Harbor Freight Tools – At the April 9th Planning Board Meeting, Harbor Freight Tools presented its signage application as they are planning on opening a store adjacent to Aldi’s on Milton Avenue across from the Home Depot Plaza.
Freedom of Espresso – is open in the village of Camillus. The new coffee shop in the former Camillus Cutlery headquarters on West Genesee Street is the fifth Freedom of Espresso in the Syracuse area. Anna Dobbs, the owner of the local coffee chain, threw a customer appreciation party on Sunday. She said the new store will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Franklin Properties and Thomas Blair redeveloped the former knife factory into apartments. The $9.2 million project will include 7,500 square feet of commercial space. The history of Camillus Cutlery stretches back to 1876. It moved to Camillus in 1902 to make knives in a factory on the banks of Nine Mile Creek. The company employing generations of Camillus residents, at one time supplied knives to the U.S. military.