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Onondaga County says S&P affirms its bond rating, improves outlook
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Onondaga County’s bond rating of “AA” with an improvement from “stable” to “positive” outlook, the office of

TTM Technologies holds beam-signing event as expansion project continues
DeWITT, N.Y. — TTM Technologies Inc. (TTM) on Friday held a beam-signing ceremony at the site of its upcoming $130 million manufacturing facility adjacent to

MMRI research project receives $3.7 million NIH grant
UTICA, N.Y. — The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $3.7 million grant to support a project led by Chase Kessinger, principal investigator and assistant professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI). Kessinger will use the funding to
New York awarded $9.4 million to help small businesses tap into the semiconductor supply chain
New York State has been awarded $9.4 million in federal funding, with $1.5 million in matching funds from Empire State Development (ESD), to help small

Utica University launches tuition-free program for eligible first-year students
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica University says it is taking steps to make higher education affordable to more people with the Thursday, Oct. 3 launch of

Barclay Damon to add 10 attorneys to its Boston office
Syracuse–based Barclay Damon LLP says it is adding 10 attorneys from another law firm to its Boston, Massachusetts office, effective Oct. 7. All of the lawyers involved have been working for Burns & Levinson, LLP (B&L), also of Boston, per the Barclay Damon announcement. The group consists of a six-attorney intellectual property (IP) team and

Dannible & McKee announces a series of promotions
SYRACUSE — Dannible & McKee, LLP, a certified public accounting and consulting firm, recently announced the promotion of a group of professional staff members, including those who work from its Syracuse office. The local promotions included the following individuals. Sean R. Conners, CPA, has been promoted to tax senior manager in the firm’s Syracuse office.

Surviving a cybersecurity breach
Lessons from an area company UTICA — The day started out like any other workday, except the anonymous local company’s phone system and servers were down. When rebooting the server didn’t solve things, officials at the business (which we’ll call Company A) knew something was wrong. “Then I called our IT guys,” an official at

Redev CNY begins construction on St. Matthew’s Condos in East Syracuse
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Redev CNY, a real-estate development firm based in Syracuse, says it’s starting construction on the St. Matthew’s Condos, a project that will bring 21 affordable condominiums to the East Syracuse community. The project is located at the former St. Matthew’s Elementary School at 214 Kinne St. in the village of East

TTM Technologies awarded federal funding to boost its expansion project
DeWITT, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded TTM Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) $30 million to boost the expansion project at its site
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