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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

FuzeHub wins top prize in U.S. Department of Energy competition
ALBANY, N.Y. — FuzeHub has won the $250,000 top prize in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) American Inventions Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) prize competition.

MVHS and the Community Foundation conducting online hospital-repurposing survey
UTICA, N.Y. — Officials from the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) and the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties have released an online survey

Bogucz stepping down as Syracuse CoE director, returning to classroom after sabbatical
Beginning Sept. 1, Laura Steinberg, executive director of the Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute, will serve as interim executive director of SyracuseCoE while a national search

NYSERDA announces 19 semifinalists in this year’s 76West competition
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on Monday announced the 19 semifinalists for the 76West clean-energy competition. NYSERDA said it chose

New York AG James announces grant funding to address zombie homes
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica, Syracuse, and Binghamton are among more than 45 communities that will use a total of $9 million in grant funding to

Barton & Loguidice acquires New Jersey firm to grow waste-management practice
SALINA, N.Y. — Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. (B&L) announced it has acquired a New Jersey company as it seeks to grow its waste-management business. Cummings

City of Syracuse begins converting streetlights to LED lights
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says a contractor has started changing the city’s current streetlights to “more efficient streetlights that deliver better quality

NYSERDA awards EMPEQ $100,000 in seed capital
ITHACA, N.Y. — The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded EMPEQ, Inc. $100,000 “to support the next stage of growth”

Work on Ithaca City Apartments project is finished
“This development is part of our continued efforts to invest in existing affordable housing and strengthen communities across the Southern Tier,” Cuomo said in the
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