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Home Central reopens Vestal store more than a year after fire
VESTAL, N.Y. — Home Central, a local hardware and home-improvement retail-store operator, recently reopened its Vestal store after a long rebuilding process following a fire that struck 14 months earlier. The Home Central team held a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting event at the rebuilt store on Friday, April 2. The Vestal property was extensively damaged […]

Ithaca Commons building to host new Ithaca College PA program
ITHACA, N.Y. — The former Rothschild Building on the downtown Ithaca Commons will undergo renovation work as it will be the home of Ithaca College’s new master’s degree program in physician assistant (PA) studies. The college will use a $1.6 million grant through the New York State Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program (HECap) to

Visions Federal Credit Union to open new branch in Cortland this year
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Visions Federal Credit Union has plans to open a branch at 137 Clinton Ave. in Cortland later this year. The office will mark Visions’ first in Cortland County. The new branch is expected to open in late fall at the site of the former Tim Hortons. The credit union bought the property,

Chemung Canal Trust gets approval for new branch near Buffalo
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Canal Trust Company, a unit of Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), on March 25 received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) to open and operate a new branch office in the town of Clarence in Erie County. “With the COVID-19 pandemic financially squeezing New Yorkers and

Hampton Inn Verona at Turning Stone opens
VERONA, N.Y. — The Hampton Inn Verona at Turning Stone — located at 5186 Route 365, adjacent to Turning Stone Resort Casino — held a

Destiny USA to phase in extended hours beginning Friday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Destiny USA on Friday will begin a phased expansion of its hours of operation and Regal is also set to reopen for

Ashley McGraw says it’s “in very good hands” under new CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Edward McGraw says he’s left Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C. “in very good hands” under the leadership of Matthew Broderick, the firm’s new president and CEO. Broderick has been serving as the firm’s president and adds the CEO role, succeeding McGraw, who will continue with the firm in an advisory role as partner

Clarkson donation to benefit upcoming $40M science center renovation, expansion
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Clarkson University will use a donation from a 1979 graduate and his wife to help pay for an upcoming $40 million project

Starbucks to open location in Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri has announced that Starbucks plans to open its first Utica location. Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX), the Seattle, Washington–based coffee

State budget includes $800 million for I-81 renovation project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 2022 New York State budget allocates $800 million toward the first phase of construction on the I-81 viaduct-replacement project in downtown
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