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Liftech Equipment acquires Capital Region firm
DeWITT, N.Y. — DeWitt–based Liftech Equipment Companies, a forklift and construction-equipment dealer, has acquired Altamont, New York–based Capitaland Material Handling. The acquisition “was finalized” on

Rapid Response Monitoring to add 125 new jobs, aided by state incentives
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rapid Response Monitoring Services Inc., a Syracuse–based provider of electronic security-monitoring services, plans to add 125 jobs in Syracuse with help from
Schumer calls on USDA to expand access to malt-barley crop insurance to New York farmers
VOLNEY, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand access to malt-barley crop insurance to
Pyramid: Binghamton MetroCenter sells for $3.2 million
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Binghamton’s MetroCenter, an office building at 49 Court Street, has new owners. Justin and Bernard Marchuska of Marchuska Brothers Construction LLC purchased
State awards MVHS $300 million grant for downtown Utica hospital project
UTICA, N.Y. — New York State has awarded Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) a $300 million grant to help pay for a hospital it wants
Oneida Nation plans to build new $40 million casino in Bridgeport
SULLIVAN, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation plans to build a new 65,000-square-foot casino in the Bridgeport area of the town of Sullivan in Madison
U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin nearly $1.6B radar contract, “largest” in local plant’s history
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded the Salina plant of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) a nearly $1.6 billion contract for the AN/TP-Q-53
New Price Rite store on South Ave. in Syracuse set for Sunday opening
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Grocery store Price Rite plans to open its doors to the public on Sunday morning, April 2 at 8 a.m. The 35,000-square-foot
Driscoll Manor Apartments complex in Solvay sold for $911,000
SOLVAY — The Driscoll Manor Apartments complex in Solvay was recently sold for $911,000. Van Buren Rd, LLC purchased the 18-unit complex from 309 Driscoll,
New York home sales decline nearly 7 percent in February; CNY numbers mixed
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors completed the sale of 7,391 previously owned homes in February, down 6.7 percent from 7,925 in the year-ago month,
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