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New York home sales keep falling in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,101 previously owned homes in November, down 23 percent from the 13,120 homes sold a year ago, continuing a string of closed home-sales declines in recent months amid tight inventory and higher interest rates. Pending sales in November also fell more than 22 percent, foreshadowing further drops in […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — A number of communities statewide will use funding totaling $11.6 million to complete projects that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and help them

Anheuser-Busch InBev to install carbon-capture system at Lysander brewery, using state award
LYSANDER, N.Y. — Anheuser-Busch InBev will install a carbon capture and re-use system to capture 75 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from its

Oneida County hotel-occupancy rate inches up in November
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged up 0.5 percent to 50.3 percent in November compared

Katko says more than $20 million approved for CNY projects in new federal budget
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Funding to improve rapid-transit services in Syracuse and money for the Food Bank of Central New York were part of more than

Oswego developer used National Grid grants for work on two projects
OSWEGO, N.Y. — National Grid (NYSE: NGG) says it awarded an Oswego developer two economic-development grants totaling $50,000 to support its work on two projects

Real-estate sales slow slightly to end year
“The bulk of the year was very similar to 2021,” says Jessica Dillenbeck, president of the Greater Binghamton Association of Realtors. The year, much like the preceding years, was marked by low interest rates combined with a shortage of inventory that made it a seller’s market. That lasted until summer when interest rates started increasing.

New medical office and surgical center breaks ground in Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — Local physician group Central Utica Building (CUB) held a groundbreaking on Dec. 17 to celebrate the start of construction on its medical office building and ambulatory-surgery center. Located on the corner of State and Columbia streets in Utica, just across from Wynn Hospital, the three-story building will house CNY Cardiology in 28,000

“We have been working a long time to rejuvenate the village through redevelopment, renovation, and revitalization,” Mayor Linda Jackson said in the state’s press release.

Auburn Community Hospital secures federal funding for cancer-center construction, equipment
AUBURN, N.Y. — Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) will use $2 million in federal funding to further the expansion of the hospital after it broke ground
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