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SUNY Oswego to use Novelis donation for scholarships
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego will use a $150,000 donation from Novelis to endow two scholarships for students in financial need. Atlanta, Georgia–based Novelis is

New York egg production drops nearly 2 percent in October
New York farms produced 148.4 million eggs in October, down 1.9 percent from 151.3 million eggs in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics

PSC approves transfer of Scriba, Wayne County power plants to new owner
SCRIBA, N.Y. — The Nine Mile Point and James A. FitzPatrick nuclear-power plants in Scriba will soon have a new owner. The New York State

Binghamton University New Energy NY project wins $500K federal grant
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use a $500,000 federal grant for its New Energy NY project to develop its proposal to turn the Southern

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO will use a $500,000 federal grant to develop its proposal to expand the region’s semiconductor industry and the existing unmanned-aircraft

Welch Allyn has new parent company as Baxter completes acquisition of Hillrom
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), an Illinois medical-products company, on Monday announced it has completed its acquisition of Hillrom (NYSE:HRC) in a $10.5 billion deal. Hillrom

ConMed to pay 4th quarter dividend of 20 cents in early January
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker founded in the Utica area, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents a share for the fourth quarter. The dividend is payable on Jan. 5 to all shareholders of record as of Dec. 15. ConMed manufactures surgical devices and
Lockheed’s suburban Syracuse plant wins nearly $36M Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Syracuse–area plant was recently awarded a $35.65 million modification to a previously awarded contract order from the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price adjustment will exercise options for the procurement of submarine new-construction kits, equipment, and installation, according to a Dec. 3 contract announcement from the U.S.

Electric-vehicle charging plugs installed on ESF campus in National Grid program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The campus of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) now has 18 new electric-vehicle (EV) charging plugs. Officials from National Grid (NYSE: NGG) and SUNY ESF held an Oct. 20 ceremonial ribbon cutting to acknowledge the installation. The plugs are available for public use in the college’s P22 lot, located

Smart Path clean-energy transmission project in North Country hits halfway mark
Construction of the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Smart Path transmission project in the North Country is 50 percent complete. The Smart Path project will upgrade 78 miles of transmission lines that span from Massena in St. Lawrence County to Croghan in Lewis County, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a Nov. 15 news
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