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Syracuse VA Medical Center opens Women Veterans Wellness Center
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse VA Medical Center on Dec. 1 formally opened the Women Veterans Wellness Center, which will provide primary care and specialty care,

Rebuild NY Now pushes state to use bank-settlement money for infrastructure repairs
SYRACUSE — As someone who helps lead a firm that’s focused on engineering and the environment, Orrin (Mac) MacMurray, has always had a keen interest
Siena: Wall Street, job reports propel Upstate and statewide consumer sentiment
Stock-market gains and improving job-growth numbers are among the factors that have New York state consumers feeling better about spending as the holiday-shopping season continues.
Cuomo: Community Solar NY seeks to ease solar installation
A new state program seeks to support initiatives such as Solarize Syracuse, locally organized community outreach effort working to help homeowners and businesses install solar

Ashley McGraw settles into new downtown Syracuse headquarters
SYRACUSE — Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C.’s new downtown Syracuse office has numerous attributes and features incorporating sustainability. The architecture firm moved to a 9,000-square-foot space
State awards CNY, Southern Tier $80M in economic-development funding
New York state has awarded Central New York and the Southern Tier more than $80 million each in economic-development funding. New York also awarded the
Inn at Menorah Park fined $20,000 in settlement with state AG
DeWITT, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday that he has reached a settlement with the Inn at Menorah Park after an

Beer Here Beverage Center in New Hartford to hold ribbon cutting Friday
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Beer Here BeverageCenter, which sells craft, import, and domestic beers, will hold a ribbon-cutting event on Friday at 4 p.m., according
ConMed announces retirements, appointments, departure
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, has announced two retirements, two appointments, and the upcoming departure of another executive after
Rebuild NY Now hopes New York uses bank-settlement money to pay for infrastructure repairs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rebuild NY Now hopes the state will use an infusion of money from lawsuits against overseas banks to pay for repairs New