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Buy Madison County updates site to promote local farms, products
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — Buy Madison County, in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, has teamed up with C&D Advertising of Rome to update the Buy Madison County website. The updated digital platform can help those interested can get answers to questions about where their milk, bread, or produce originated. The updated Buy Madison […]

Drakos Clinical Laboratories opens new HQ, lab in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Drakos Clinical Laboratories has opened its headquarters and a new laboratory facility at 6333 New York Route 298 (near Carrier Circle) in DeWitt, in the KPH Healthcare Services Inc. building. “This is a business office and clinical laboratory,” says Heather Drake Bianchi, CEO of Drakos Clinical Laboratories, referring to the firm’s new

ConMed to pay 3rd quarter dividend of 20 cents in early October
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker that has roots in the Utica area, has announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the third quarter of the year. The dividend is payable on Oct. 5 to all shareholders of record as of Sept. 15. ConMed

N.Y. manufacturing index plunges on sharp decline in orders, shipments
A large drop in both orders and shipments were among the factors contributing to a 42-point decline to -31.3 in the general business-conditions index of the August Empire State Manufacturing Survey. It represents the second-largest monthly decline in the index on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said. The August reading — based on

USDA awards New York grant funding to grow its farm-to-school program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the state a $110,000 Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) grant to grow its farm-to-school program. The money

People news: LeChase promotes Gifford to assistant project manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — LeChase Construction Services, LLC announced it has promoted Dylan Gifford to assistant project manager, based in Central New York. In this role,

New York manufacturing index plummets in August, posting second largest monthly decline
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 42 points in August to -31.3, the second-largest monthly decline in the index on record. The

People news: English named Communications Division GM at United Radio
DeWITT, N.Y. — United Radio announced it has hired Leslie English as the company’s new Communications Division general manager. In this role, English plans to

Indium’s Vareha-Walsh named to national industry association board
CLINTON, N.Y. — Donna Vareha-Walsh, director of global supply chain and international trade compliance at Indium Corporation, was recently elected to the American Tin Trade Association board of directors. Formed in 1928, the American Tin Trade Association (ATTA) meets twice a year to promote the best interests of those engaged in the production, distribution, transportation,

AIS wins nearly $9 million Air Force contract for software
ROME, N.Y. — Assured Information Security Inc. (AIS) of Rome has been awarded a nearly $9 million from the U.S. Air Force for Lotus software. The cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract involves AIS performing research and development for the evaluation, integration, and demonstration of secure processors, in addition to completing research and development for the hardware and
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