June 2015

Welch Allyn board co-chair discusses decision to sell company to Hill-Rom

SKANEATELES FALLS — The board of directors of Welch Allyn Inc. decided to sell the Skaneateles Falls–based manufacturer of medical-diagnostic equipment to Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HRC) to get mor Read More

Cuomo announces $13M in improvements for Verona Beach, Green Lakes state parks

erona Beach and Green Lakes state parks in Central New York will use more than $13 million in state funding for improvement projects at each location. The funding is part of the NY Parks 2020 initiat Read More

Lowville vineyard to expand processing facility

LOWVILLE — In spite of a few late-season cold snaps that knocked out some grape plants, Tug Hill Vineyards plans to rally back with an expansion project that will help offset the crop loss. Tug Hil Read More

North Country wind- farm project may use fewer, larger turbines

DENMARK, N.Y. — The company behind the planned Copenhagen Wind Farm in northern New York, Brooklyn–based OwnEnergy, is looking to upgrade the model of turbine to be used at the site to a newer, higher Read More

groSolar uses NY-Sun grant to develop OBPA solar project

OGDENSBURG — Global Resource Options Inc., which does business as groSolar, is preparing to build a 1 megawatt solar project on a site that the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority (OBPA) owns in St. Read More

Hotel Syracuse to become Marriott Downtown Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Hotel Syracuse will become the Marriott Downtown Syracuse when it reopens following renovations in Spring 2016. Property owner Ed Riley on Thursday announced the hotel will bec Read More

Sodexo to lay off 99 employees as Colgate contract expires

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Sodexo Inc. has disclosed plans to lay off 99 workers at Colgate University on July 11, citing the expiration of a contract. That’s according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Read More

Developers announce $2.5 million Binghamton housing development

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Developers Syed Ali and Adam Ibrahim have announced a $2.5 million housing project at 73 Court St. in downtown Binghamton. Binghamton Mayor Richard David and representatives from T Read More

Welch Allyn receives $43 million contract from U.S. Department of Defense

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. — Medical-device manufacturer Welch Allyn Inc. was recently awarded a one-year, $43.6 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for patient-monitoring systems an Read More