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ShoppingTown Mall owner to transfer property, nearby parcels to Onondaga County for development
DeWITT, N.Y. — Onondaga County announced it has reached an agreement with the owner of ShoppingTown Mall on a plan that would have the county

Possible public exposure to COVID-19 reported at Utica pizza restaurant
UTICA, N.Y. — An employee at Lukin’s Brick Oven Pizza in Utica recently tested positive for COVID-19, the Oneida County government announced Wednesday. An area

St. Lawrence to use $5M donation for second phase of Appleton Arena expansion project
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence University in Canton will use a $5 million donation to help pay for the second phase of the Appleton Arena

Possible virus exposure reported at bowling alley in Vestal
VESTAL, N.Y. — The Broome County Health Department announced Monday that a person who was at Midway Lanes, located at 213 North Jensen Road in

Onondaga County SWCD to use $50,000 grant to protect local drinking water
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will use $50,000 in federal funding to protect drinking water in Onondaga County.

Laci’s Tapas Bar to close for good in December
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Laci’s Tapas Bar has set a final closing date of Dec. 19 after 10 years of operation at 304 Hawley Ave. in

AMETEK renews lease for more than 50,000 square feet of space in Johnson City
JOHNSON CITY — AMETEK, Inc. recently renewed its lease of 50,702 square feet of manufacturing space at 33 Lewis Road in Johnson City. Rick Searles, of CBRE/Syracuse, and Scott Miller of CBRE’s office in Radnor, Pennsylvania, represented the tenant, AMETEK in this transaction. No lease terms were disclosed. AMETEK (NYSE: AME) is a Berwyn, Pennsylvania–based
Syracuse one-bedroom apartment rent prices rise nearly 4 percent in October from September
The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area rose almost 4 percent in October from September, but the price was down more than 10 percent from the year-ago month. That’s according to the November 2020 national rent report from Zumper, an apartment-rental listings website. The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments

City of Syracuse issues guidelines for winter outdoor dining during pandemic
The City released an updated Winter Dining Guidelines and Updates handbook for business owners. It was developed in a partnership between the City’s Department of

The Agency develops a new Broome County dashboard to provide economic data
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The Agency says it has developed a new Broome County dashboard to provide a snapshot of how the local economy is doing
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