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DEC wraps up $450,000 in upgrades to Mud Lock boat launch site
AURELIUS — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced the completion of $450,000 in upgrades to the Mud Lock boat launch located at the north end of Cayuga Lake in the town of Aurelius in Cayuga County. Funding for the project came from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Adventure NY initiative to […]

Crouse Health spending $2.5 million on upgrades to pediatric cardiac catheterization suite
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health has started work on a $2.5 million renovation and upgrade of its 700-square-foot pediatric cardiac catheterization suite, located in the

Skyven Technologies, previous 76West winner, installs product on farm in Capital Region
VALLEY FALLS, N.Y. — Skyven Technologies, a grand-prize winner in the 76West clean-energy competition, has installed its intelligent mirror array at Copses Farms in Valley

USDA to use $500K for hemp-seed bank, co-located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva
ITHACA, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) will use $500,000 in federal funding to create the nation’s “only” industrial hemp

Game-themed coffeehouse to formally open in Little Falls on Friday
LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. — Meeples Mug House, billed as a welcoming board game café that centers upon community, will formally open in downtown Little Falls

Cuomo launches campaign to boost tourism in Lake Ontario region following flooding
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday launched a new campaign seeking to promote tourism in the Lake Ontario region in the wake of

State awards funding for regional health-care projects
Sitrin Health Care Center in New Hartford and Syracuse–based Liberty Resources Inc. are among the regional organizations awarded funding from a state program that seeks

Oneida Nation opens sportsbook at Turning Stone and Point Place
VERONA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation on Thursday opened The Lounge with Caesars Sports, the new sports-betting venue at Turning Stone Resort Casino in

Auburn will use state downtown-revitalization money on 13 projects
AUBURN, N.Y. — The city of Auburn will target 13 projects with its $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award, which the state announced last

Compass FCU expects to open new Fulton branch this year
FULTON — Construction crews have started work on a new branch for Compass Federal Credit Union (FCU) in Fulton and are expected to finish before the end of 2019. “We’ll be in [the new office] by the end of the year,” says Thomas O’Toole, manager of Compass FCU. He spoke with CNYBJ on July 22.
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