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power. Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' title='Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' />Participating in a symbolic sawing exercise were, from left, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, State Senator Tom OMara, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Vincent Chicone, and Montour Falls Mayor John King. Lt. Gov. Hochul tours Chicone facility in Montour, site of state aided expansion. MONTOUR FALLS, Nov. New York Lieutentant Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Chicone cabinet building business in Montour Falls Wednesday to view an operation where high end furniture is made and to see where an expansion is under way aided by a state grant. Hochul, 5. 9, a former Congresswoman, stopped in Montour Falls midway between two other area visits Wednesday at Cornell University and in Yates County for a Small Business Roundtable discussion. Doris Volz Line dance historian, instructor, author of LineDanceFun. San Francisco Bay Area, CA USA 2016. Said Judy Cherry, executive director of the Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development, the visit evolved after she was contacted by Hochuls office wondering if there was anything significant Hochul could visit in Schuyler County during her visit to the area. A member of Hochuls office said Wednesday that Hochul likes to visit each county in the state at least once a year, and hadnt been here since last year, when she was in Watkins Glen for a ceremony announcing the expansion and greening at the Watkins Glen State Park. Cherry came up with the idea of a tour of Chicone Cabinetmakers and the visit, like last years in Watkins Glen, proved a hit in Hochuls mind. Im excited about your expansion, and Ill tell the governor about it, she told business owner Vincent Chicone and his wife Sarah after touring the cabinetry workshop off of South Street in Montour Falls, and after walking through the in progress, 7,0. The Practice Of Social Research 13Th Edition Quizzes. Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' title='Harlan County Usa 1976 Download' />Schuyler Street, behind Quinlans Pharmacy. The new structure will be used initially for storage, and then well see. We need the space, said Vincent, grandson of Salvatore Chicone, founder of the Chicone Construction firm that still operates under Vincents lead and which gave birth in 2. Vincents father David was running the construction firm at that time, in 2. He was there working Wednesday with employee Levi Clark, and talked briefly with the visiting Lieutenant Governor. The expansion, with concrete for the ramps leading to the building just poured Wednesday, is what Vincent described as an 8. Chicone firm meets a number of contingencies, among them an expansion in employment. Vincent said there are currently up to 1. There were lots of hoops to jump through, he said, and there are still some to jump through. The project was, accordingly, three years in the making, he said, with ground broken on Aug. Says Sarah Chicone We picked that day deliberately, thinking that breaking ground in sync with an eclipse was kind of cool and hopefully a good omen. Hochul, impressed by what she saw Wednesday, called Vincent and his family rock stars after learning that high end, custom made, hand crafted items chairs and desks are a specialty have been placed in significant locations, including Presidential libraries and Monticello. She later, in an interview, said she was enthused that this world class operation would be expanding its market share. This is a gem, right here in Schuyler County. Village Mayor John King, as Hochul was departing, yelled Were very proud of what hes done. Hochul stopped, turned, and smiling, called back Hes doing okayTo provide an idea of the value of these Chicone cabinetry projects, a beautiful Honeyoe Desk for sale on the Chicone. Windsor chairs go from 6. Also noted Cabinetmaker Vincent Chicone has been listed in Early American Lifes Directory of Traditional American Crafts in the category of Windsors since 2. The chairs, all produced in the cabinetry shop, use wood from regionally harvested trees. The company provides a five day chair making training on site several times a year, including among its students a gentleman who came from South Korea to learn the trade. It also offers a four month immersion program which, the website says, is an ideal alternative for college students looking for something beyond the traditional classroom environment, or mid career professionals looking for a change all of those who want to learn by doing. Chicone Cabinetmakers also, its site notes, runs a registered cabinetmaker apprenticeship training program. At the successful completion of each registered apprenticeship, the Department of Labor awards the apprentice with a Certificate of Completion, a nationally recognized credential. Accolades on site come from homeowners with Chicone cabinetry trim work and furniture in their houses a couple who met Vincent at a local art show and, after ordering and receiving a mission oak style end table, say it is worth a visit to his workshopstudio where you can see his designs and fine workmanship in progress. Horseheads couple so pleased with the beautiful oak Windsor chairs that you made for us. As Vincent told the Lieutenant Governor, the wood the firm uses is sourced. We know where its coming from, and after receiving the wood it is all cut here and the various furnishings desks, chair, kitchen cabinets and so on are made here. He showed Hochul the various work areas, a spray room, and alluded to an upstairs room that contained equipment for building kitchens. But Hochul was in the middle of a time crunch, and was hustled to the expansion site and then away to Yates County without climbing those stairs to see that equipment, even though she expressed a desire to do so. The firms cabinetry has also been featured recently on May 3, 2. Period Homes Magazine. But to focus on the cabinetry is perhaps to overlook the overall operation, for the construction firm has been operating for more than 6. Salvatore, the son of Italian immigrants, and his brother opened the business in 1. Salvatore partnered with his son David after the brother retired in 1. Chicone Cabinetmakers, a new journey for the firm, opened when Salvatores grandson and Davids son Vincent joined the business. Salvatore died in 2. Photos in text Top Vincent Chicone and his wife Sarah, right, flank Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in the cabinetry workshop. Second Hochul talks with David Chicone, Vincents father, in the workshop. Third Hochul signed a Chicone owned saw just before leaving. It was her first saw signing, she noted. Fourth Hochul with what Vincent described as a New York styled chair in the workshop. Bottom Hochul talks with Vincent Chicone outside the cabinetrys spray room as State Senator Tom OMara listens. In the new building From left Sarah Chicone, a worker, Vincent Chicone, Lt. Gov. Hochul, State Senator Tom OMara, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and Mayor John King. Chamber sets annual meeting for Nov. Special to The Odessa File. HECTOR, Nov. 5, 2. It is time to review the year and look ahead to the future. The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. Red Newt Cellars to learn about the past, the present, and what is in store for the future. The presentation teamed with the Chambers November After Hours Mixer will include a review of programs and accomplishments of the past year and set the pace for the upcoming year. When Wednesday, November 1. Where Red Newt Cellars, 3.