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Five businesses to expand or locate in Binghamton under START-UP NY program
BINGHAMTON — Five businesses will expand or locate in Binghamton through the START-UP NY program, the initiative that creates tax-free areas associated with colleges and universities statewide. The state projects the five businesses will invest $2.3 million and create more than 80 new jobs in tax-free areas that Binghamton University sponsors, according to a July […]
Corning to expand operations, add jobs at Canton facility
CANTON — Corning, Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has plans for a more than $21 million capital-expansion project that’ll create 40 jobs at its facility in Canton in St. Lawrence County. The firm will add more than 30,000 square feet to accommodate additional storage and an increase in production of high-fused silica glass for use in the
Ryan-Biggs announces certification and awards
SKANEATELES FALLS —Ryan-Biggs Associates, P.C., announced it was recently granted certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Minority & Women’s Business Development. Earlier in 2014, Ryan-Biggs merged with Clark Engineering & Surveying to create what it says is one of the largest women-owned engineering

USDOT awards grants to Syracuse, Oswego, Rome airports
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded three regional airports grant funding for upgrades at each facility. The USDOT has awarded
Cuomo: Corning to expand operations, add jobs at Canton facility
CANTON, N.Y. — Corning, Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has plans for a more than $21 million capital-expansion project that’ll create 40 jobs at its facility in

Local technology business, Mohawk Valley GIS, expands
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley GIS recently announced it has hired two full-time employees and moved into office space on North Main Street in the
Ephesus announces first outdoor LED lighting-system installation
SYRACUSE — After illuminating more than two dozen sports venues across North America with its LED arena lights, Syracuse–based Ephesus Lighting, Inc. recently announced it is taking its LED lighting system outdoors. Duke University’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium — a multi-purpose outdoor stadium that is home to the university’s women’s field hockey team and

Medical director calls new Upstate Cancer Center a ‘vision fulfilled’
SYRACUSE — Dr. Leslie Kohman, medical director of the Upstate Cancer Center, calls the newly opened facility “a vision fulfilled.” “Leaders, physicians, staff, and patients have been waiting to get into a new facility for … I will say decades,” said Kohman. She spoke during the July 18 ceremony as SUNY Upstate Medical University formally
Army Corps to OK wetlands permit for Marcy computer-chip facility project
MARCY, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will approve the federal wetlands permits necessary for development of a computer-chip manufacturing facility in
New York’s jobless claims jump 60 percent in latest week
The number of people filing initial applications for unemployment benefits in New York state soared more than 60 percent to 38,246 in the week ending
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