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Partners for Education & Business to hold first job-signing day on June 12
DeWITT, N.Y. — Partners for Education and Business, Inc. (PEB) plans to hold a job-signing day for local students who have already been recruited by

New York State DOT to host open house on I-81 replacement project at Oncenter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will hold an open house on June 18 in downtown Syracuse to update the

NYS Fairgrounds employee charged with stealing truck engine and engine lift
GEDDES, N.Y. — New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro on Thursday announced the arrest of a mechanic who worked at the New York State

New York home sales dip in April, CNY numbers mixed
New York realtors sold 8,931 previously owned homes in April, down 2.3 percent from the 9,143 homes they sold in April 2018. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR)’s April housing-market report. Sales data The April 2019 statewide median sales price was $271,000, up more than 6 percent from the year-ago median
Area jobless rates dip in April; job-growth data mixed
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown-Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions declined in April compared to a year ago. The figures were part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released May 21. When it comes to job growth, the Syracuse, Binghamton, and Ithaca areas added positions between April 2018

Cornell University to use $10M donation to establish molecular engineering labs
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is using a $10 million donation to build molecular-engineering laboratories inside Olin Hall. Samuel (Sam) Fleming, a 1962 graduate of

Nearly $5 million solar project powers Anheuser-Busch brewery
VAN BUREN — A nearly $5 million solar project in the town of Van Buren is now providing energy for the nearby Anheuser-Busch brewery. Located six miles from the company’s brewery in the town of Lysander, the 2.76 megawatt array will produce more than 3 million kilowatt-hours annually. It is the equivalent of providing enough

State provides $28M to start transmission upgrade project in Mohawk Valley
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on May 21 announced $28 million in funding to begin work on a “major” new transmission upgrade project in the Mohawk Valley and Capital Region. The project stems from a proposal submitted by New York City–based LS Power Grid New York and the New York Power Authority to “improve reliability and provide better

Crews start work on SUNY’s first zero-net, carbon-certified residence hall
MARCY — Work has started on an upcoming residence hall at the Utica campus of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), a project that the state describes as the system’s first “zero-net, carbon-certified” residence hall. SUNY is working with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) on construction of the $33.5 million, 257-bed

Average salaries higher at “fast-growing” Upstate companies, survey finds
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — “Fast-growing” companies across upstate New York have average salaries that are up to 60 percent higher than the average salary in a
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