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Upstate, statewide consumer sentiment rises in Q2
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York was measured at 90.7 in the second quarter of 2018, up 6.8 points from the last reading of 83.9

Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece to combine with Barclay Damon
SYRACUSE — Barclay Damon LLP on July 17 announced that the lawyers and staff of Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C. are joining the firm, effective

M&T Bank rolls out new services for small businesses
M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), which banks number one in deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York area, on June 19 announced a series
Watertown, Cortland to use DRI funding for small-biz projects
Both Watertown and Cortland plan to use a portion of their respective $10 million funding awards in the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) on projects

Syracuse University researcher participates in national school-choice research center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse University researcher is participating in the first national research center to study how different approaches to school choice can “better

Syracuse University renews contract of Chancellor Syverud
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s board of trustees announced it has renewed and extended the contract of Chancellor Kent Syverud until 2024. The contract extension

Walsh calls NYS&W railroad-bridge inspection report “woefully inadequate”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Thursday sharply criticized a bridge-inspection report by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W) for the

Crews complete work on $9 million flood-training center in Oriskany
ORISKANY, N.Y. — Training has started at the newly completed Swift Water Flood Training Center in Oriskany, where New York’s first responders conduct training for
City of Binghamton to use $20M state grant for sewage treatment plant project
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The City of Binghamton will use a $20 million grant award for the “reconstruction and rehabilitation” of the Binghamton-Johnson City sewage-treatment plant.
Gural wants to bring FanDuel Sportsbook to Tioga Downs
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs Casino Resort in Nichols, hopes to bring a FanDuel Sportsbook for sports betting to the venue