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Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks begins March 1
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks returns for its 21st year, beginning on Saturday, March 1 and continuing through Friday, March 14. Dozens of

St. Elizabeth campus reuse proposals clear key hurdle with DGEIS
UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica Planning Board, at its Feb. 20 meeting, unanimously voted to deem the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) complete for the re-use alternatives for the former St. Elizabeth Medical Center campus, the city said. The DGEIS evaluated the potential for a host of environmental impacts resulting from the four proposed redevelopment

Qdoba Mexican Eats formally opens at Syracuse airport
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new location of Qdoba Mexican Eats formally opened at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) on Friday. The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority

Architect and engineering firm C2AE to formally open new North Country office
CANTON, N.Y. — Architect and engineering firm C2AE will celebrate the formal grand opening of its new office in Canton at 10 a.m. on Thursday,

Upstate University Hospital opens new Throughput Operations Center in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has opened a new Throughput Operations Center (TOC) designed to “optimize patient flow” across its Downtown and Community hospital

SUNY Poly gears up for annual business plan competition
UTICA, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute will host the Mohawk Valley regional contest for the 2025 New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) on April 4,

State Fair says corporate-outings program is available for this summer’s event
GEDDES, N.Y. — This summer’s New York State Fair is still several months away, but officials say interested companies can take advantage of its corporate-outings

SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) recently won a $551 million contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic-warfare systems on new construction and in-service submarines. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this pact to nearly $1.37 billion.,

Five Star Bank parent company boosts quarterly dividend by 3%
WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, recently announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents per share of its common stock outstanding. That’s up by 3.3 percent from the 30 cents a share that the banking company paid last quarter.

Berkshire Bank parent company to pay Q1 dividend of 18 cents in early March
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) — parent company of Berkshire Bank, which has a significant presence in the Mohawk Valley region — recently announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on March 6, to shareholders of record as of
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