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Federal-spending plan includes funding for Syracuse projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Construction-job training efforts and police-body cameras are earmarked for federal funding in the recently signed fiscal year 2022 spending plan. That’s according to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.), who announced the funding March 10. President Joe Biden signed the measure into law March 15 […]

CenterState CEO, Mohawk Valley partners submit application for Build Back Better Regional Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO and a group of regional partners have submitted a phase-two application for the Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC). BBBRC

Small Business Spotlight: Purple Banana owner starts business with intense focus
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When Luke Nicolette — owner of The Purple Banana, a new business in Syracuse — approached the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Strategic Financial opens Little Falls office
LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. — Strategic Financial Services, Inc. has opened a new location in Little Falls as a new member of Rock City Centre (RCC),

Syracuse University ends COVID vax and testing requirements for entry to Carrier Dome events
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Wednesday said that — as of this Saturday — fans will no longer be required to demonstrate proof of

Kinney Drugs installs medication-collection kiosks in 22 New York state stores
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Kinney Drugs announced it has installed self-service, medication-collection kiosks in 22 of its New York state stores. The pharmacy chain has partnered

Schumer: Federal government to soon “green light” I-81 viaduct-replacement project
He spoke at Forman Park at 717 E. Genesee St., just east of the elevated highway in downtown Syracuse. “With I-81 the subject of our

Organizers prepare for upcoming virtual NYS Green Building Conference
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The upcoming New York State Green Building Conference will be held virtually this year between March 28 and April 28. The SUNY
Career Start leases permanent space at 224 Harrison St. in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — After almost two years of working from the coworking space, ShareCuse, at 224 Harrison St. in Syracuse, Career Start Workforce Management Group has expanded its operations and moved into a permanent space on the building’s first floor. The full-service staffing and employment agency took advantage of the connections and opportunity that ShareCuse had

California publisher moves headquarters to Binghamton
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Locked in by a lack of space and prohibitive real-estate prices in California, independent publisher PM Press looked east for opportunities to expand the business. The search led the company to Binghamton and the 17,000-square-foot former home of Marli Manufacturing at 21 Emma St. “We were very constrained in California,” PM Press
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