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ConMed to pay dividend for third quarter of 2025 in early October
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker originally based in the Mohawk Valley region, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the third quarter of 2025. The dividend is payable on Oct. 3, to all shareholders of record as of Sept. 15. At […]

Syracuse, Watertown, Ithaca airports among New York facilities winning federal funding for projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Oswego County, Rome, Watertown, and Ithaca will use federal funding for improvement projects and equipment. The awards are part

Madison County awarded $10 million ConnectALL grant
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — Madison County will use a nearly $10 million grant to bring broadband Internet service to unserved residents in the southern part of

Development work starts on new fire station on Binghamton’s north side
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Work is underway on a project to develop a new fire station on the north side of Binghamton. Built in 1960, the current north side fire station at 39 West State St. is nearing the end of its useful life, the office Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham said. It’s estimated that repairs to

The Agency to develop a master plan for the Huron campus in Endicott
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The Agency on Thursday announced the development of a master facilities plan to guide the “modernization and revitalization” of the Huron campus

Rise in orders, shipments sends N.Y. manufacturing index higher
An increase in New York manufacturing activity in the last few weeks has a monthly index at its highest level since November 2024. The general business conditions index of the Empire State Manufacturing Survey rose 6 points to 11.9 in August. That followed up a 22-point jump in the index in July to bounce back

New York corn production projected to fall nearly 11 percent this year
New York farms are forecast to produce 86.1 million bushels of corn for grain in 2025, down 10.6 percent from 96.3 million bushels last year. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast based on Aug. 1 field conditions. The total yield per acre in the Empire State is estimated to

State awards Binghamton planning grant for study of Binghamton Plaza site
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Empire State Development has awarded the City of Binghamton a $75,000 grant for redevelopment planning at the Binghamton Plaza site under the

State awards FAST NY grants to improve sites in Oneida, Oswego, Broome counties
ROME, N.Y. — New York State has awarded funding to sites in Oneida, Oswego, and Broome counties under the Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New

Onondaga County seeks interest in industrial-treatment train for Clay wastewater-treatment plant
CLAY, N.Y. — Onondaga County on Monday issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for design-build services for a new industrial-treatment train (ITT) at the Oak
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