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UNTUCKit opens brick and mortar store at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — UNTUCKit, LLC — a New York City–based online retailer known for its fitted, untucked casual dress shirts for men — has recently opened a store at Destiny USA. The store is located on the second level of Destiny USA, across from Apple. UNTUCKit was founded in 2011 and has grown rapidly through […]

Binghamton Rumble Ponies move forward with new owner
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the AA affiliate of the New York Mets, will take the field in 2022 under new ownership with a new lease agreement at Mirabito Stadium. New owner New York City–based Southpaw Resources LLC, led by David Sobotka, on Nov. 23 assumed ownership of the Rumble Ponies from John

Flood-damaged barrier bar in Sandy Creek restored in REDI project
SANDY CREEK, N.Y. — The North Sandy Pond barrier bar in Sandy Creek in Oswego County is part of the largest barrier-pond ecosystem on Lake Ontario’s New York shore. The barrier bar protects North Sandy Pond along with the homes and local businesses along its border. The area suffered “significant” damage in 2017 and 2019

State, FLT, NYSEG agree to protect Cayuga Lake property
LANSING, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 1 announced a land-purchase agreement between the Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLT) and New York State Electric & Gas Corp. (NYSEG) for the 470-Acre Bell Station, the largest privately-owned undeveloped lake shoreline in the Finger Lakes. Hochul in September had announced that NYSEG had canceled

Smart Path clean-energy transmission project in North Country hits halfway mark
Construction of the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Smart Path transmission project in the North Country is 50 percent complete. The Smart Path project will upgrade 78 miles of transmission lines that span from Massena in St. Lawrence County to Croghan in Lewis County, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a Nov. 15 news

BCA Architects & Engineers names Overton CEO
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — BCA Architects & Engineers recently announced it has named Travis C. Overton as its next CEO. Overton will succeed Kevin E. Lewis,

Aldi’s Clay store set to reopen Thursday morning following renovation work
CLAY, N.Y. — The Aldi grocery store at 7421 Oswego Road in Clay (near John Glenn Boulevard) plans to reopen on Thursday morning at 9

NUAIR adds two positions to help business growth, advance the region’s drone corridor
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR has added two new positions to pursue business growth and advancement of New York’s 50-mile drone corridor between Syracuse and Rome.

East Syracuse Chevrolet sold to Buffalo-area auto group
DeWITT, N.Y. — A prominent automotive group in the Buffalo area is entering the Syracuse market for the first time with its purchase of East
Broome County hotel occupancy jumps nearly 44 percent in October
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels welcomed substantially more guests in October than in the year-ago month, according to a recent report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 43.9 percent to 59 percent in October, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.
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