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Crews complete work on Monarch Commons, $15M senior-housing development in Cicero
CICERO, N.Y. — Crews have completed work on the $15 million Monarch Commons, a 50-unit housing development for seniors at 8701 Knowledge Lane (formerly 8697

Oneida County awards $250K in funding for Rome skatepark project
ROME, N.Y. — Oneida County has awarded $250,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to assist in the construction of a skatepark in Rome

Hamilton College event on Nov. 1 focuses on nation’s energy system
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College’s Common Ground series presents “The U.S. Energy System” on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s chapel. American

State awards funding to 36 upstate New York airports for improvement projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Rome, Oswego, Ithaca, Watertown, Elmira, and Binghamton are among 36 public-use airports across New York state awarded state funding

Schumer says National Grid to use almost $50M in federal funds to upgrade power grid
National Grid (NYSE: NGG) will use nearly $50 million in federal-government funding to “boost the resiliency” of upstate New York’s power grid, as well as
New York corn production increased more than 22 percent this year
New York farms are expected to have produced over 98.6 million bushels of corn for grain in 2023, up 22.5 percent from 80.5 million bushels last year. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast issued on Oct. 12, based on field conditions as of Oct. 1. The total yield per acre

SUNY Oswego prof. wins NSF grant to study Arctic cold-air outbreaks
OSWEGO, N.Y. — A SUNY Oswego professor will use a grant of more than $234,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into cold-air outbreaks (CAOs) in the sub-Arctic region, called the CAESAR project. Yonggang Wang, assistant professor of meteorology at SUNY Oswego, will take four students with him on the research trip

St. Camillus starts upgrades with $6M in state grants
GEDDES, N.Y. — Work is underway on a series of facility upgrades at St. Camillus that target its roof, interior flooring, elevators, and parking-lot lighting. The organization says it will use more than $6.4 million in state-grant funding for the effort that will occur in phases over a duration of about a year and a

NYISO’s new chief operating officer starts her position
RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Emilie Nelson on Oct. 1 started her new position as chief operating officer (COO) of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), which oversees the state’s power grid. The NYISO announced on Sept. 27 that its board of directors had promoted Nelson, a longtime employee, to executive VP and COO from her

Oneida County completes upgrades to wastewater system
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County announced it has completed capital projects to upgrade and expand the county’s water-pollution-control plant in Utica and the Sauquoit Creek pumping station in Yorkville. The projects fulfill a consent order issued by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The county has worked with the DEC for more than
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