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E-Z Pass coming to Thousand Islands Bridge
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. —The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting Interstate 81 to Canada, will be able to process E-Z Pass transactions when new equipment is installed
Downtown Syracuse population swells to 3,600 residents
SYRACUSE — More than $360 million of investment activity is either underway or announced, and 3,600 people call downtown their home, the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. reports. “And this [downtown population] number will continue to grow,” said Merike Treier, executive director of the Downtown Committee. She noted that downtown’s residential population has increased 77
Rubacka elected as Emerson Foundation board president
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Fred L. Emerson Foundation announced that its board of directors recently elected Kristen E. Rubacka to serve as the eighth president
NYSERDA awards King + King Architects $75,000 contract in retrofit program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — King + King Architects will use a $75,000 state contract for its work on a two-story, eight-unit building in Phoenix that is
Oswego County native returning to serve as CEO at Fulton Family YMCA
FULTON, N.Y. — Following a nationwide search, the Fulton Family YMCA is hiring as its new CEO a woman with roots in Oswego County. Shonna
Syracuse University says no layoffs planned elsewhere on campus after marketing-unit reorganization
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No layoffs are planned in other parts of Syracuse University this year following the reorganization of the school’s marketing and communication division.
St. Elizabeth Laboratory expands, opens pediatric “glow room”
UTICA, N.Y. — The St. Elizabeth Laboratory, an affiliate of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), has expanded its outpatient laboratory-services testing. It operates at
New York law may blunt impact of Supreme Court ruling on payments to unions
ALBANY, N.Y. — Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that government workers cannot be required to pay for union representation was swift and vehement,
State chooses firm to handle event scheduling at State Fair Expo Center
GEDDES, N.Y. — HITS, Inc., a “nationally-recognized,” special-events management company based in Saugerties, Ulster County, will schedule “major” events at the new Exposition Center at
Syracuse University to use $1M grant to support diversity, inclusion in STEM education
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will use a five-year, $1 million grant for a project targeting “diversity and inclusion” in science education. The grant from
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