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Food Bank of CNY has specific goals with expansion project
VAN BUREN — The Food Bank of Central New York wants to increase storage, reduce waste, and increase capacity with its expansion project. The organization on June 14 broke ground on a project to expand its distribution facility at 7066 Interstate Island Road in the town of Van Buren. The nearly 34,000-square-foot expansion will help […]

Empire Access expands service area in the Southern Tier
Empire Access Corp. is continuing its push to bring fiber-optic internet service across the Southern Tier. The Prattsburgh (Steuben County)–based company is in the midst of a strategic expansion of service into Endicott and Endwell, bringing its broadband service to those communities. “We’ve been growing our company now for the past 10 years,” Empire Access

State legislation helps Vernon Downs remain open
VERNON, N.Y. — A little over a month after filing a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice with the state and announcing that the harness horse-racing track and related gaming and lodging business would close, Vernon Downs will stay open. That’s thanks to a newly adopted state bill providing extended tax relief to

Onondaga County accepting applications for its hospitality tourism support initiative
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Wednesday announced that the application process is now open for a program that the county is

Lacona man charged with theft at Walmart in Cortlandville
CORTLANDVILLE, N.Y. — New York State Police in Homer arrested a Lacona man on June 7 after he allegedly stole more than $800 worth of

Splash Indoor Water Park Resort to open in Oswego this Friday
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Splash Indoor Water Park Resort is set to open on Friday, June 23 at 92 East First St. in the Clarion Hotel

Agri-Mark completes nearly $30 million expansion of dairy facility in North Country
CHATEAUGAY, N.Y. — Agri-Mark has completed the nearly $30 million expansion and modernization project at its cheese-manufacturing facility in Chateaugay in Franklin County. The expansion,

Operation Oswego County, COIDA helped in the creation, retention of nearly 1,500 jobs in 2022
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County (OOC) and the County of Oswego IDA (COIDA) in 2022 helped with projects that resulted in the creation or

Syracuse and Binghamton airports awarded federal funding for projects
Syracuse Hancock International Airport and Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field will use federal-funding awards for projects at the respective facilities. The Syracuse airport will utilize

Crews start resurfacing State Route 298, Thompson Road, and Carrier Circle in Onondaga County
DeWITT, N.Y. — Construction crews have begun work on a $10.5 million project that will resurface portions of Thompson Road and State Route 298 — including Carrier Circle and Military Circle — in the towns of DeWitt and Salina in Onondaga County. The project will add new pavement and make improvements to sidewalks, curb ramps,
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