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Chobani fund awards $250,000 to solar project at Unadilla Community Farm
NEW BERLIN, N.Y. — Chobani awarded $250,000 to Unadilla Community Farm through the Chobani Legacy Project Fund, the yogurt maker announced. The fund, established in 2022, awards gifts to employee-nominated local infrastructure projects that seek to make a lasting difference in the community. Unadilla Community Farm will use the funding toward the buildout of a […]

CenterState CEO announces annual meeting keynote speaker, Business of the Year finalists
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Annabel Chang, director and head of state policy and government relations at Waymo, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming annual

Crews start work on Clinton road project
CLINTON, N.Y. — An $8.8 million road-rehabilitation project in Clinton to enhance safety and improve travel along State Route 12B and State Route 412 has

SUNY Poly names commencement speakers
UTICA, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute recently announced that Guru Madhavan, senior director of programs the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, will serve as guest speaker at the College of Engineering commencement, and Maria Kontaridis, executive director and director of research at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), will be the speaker for the Colleges of

Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins $9M Navy contract modification for submarine system support
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems was recently awarded a $9 million U.S. Navy contract modification to a previously won delivery order under a contract to exercise an option for engineering and technical support for submarine electronic-warfare systems. The pact is for new construction and in-service submarines, with work to be performed

ConMed to pay dividend for Q1 in early April
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker originally headquartered in the Utica region, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the first quarter of 2025. The dividend is payable on April 4, to all shareholders of record as of March 14. At the

Crews start work on $65M BAE Systems expansion in Endicott
Project will lead to creation of up to 134 new jobs ENDICOTT — Work is underway on a $65 million project to expand operations at the Endicott location of BAE Systems. That’s according to a company spokesperson, responding to a CNYBJ inquiry on March 4. The global aerospace, defense, and information security company will add

Henry Beck, founder of Tessy, dies at 90
SKANEATELES, N.Y. — Henry Beck, who founded injection-molding business Tessy in 1973, has died at the age of 90, the company announced Tuesday. Beck died

FAA increases NUAIR’s operational air space to 450 square miles
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued NUAIR a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver that nearly doubles its operational commercial

ConMed posts improved 2024 earnings results
But company remains conservative for 2025 forecast ConMed Corporation (NYSE: CNMD) posted solid fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on a 5 percent increase in sales at the medical-device manufacturer once headquartered in the Mohawk Valley. The company announced fourth-quarter sales of $345.9 million, up 5.8 percent from $327 million in the same quarter a year
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