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Investor group plans to buy Cazenovia College campus
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — A group of local investors known as 9 Fresh has plans to purchase the campus of Cazenovia College, which closed due to

MVHS, Oneida Indian Nation unveil artwork at Wynn Hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), and local officials have unveiled two new public works of art at Wynn

Herkimer launches Brownfield Opportunity Area Plan
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Village of Herkimer announced it has formally launched its Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Plan and will host a series of engagement

Finger Lakes Land Trust purchased land along Black Diamond Trail
ULYSSES, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) announced it purchased 23 acres in the town of Ulysses in Tompkins County from the Cayuga Nature Center. The property, which is a mix of meadows and woodlands, is located along the Black Diamond Trail at the Houghton Road crossing. The FLLT intends to transfer the

Port of Oswego awarded $11 million federal grant for climate-controlled warehouse
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Port of Oswego will use more than $11 million in federal funding to build a new, climate-controlled warehouse for the region’s

Upstate N.Y. Energy Storage Engine CEO starts position
VESTAL — An engineer with “decades of experience in industry and higher education” is now serving as the CEO of the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine that Binghamton University leads. Meera Sampath previously served as the associate dean of research in Binghamton’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, according to its

International Wire buys new equipment for Canastota plant using National Grid incentive
CANASTOTA — The Canastota plant of International Wire is using new equipment, thanks to an energy-efficiency incentive from National Grid (NYSE: NGG) that will help the firm save money in the long run on its energy costs. International Wire replaced a 25-year-old multiwire drawing machine at the plant with a new generation of equipment that

Snowmobile club official in Mohawk Valley arrested for stealing $8,000
STRATFORD, N.Y. — A Fulton County snowmobile club official was charged with stealing more than $8,000 from the club and doctoring records to secure grant money, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Fulton County District Attorney Mike Poulin announced. Chad Daley, 52, was charged with third-degree grand larceny, first-degree offering a false instrument

SUNY Poly professor receives nearly $91K in funding for transportation study
MARCY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTC) have

New York City firm wins $1 million grand prize in Grow-NY competition in Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Unibaio of New York City is the $1 million grand-prize winner of the sixth annual Grow-NY business competition. The funding was awarded at the Grow-NY Summit, a two-day event in Ithaca where finalists pitched their business plans to a panel of expert judges, Empire State Development (ESD) said in its Thursday evening
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