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Oneida County reports just 23 COVID cases in last three days
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported 23 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days. The county reported 11 infections for Friday and

New York State to start scaling back drive-thru COVID testing on Friday
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday announced the state would start demobilizing its state-run drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across New York beginning

Onondaga County has lowest daily COVID-19 case figure in months: “We have turned a corner”
With the five new cases, Onondaga County’s COVID-19 case count now totals 37, 891 since March 2020. He also reported no additional deaths on Tuesday,

Naturluxe & Stars Resort in Watkins Glen formally opens
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the completion and formal opening of the $1.9 million Naturluxe & Stars, an outdoor resort

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The state plans to lift most of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions once 70 percent of New Yorkers aged 18 or older

Downtown Farmers Market opens for the summer season on Tuesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Downtown Farmers Market will open for its 48th season on Tuesday in Clinton Square, the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. said.
New York egg production up more than 2 percent in April
New York farms produced 142.7 million eggs in April, up 2.3 percent from 139.5 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged under 5.74 million in April, up more than 3.7 percent from nearly 5.53 million layers a year ago.

OCRRA names Zaccaria to board of directors
SALINA — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) recently announced the appointment of Rick Zaccaria of Baldwinsville to its board of directors. Zaccaria is an entrepreneur, inventor, and president of Zaccaria Development, LLC, as well as a multi-center franchise owner of local UPS Stores. He brings “decades of business acumen and creativity to OCRRA,”
VIEWPOINT: Does Your Company Care About The Environment As Much As Consumers Do?
It’s not just a product’s quality that compels consumers to purchase it. More people today care about how the item was manufactured and whether the company is harming the environment. Studies show sustainability is a factor driving customers’ buying decisions. Recent research by IBM revealed that nearly six in 10 consumers surveyed are willing to change

Flood-mitigation project on Sauquoit Creek in Mohawk Valley set to begin
WHITESTOWN, N.Y. — New York State and the Town of Whitestown will start construction this month on a $3.9 million flood-mitigation project to bolster resilience
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