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New York egg production dips slightly in March
New York farms produced 149 million eggs in March, down 0.6 percent from 149.9 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.71 million in March, a drop of 1.8 percent from 5.82 million in the same month in […]

Tioga County Land Bank demolishes blighted properties
OWEGO, N.Y. — The Tioga County Property Development Corporation (Tioga County Land Bank) has begun the process of demolishing eight residential structures and two sheds

Herkimer County IDA efforts bear fruit with business-park projects
HERKIMER, N.Y. — There was a time when news that a manufacturer was closing shop and selling the building would have been devastating economic news. That was not the case when Weston Foods announced it will close its Frankfort plant, which employs 200, people in May. In fact, the bustling Herkimer County Industrial Development Agency

Syracuse University to require mask wearing for academic instruction beginning Tuesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Beginning Tuesday, Syracuse University is again requiring masks at all times for all students, faculty and staff during academic instruction in classrooms,

With final environmental-impact statement coming Friday, I-81 project on track for fall start
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The final environmental-impact statement (FEIS) on the $2.25 billion Interstate 81 (I-81) viaduct-replacement project will be published and available for public viewing
New York milk producer prices jump in latest monthly report from USDA
Milk prices at the producer level rose sharply in New York state in the latest month for which data is available. New York dairy farms in January were paid an average of $24.70 per hundredweight of milk, up $2.70, or more than 12 percent, from $22 in December. Milk prices received were up $7.60, or

Baltimore Woods’ land buy is phase 1 of expansion campaign
MARCELLUS, N.Y. — Baltimore Woods Nature Center is looking ahead to the next phases of its multi-year expansion campaign after its purchase of 90 additional acres of land adjacent to the existing preserve, expanding to 272 acres. Baltimore Woods three years ago launched the multi-year, $1 million “Expanding Boundaries Campaign,” which is focused on creating

CDC extends face-mask mandate for planes, trains, and buses through May 3
If you have a flight scheduled soon, don’t ditch that face mask yet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday extended the

McMahon says increased CNY cases resulting from COVID-19 BA.2 substrain
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The “more contagious” substrain of BA.2 — called BA.2.12 — is what’s causing many of the recent COVID-19 cases in the Central

Rosamond Gifford Zoo’s $7.5 million Animal Health Center formally opens for operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The $7.5 million Animal Health Center has started operations at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Officials marked the occasion with a formal opening
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