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Report calls for improved funding access for community gardens
Community gardens, and the benefits they provide to the communities they serve, were outlined in the state’s Community Garden Task Force 2023 annual report. The report also highlights an increased need for state support. Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes $2,325,000 in her executive budget to assist community gardens. The funding would establish a community garden grant […]

State awards $19 million in revitalization funding to Mohawk Valley communities
The Town of Kirkland and Village of Clinton will receive a shared $10 million in funding from the sixth round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)

Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks are underway, continuing through March 15
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 19th annual Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks are underway and will continue for two weeks through March 15. This event features lunches

Cayuga Health to open new Cortland physician building on March 6
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Cayuga Health System announced that its new physician office building at 260 Tompkins St. in Cortland will open on Monday, March 6.

Guthrie Cortland Medical Center opens new radiology suite
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Guthrie Cortland Medical Center recently unveiled its new interventional radiology suite. Interventional radiology is used to diagnose and treat a range of

American Freight to open Horseheads location
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — National home retail store American Freight will hold a grand opening March 3 at its new location at 1020 Center St. in

Syracuse, Binghamton airports awarded federal funding for projects
Airports serving Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Albany will use a total nearly $25 million in new federal grant awards for renovation work. The U.S. Department
Tompkins County man arrested for HVAC installation scam
ITHACA, N.Y. — New York State Police and the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a Tompkins County man for allegedly defrauding people into paying for HVAC installations he never performed. Orion C. Parker Megivern, age 44, of Tompkins County, was taken into custody on Feb. 8 and charged with the felonies of second-degree grand

Syracuse University’s Lally Athletics Complex is open with more work planned
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The project still has more phases to come, but Syracuse University on Feb. 17 formally opened the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. It followed the first phase of renovation work at the former Manley Field House on the school’s South campus. The Lally Athletics Complex is meant to serve and support Syracuse

Mercy House of the Southern Tier begins kitchen-expansion project
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — A kitchen-expansion project is underway at Mercy House of the Southern Tier that will allow the organization to serve its current residents and their families more efficiently. “We have outgrown our kitchen, plain and simple,” Linda Cerra, Mercy House executive director, says. With a mission to serve the terminally ill and their
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