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Syracuse deer-management program gets underway
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse deer-management program involving sharpshooters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) started during the week of Dec. 6 and will continue through next March. The City of Syracuse will be one of several municipalities across the county completing deer-damage management with the USDA this winter, the office of […]

Smart Path clean-energy transmission project in North Country hits halfway mark
Construction of the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Smart Path transmission project in the North Country is 50 percent complete. The Smart Path project will upgrade 78 miles of transmission lines that span from Massena in St. Lawrence County to Croghan in Lewis County, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a Nov. 15 news

Syracuse mayor appoints Lead Program administrator
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh recently appointed Jessica Vinciguerra as Lead Program administrator in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD). Vinciguerra previously served as a planner and environmental review certifying officer for the City of Syracuse, working as the northside planner for NBD. “The City of Syracuse is working every day

Shineman Foundation’s grants include conservation aid
Awards funding to Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Richard S. Shineman Foundation announced that 12 not-for-profit organizations earned grant awards totaling $248,000 at its November board meeting. It was the last of three 2021 grant rounds in this “unprecedented year of the continued coronavirus pandemic,” the foundation said in a Nov.

Utica Gas & Electric FCU names Brown president and CEO
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Utica Gas & Electric Federal Credit Union (FCU) recently announced Lori Brown as its new president and CEO. She succeeds John

Syracuse University to require booster shots for spring semester
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) will require all eligible students, faculty and staff who “routinely” use any SU campus location or facility to get

Hochul signs bills focused on state-agency support of small businesses
New state laws creating a small-business liaison at certain state departments and one requiring New York’s secretary of state to confirm receipt after receiving a

Workers finish project to restore flood-damaged barrier bar in Sandy Creek
SANDY CREEK, N.Y. — Work has wrapped up on the restoration of the North Sandy Pond barrier bar, a $600,000 project awarded to the town

McMahon says local hospitals are “in good shape” with capacity, operational challenges
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Hospital, and Crouse Hospital are “in good shape” related to capacity and operational challenges amid the

Oneida County reports three COVID deaths for third straight day
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Tuesday reported that three county residents died from COVID-19 in the last day. That followed three deaths each on
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