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Downtown Farmers Market opens for the summer season on Tuesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Downtown Farmers Market will open for its 48th season on Tuesday in Clinton Square, the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. said.
ConMed to pay Q2 dividend of 20 cents a share in early July
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 second quarter. The dividend is payable on July 6 to all shareholders of record as of June 15. ConMed manufactures surgical devices and
New York egg production up more than 2 percent in April
New York farms produced 142.7 million eggs in April, up 2.3 percent from 139.5 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 under 5.74 million in April, up more than 3.7 percent from nearly 5.53 million layers a year ago.
Schumer pitches Micron president on locating a future plant in Upstate
Micron Technology is thinking about locations for a future plant and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) hopes the firm will choose upstate New
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a collaboration to install infrastructure throughout New York’s 50-mile unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) corridor between Syracuse and Rome. Syracuse–based NUAIR is
AIS wins nearly $12 million software contract from U.S. Air Force
ROME, N.Y. — Assured Information Security, Inc. (AIS) has been awarded a more than $11.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Signals Intelligence Tactical Analysis and Reporting Gateway (STARGATE) prototype software. This cost-plus-fixed-fee completion pact provides for research and development improvements to the STARGATE platform, according to a May 7 contract announcement from
Lockheed Martin’s suburban Syracuse plant wins almost $10M Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — The Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) plant in the Syracuse area has been awarded a nearly $9.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to the pact is for the design, prototyping, and qualification testing of submarine electronic-warfare equipment, according to a contract announcement the
New York manufacturing index dips in May but still shows solid growth
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index dipped two points in May to 24.3, but still showed the industry is generating significant growth while emerging from the pandemic. The index — the monthly gauge on New York’s manufacturing sector — had climbed 9 points in April to 26.3, a “multi-year high.” The May reading
Syracuse starts road reconstruction project on East Seneca Turnpike
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced that a road reconstruction project began Wednesday on East Seneca Turnpike on the city’s south side. Crews
New York cheese production rose last year, butter production slipped
New York plants produced just over 870 million pounds of cheese (excluding cottage cheese) in 2020, up 4.6 percent from almost 832 million pounds the year before, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The state had 66 cheese-production plants last year, up from 64 in 2019. New York plants produced nearly 23.9
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