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Grant funds for COVID expenses available to Herkimer County businesses
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Businesses throughout Herkimer County can apply for funding from a state grant for projects that improve the resiliency of businesses and public

Baltimore Woods Nature Center opens first new trail after its expansion
MARCELLUS, N.Y. — Baltimore Woods Nature Center in Marcellus says a new trail is the first to connect the public to the 90 additional acres

Syracuse Common Council approves mixed-use project at former Syracuse Developmental Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Common Council has voted to approve a mixed-use project at the former Syracuse Developmental Center site. In a statement issued

Syracuse University joins consortium in NSF I-Corp Hub’s $15 million STEM innovation program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub

Wolfspeed announces North Carolina materials plant project
Wolfspeed, Inc, (NYSE: WOLF), which opened its Marcy silicon-carbide fabrication facility earlier this year, announced it will build a new materials-manufacturing facility in Chatham County,

McFarland-Johnson expands with new offices, employees
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — With just over three months before the year ends, McFarland-Johnson, Inc. has already logged record growth for 2022, increasing its staff by nearly a quarter and opening four new locations. “We’ve increased about 22 percent just since the beginning of the year,” company President Chad Nixon says of the Binghamton–based planning, engineering,

State offers $6.5M to develop insurance policies to promote clean technologies
A new state program is focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products “that will promote the adoption of clean technologies” across New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sept. 1 announced $6.5 million to support the “Insurance Innovation for Climate-Technology Solutions” program. The initiative will provide funding for products that manage

DEC completes spawning area projects in Black River and Lake Ontario
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently completed two projects to create new spawning habitat for native fish that are critical for

VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University and its coalition of partners have won $63.7 million in federal funding for the New Energy New York project, with
New York oat production is forecast to jump more than 36 percent this year
New York farms are expected to produce 2.69 million bushels of oats this year, up 36.5 percent from 1.97 million bushels in 2021, according to an Aug. 1 forecast from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Yield per acre for oats in New York state is forecast to rise 1.5 percent to 69 bushels
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