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Community Foundation for South CNY awards $64K in grants
JOHNSON CITY — Thirteen area organizations received grants totaling $64,534 from the Community Foundation for South Central New York’s Women’s Fund and Special Funds, the foundation recently announced. The grants, which were awarded through a volunteer panel and board-review process, will be used for a variety of capital projects, operations, and programs at the organizations, […]
Construction work starts on O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Fulton
FULTON — Preliminary construction work has started at a site on the west side of the city of Fulton that will be the future home of a new O’Reilly Auto Parts store. O’Reilly Auto Parts Enterprises LLC purchased the property at 28 W. First St. in Fulton back on May 30, 2017 from Rome Gas
Shatraw joins M&T Bank Directors Advisory Council for CNY
SYRACUSE — M&T Bank announced it has appointed Scott A. Shatraw to its Directors Advisory Council for the Central New York region. The 11-member council meets regularly throughout the year to provide M&T management with “valuable insight on a wide range of business, client and community matters,” the bank said in a news release. Shatraw
Demographic Implications Affecting Nonprofits
“All of everybody never did anything.” — Wynton Marsalis I write this column from my annual sojourn to the Chautauqua Institution near Jamestown [in far southwestern New York]. Each year for close to 150 years, Chautauqua has presented a nine-week summer program with a different theme for each week. The week I recently completed was entitled:
Composter helping St. Lawrence County school turn food waste into organic material
Some North Country organizations are using a large-scale composter to turn food waste into organic material. Hermon Dekalb Central School in St. Lawrence County is among them, including the composter in its local food program. That’s according to ANCA (Adirondack North Country Association), which describes itself as an “independent nonprofit organization growing the New Economy
Brindisi pushes legislation that would require DOD to buy American-made flatware
SHERRILL — U.S. Representative Anthony Brindisi (D–Utica) on Sept. 3 joined employees at Sherrill Manufacturing Inc. to ask Congress to include his Support Procurement of our Nation’s Stainless Steel Act (SPOONSS) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference bill. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) was previously required to purchase American-made flatware, but due
Hotel Saranac installs EV charging station to complete energy project
SARANAC LAKE — The Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake has installed an electric vehicle (EV) charging station, representing the “final segment” of a four-year energy-saving project. The overall project included the installation of clean-energy technologies and energy-efficiency upgrades. The charging station was installed in August, Jennifer Perry, ANCA sustainability project coordinator, tells CNYBJ in an
Dannible manufacturing conference set for Oct. 17
SYRACUSE — Syracuse–based accounting firm Dannible & McKee, LLP is set to host its annual manufacturing conference on Oct. 17 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Syracuse Destiny USA. The event will include presentations on the latest industry trends and economic outlook, strategies for improving profitability, maximizing your accounting software, and new tax provisions impacting
Utilities jobs decline in Syracuse MSA and statewide
The number of utilities jobs in the Syracuse metropolitan statistical area (MSA) dropped by 100 positions, or 2.6 percent, in July from the year-prior period, according to a report from the New York State Department of Labor in August. The figures showed a net loss of 1,200 utilities jobs (a 3.1 percent drop) statewide in
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