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CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS has joined Prudent Engineering as a survey technician in the East Syracuse office. He earned his associate degree in construction technology from Monroe Community College and an associate degree in land surveying technology from SUNY ESF. Chambers’ experience includes conducting construction, topographic, boundary, and cell-tower surveys. Prior to joining Prudent, he worked as […]
MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, has promoted PATTY CLARK to human resources services manager. She joined MACNY in 2007 as an administrative assistant. She was promoted to HR coordinator in 2011, and to HR generalist in 2014. Prior to Clark’s work at MACNY, she held positions in marketing and the private label divisions at both Corcoran
ConMed boosts 2016 earnings forecast, after posting Q1 loss
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) reported on April 27 that it has increased its profit and revenue forecast for the rest of this year, as foreign-exchange rates won’t take as big a bite as previously expected. The Utica–based surgical-device maker now expects net earnings per share in the range of $1.95 to $2.05 for
New York honey production rises 9 percent in 2015, ranking state in top 10 nationally
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state generated a 9 percent increase in honey production in 2015, and moved into the top 10 among U.S. states
Gillibrand urges HUD to designate Utica as federal promise zone
UTICA, N.Y. — The city of Utica should be a federal “promise zone,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand contends. She wants the U.S. Department of Housing
MACNY selects Feldmeier Equipment’s Brown as Innovator of the Year
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Manufacturer’s Association of Central New York (MACNY) has tabbed Feldmeier Equipment’s director of engineering as its Innovator of the Year. MACNY
Upstate Shredding to acquire Empire Recycling’s Watertown location
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Upstate Shredding, LLC and sister company Weitsman Recycling is expanding into the Watertown market with the purchase of Empire Recycling Corp.’s scrapyard
U.S. economic growth slows to 0.5 percent in first quarter
U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of the year, with the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increasing by just 0.5 percent,
New York milk production rises 5.5 percent in March
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York dairy farms produced 1.24 billion pounds of milk in March, up 5.5 percent from the year-earlier period, the USDA’s New
Up In Smoke: The History of Syracuse’s Cigar Industry
Rudyard Kipling was quoted as saying “A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.” Despite media reports regarding the perils of smoking, cigar smoking continues to be popular. Both tobacco farming and cigar making were a significant part of Onondaga County’s economy at the turn of the 20th century. In
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