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BAE Systems to provide nearly 500 more electric-hybrid systems for Quebec transit buses
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — BAE Systems on Tuesday announced it will provide nearly 500 additional electric-drive propulsion systems for electric-hybrid buses in Quebec. Association du transport

New York Sea Grant Institute names Bunting-Howarth interim director
ITHACA, N.Y. — The New York Sea Grant (NYSG) board of governors and Stony Brook University Provost Michael Bernstein have approved the appointment of Katherine
Broome County to sell county-owned former Phillips Foundry building
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County plans to sell the former Phillips Foundry building and adjacent lots to LCP Group Inc. of Vestal for $5,000. LCP

April the giraffe is pregnant again
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — Let the waiting begin: Animal Adventure Park’s April the giraffe is pregnant again. Jordan Patch, owner of the park, announced the news

Walsh calls NYS&W railroad-bridge inspection report “woefully inadequate”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Thursday sharply criticized a bridge-inspection report by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W) for the

Crews complete work on $9 million flood-training center in Oriskany
ORISKANY, N.Y. — Training has started at the newly completed Swift Water Flood Training Center in Oriskany, where New York’s first responders conduct training for
City of Binghamton to use $20M state grant for sewage treatment plant project
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The City of Binghamton will use a $20 million grant award for the “reconstruction and rehabilitation” of the Binghamton-Johnson City sewage-treatment plant.

Binghamton University to use $3M federal award for battery and energy-storage research
VESTAL, N.Y. — A Binghamton University professor will use $3 million in federal funding to continue research on battery systems and energy storage. Professor Stanley
State DEC kills plan for LPG storage in Finger Lakes
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an application for an underground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility
Town of Hartwick to use $52K to study alternative water, sewer options along Route 28
HARTWICK, N.Y. — The Town of Hartwick in Otsego County will use $52,000 in two grants to study alternatives for water and sewer services along
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