A raging fire ripped through the Amherst Plaza shopping center Thursday, forcing several fire crews from nearby towns to respond to help knock the blaze out.

With the popularity of imported vehicles spreading from the high-income classes to the middle classes in Korea, sales of such cars are no longer limited to luxurious showrooms. TV home shopping channels are actively moving imported wheels this year.

The holiday shopping season is months away, but a growing number of economists predict it could even be worse than last year — which is to say, disastrous.

Developers are planning to open a Planet Fitness gym and health club in Glenwood Plaza, Oneida city officials said Friday. Planet Fitness, a national chain, would occupy about 9,000 square feet in two vacant storefronts near the northwest corner of the L-

Madison County supervisors have unanimously voted in favor of a request for $550,000 in tax increment financing for infrastructure improvements to the Madison Station Shopping Center at U.S. 51 and Main Street.