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SACKETS HARBOR — A local favorite is under new ownership and back in business after closing nearly a year ago due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Tin Pan Galley on West Main Street reopened for brunch Thursday and welcomed a stream of customers who were waiting in line outside the restaurant staring at about 8 a.m. The restaurant closed last June after former owner Andy Taylor said he wouldn’t be able to reopen the restaurant with all the restrictions on dining that came with the pandemic. But the Tin Pan that the community had grown to love has come back.

click to enlarge Almost a year ago to the day, the Small Business Administration opened the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program, known as the PPP.  The forgivable loan program was designed to encourage employers to keep their employees despite the pandemic shutdown, with loan amounts based on a business’ monthly payroll figures. In just under two weeks, the $350 billion program was depleted of funds.  “My CPA joked that the first round of PPP was like building an airplane while it’s flying in the air without a parachute, hoping you will land in a soft spot,” s...

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Retired piano technician Bruce Lloyd Kates , who was born and raised in Los Angeles, wrote a song to underscore how special the hodgepodge of sprawl really is. “ Lonesome for LA ” is an ode to LA.