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New York closed and pending home sales exploded higher in April
CNY sales mixed ALBANY, N.Y. — The red-hot real-estate market continued in April. New York realtors sold 10,528 previously owned homes in the month, a

Syracuse Downtown Living Tour returns in September
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Those who enjoy the annual Downtown Living Tour in Syracuse should plan for a Saturday in mid-to-late September. The Downtown Committee of

Construction underway on $19M housing development in Oneonta
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Construction has begun on Dietz Street Lofts, a $19 million mixed-use, mixed-income affordable-housing development in Oneonta that will create 64 affordable homes.

Construction begins on REDI project in Sterling, finishes in Little Sodus Bay
STERLING — Construction is underway on a $1.5 million project awarded to the town of Sterling in Cayuga County to deal with flooding issues. At

Syracuse’s NISA soccer club to start playing next year
ONONDAGA — Samir Belhseine wants to bring professional soccer back to Central New York, and his group has applied to the National Independent Soccer Association

SUNY Oswego to have new leader to begin 2022
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego will have a new president when the calendar turns to 2022 as Deborah Stanley, the school’s current president, plans to retire

CenterState CEO, others to help small businesses apply for state pandemic-recovery grant program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Local leaders on Thursday joined CenterState CEO to highlight the impact the state’s COVID-19 Pandemic Small Businesses Recovery Grant program will have

Destiny USA issues reminder about policy on parents and teenagers
The policy now mandates that all guests aged 17 years and under must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian (aged 21 years or

Nine students participating in MMRI summer fellowship program
UTICA, N.Y. — Nine students from New York colleges and universities are working with the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica in its summer

Six Lewis County small businesses awarded $170K in grant funding for equipment and projects
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Six small businesses in Lewis County are using a total of $170,000 in grant funding to pay for equipment and projects. They