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Naturally Lewis accepting applications for Launch Lewis County business competition
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Lewis County is looking for entrepreneurs who want to start or grow their businesses in the county. Naturally Lewis, the county’s economic-development

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) will use a $1 million donation from Eric Allyn for the creation of the Meg O’Connell Center for

Walsh appoints new City of Syracuse corporation counsel
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Monday announced the appointment of attorney Susan Katzoff as corporation counsel, which is the top attorney for

SUNY appoints new state director of the Small Business Development Centers
ALBANY, N.Y. — SUNY on Monday announced a new state director of the New York Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). Sonya Smith previously served as

NSF awards Binghamton University $3.5 million for cybersecurity scholarships
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use a federal grant of $3.5 million over the next five years to help fund cybersecurity scholarships for two

Upstate’s Dr. Thomas honored with State Senate’s Liberty Medal for pandemic work
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The man who has served as one of the primary voices of pandemic-related information in Central New York has been recognized by

New York business leaders expect conditions to improve in next 6 months
New York business leaders “generally” expect conditions to improve over the next six months. That’s according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of

Upstate, statewide consumer sentiment rise slightly in Q4
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York was measured at 64.0 in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 0.6 points from the last reading of 63.4

New York home sales slide nearly 15 percent in December
ALBANY — New York realtors sold 13,649 previously owned homes in December, down 14.6 percent from the 15,974 homes sold a year ago, as inventory

SUNY Poly’s online cybersecurity master’s program ranked
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) says its online master’s degree program in network and computer security: cybersecurity ranked among the top 50