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Brewery Ommegang sees continued sales spike on tap
COOPERSTOWN — Overall beer consumption in America is flat. Craft beers, however, are generating double-digit growth as the consumer searches for variety and new styles. The Brewers Association, the national organization for small and independent craft brewers, defines a craft brewer as one which produces no more than 6 million barrels a year and whose […]
Hummel becomes majority owner of Business Machines & Equipment in Marcy
MARCY — Business Machines & Equipment, Inc. (BME), a growing Mohawk Valley office-supply company, is under new ownership, and a new affiliation with Hummel’s Office Plus. BME, which employs 12 people and operates in leased space at 9443 River Road in Marcy, announced the transaction in a recent news release. The company provides copiers, fax
NUAIR Alliance establishing CNY as leader in UAS industry
One of the most rewarding aspects of this job (as president and CEO of CenterState CEO) is seeing, firsthand, the transformative effects that new growth and development have on our communities and the people who live here. As a kid who grew up in Utica, at a time when the Griffiss Air Force Base was

USDOL awards OCC $2.5M for food-process job training
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has awarded Onondaga Community College (OCC) a $2.5 million grant for job training in the agribusiness

New York egg production rises 9 percent in August
New York farms produced 119 million eggs in August, up 9 percent from the year-ago period, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) New
State awards several CNY solar projects NY-Sun funding
Nearly 50 solar-electric projects at businesses and schools between Central New York, the Mohawk Valley, the Southern Tier, and the North Country will benefit from

New York dairy farmers receive higher prices for milk
Dairy farmers in the Empire State received an average of $25.30 per hundredweight of milk they sold during August, up 40 cents from July and
Syracuse’s Inner Harbor will be home to a SUNY Water Research and Education Center
SYRACUSE — The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) recently completed what its top official referred to as a “24-hour bio blitz.” The school’s faculty and students documented more than 450 different kinds of plants and animals “thriving” in and around the shores of Onondaga Lake, Quentin Wheeler, president

State Fair: 2014 sponsorship sales rose 16 percent from 2013
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair reported sponsorship sales of nearly $2 million at this year’s event, up 16 percent from the final
Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse–area plant wins $147 million Navy contract
SYRACUSE, N.Y — The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $147 million, follow-up contract to upgrade the Navy fleet’s electronic-warfare defenses against
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