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Schumer calls on USDA to expand access to malt-barley crop insurance to New York farmers
VOLNEY, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand access to malt-barley crop insurance to
Cornell seeks to offer new environment and sustainability major
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is looking to offer a new major in environment and sustainability in the fall of 2018. Students would take their
Cornell, Clarkson win FuzeHub grants to assist manufacturers
Cornell University and Clarkson University will use grant funding to support projects they say will generate nearly 40 manufacturing jobs. Cornell secured three grants for
Local professors to use grant funding for research on green-building construction methods
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two local professors will use a grant of $19,000 for new research in the area of green-building construction methods. Their research will

People news: Rome Memorial names Marquette director of plant operations
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital has named James (Jim) Marquette director of plant operations following the retirement of director Edward Koziarz. Marquette previously served

Schumer asks JetBlue to bring maintenance work to Rome
ROME, N.Y. — Would New York City–based JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU) consider basing some of its maintenance operations in Rome? U.S. Senator Charles Schumer

St. Lawrence County auto dealer, employee accused of burying hazardous waste
CANTON, N.Y. — A St. Lawrence County auto dealer and one of its employees are accused of burying more than 140 gallons of hazardous substances

Baltimore Woods Nature Center names Lash-Marshall new executive director
MARCELLUS, N.Y. — Baltimore Woods Nature Center, a nonprofit environmental educational organization located in Marcellus, has appointed Whitney Lash-Marshall as its new executive director. Lash-Marshall

Cuomo says state nanotechnology funding will stay in Mohawk Valley
In the aftermath of news that the Austrian firm, ams AG, that had planned to invest in a wafer-fabrication facility at the Marcy Nanocenter has

Austrian firm withdraws from chip-fab project at Marcy Nanocenter
MARCY, N.Y. — The Austrian firm that had planned to invest in a wafer-fabrication facility at the Marcy Nanocenter has decided not to pursue the
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