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Lockheed Martin inks agreement with waste-to-energy firm
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has signed a manufacturing agreement with Concord Blue Energy, Inc. to provide all manufacturing support for the
Syracuse Hancock Airport, C&S Cos. honored for terminal project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York Aviation Management Association (NYAMA) has recognized the terminal-security and access-improvement project at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The Albany, N.Y.–based
Finger Lakes Technologies enters the Binghamton market
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Finger Lakes Technologies Group, Inc. (FLTG) has entered the greater Binghamton market with a new office in Endicott. The new location employs

Saab Defense is part of winning bid for radar contract Lockheed had sought
DeWITT — A newly awarded U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract should add to the workforce of one suburban Syracuse defense contractor while another plans changes

Binghamton University buys land for future School of Pharmacy
JOHNSON CITY — Binghamton University has plans to build a $60 million, 70,000-square-foot School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on property near UHS Wilson Medical

USGBC head: OCC didn’t take the easy path in pursuing sustainable building
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) didn’t take the easy way out when building its award-winning, sustainable Academic II building that spans a gorge, says

Goodman Impress program aims to prepare Whitman students beyond the classroom
SYRACUSE — The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is using a new program to help its students prepare for life after
Survey: health-care costs to edge up nationally rise more sharply in upstate New York
Early responses from a “major” Mercer survey indicate employers are predicting that their health-benefit cost per employee will rise 3.9 percent on average in 2015.
Carrols Restaurant Group completes acquisition of 30 N.C. Burger King locations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) on Thursday announced it has completed its acquisition of 30 Burger King restaurants in eastern North
Cornell alum takes helm as new CEO of eCornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — eCornell, Cornell University’s wholly-owned online-education company, has a new CEO. Paul Krause, a 1991 graduate of Cornell, began his new duties on