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Morning fire damages apple barn at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department says it’s investigating a Thursday morning fire inside a barn at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard at

MACNY to hold September virtual event in place of its annual dinner
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, the Manufacturers Association, is planning a two-week long virtual event in September in place of its annual dinner, which is usually

HealthWear Rental works on expansion
ENDICOTT — HealthWear Rental, Inc. — which supplies and launders medical and massage linens, patient gowns, medical uniforms, lab coats, and more — is preparing to relocate and double the size of its production facility. The new facility is located at 8 North Cleveland Place in the village of Endicott, about a block from the

Katko says DOT submits draft I-81 plan to Federal Highway Administration
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has submitted the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the massive Interstate 81 (I-81)

U.S. Army awards SRC $425 million contract for small drone defense system
CICERO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded SRC Inc. a $425.8 million contract for development, production, deployment, and support of the E-LIDS system. E-LIDS

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) was recently awarded a $16.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for the refurbishment of rocket motors and thrust vector control used on vertical-launch assemblies for anti-submarine rocket-assisted torpedoes. If the option is exercised, the work will be completed by July 2023, bringing the total value of the pact to more than $30.6

SRCTec president retires, new GM begins duties
SRCTec, located in Cicero, describes itself as a manufacturing and life cycle management company specializing in the production of advanced military electro-mechanical products. The company

SUNY Poly professors to use grant funding to create personal protective facemask
MARCY, N.Y. — Three professors from SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) will use SUNY grant funding of more than $8,000 to create a face mask

Crews working on Cree’s Mohawk Valley Fab complete foundation work
MARCY, N.Y. — Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) says it has “surpassed foundational targets” for the construction of its Mohawk Valley Fab in Marcy. It’s under
New York manufacturing index turns positive in July
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index jumped to 17.2 in July from -0.2 a month before, as new orders and shipments both expanded substantially. This was the first time the Empire State index was in positive territory since February, before the coronavirus shutdowns started in March. Economists had anticipated a July reading of
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