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The MOST to use $500,000 state grant for armory improvements
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) will use a $500,000 state grant for improvements to the 112-year-old armory

USDA awards Town of Mexico $280K in grant funding for water project
MEXICO, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Town of Mexico $280,000 for additional financing for a water-service project. The funding

Development Chenango donates $100K to UHS Chenango Memorial capital campaign
NORWICH, N.Y. — Development Chenango — Chenango County’s top economic-development organization — has donated $100,000 to support investment at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital. Martin Dietrich,

Saratoga Springs firm breaks ground on mixed-use housing project at Griffiss Park in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — Saratoga Springs–based Bonacio Construction Inc. announced it has broken ground on the construction of Air City Lofts at Griffiss Business and Technology

Oneida County’s Oct. 21 job event seeks to fill 1,000 regional job openings
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. has announced a “first-of-its-kind, large-scale career event” that will seek to fill 1,000 regional job openings

Bankers Healthcare Group breaks ground at site of upcoming financial HQ expansion
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) on Friday broke ground on the construction project for its future new $35 million financial headquarters located on

Cryomech starts construction of new $17 million plant in DeWitt
DeWITT — Construction is underway on an expanded, $17 million plant for Cryomech at 6682 Moore Road in the town of DeWitt. The firm is a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment. “The products we make allow researchers to conduct experiments at ultra-low temperatures … temperatures down very close to absolute zero and we make the cryocooler

MVHS starts assembling construction fencing around site of nearly $550 million downtown hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) says crews on Thursday began putting together the construction fence that will surround the site of

Appel Osborne to open a Buffalo office
SYRACUSE — Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture, a Syracuse–based firm, is opening a new office in Buffalo on Oct. 21. The new 1,290-square-foot, leased office, located in Suite 400 at 50 Elk St. in Buffalo, is in a newly renovated mixed-use building — The Silos at Elk Street, which is listed on the New York State
New York state, CNY home sales decline in August
ALBANY — New York realtors sold 13,492 previously-owned homes in August, down 8.3 percent from 14,708 homes sold in the year-ago period. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR)’s July housing-market report issued on Sept. 20. Sales data The August 2019 statewide median sales price was $296,900 up 8 percent from
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