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New York closed home sales dive 28 percent in March
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 7,633 previously owned homes in March, a 28.4 percent decline from 10,664 homes sold in the year-earlier month. Pending sales also declined more than 11 percent, foreshadowing further drops in closed home sales in the next couple of months. That’s according to the March monthly housing report that […]

Environmental-survey work starts at Micron site
CLAY, N.Y. — Environmental-survey work has started at the White Pine Commerce Park in the town of Clay where Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) plans to build a semiconductor campus. “Right now, we’ll be doing environmental permitting throughout 2023 and into 2024. After we complete that process, we’ll begin the ground preparation and construction,” Scott

Rome Health continues work to centralize, modernize facilities
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health is continuing the transformation it began about two years ago when it changed its name from Rome Memorial Hospital to Rome Health. The name more accurately reflects the breadth of services the organization provides, COO Ryan Thompson says, and Rome Health continues to work to make sure its facilities adequately

People news: Barclay Damon adds attorney in Syracuse office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon announced that Christopher Babiarz has recently joined the law firm’s real estate and institutions & lending practice areas as an

Owner says Collegian Hotel & Suites in Syracuse will not become student housing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The owner of the Collegian Hotel & Suites at 1060 E. Genesee St. in Syracuse says the hotel won’t be closing its

Utica to host 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships
UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica University Nexus Center and the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium will host next year’s World Lacrosse Box

Rome Health celebrates new women’s surgical suite
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health cut the ribbon on its new women’s surgical suite April 28 at a morning ceremony in honor of Dr. Ankur

State, Micron announce community-engagement committee that’ll advise on Micron project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) on Friday announced the members of the Micron community-engagement committee. The group includes
State comptroller report: Value of IDA projects increased 10 percent in 2021 to $126 billion
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state’s 107 local industrial development authorities (IDAs) reported 4,324 active projects with an aggregate value of $126 billion in 2021, a 10.4 percent, or $11.9 billion, increase from 2020. That’s according to a report issued by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on April 11. The number of IDA

UHS Wilson Medical Center tower project progresses
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Construction on the UHS Wilson Medical Center’s six-story expansion project is more than 25 percent complete with work moving forward on the 183,375-square-foot main tower that will serve as the new front entry for UHS’ health and medical services. With the majority of the structural steel in place as of February,
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