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Broome County’s first fully electric buses start transporting the public
VESTAL — Broome County Transit’s first fully electric buses have been transporting the public for nearly two months after they were placed into service in mid-October. The new zero-emission buses replace older diesel models, “significantly improving” air quality and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions across the community, Broome County said in its announcement. The electric buses are […]
Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires land in Spafford
SPAFFORD — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) earlier this year acquired 850 feet of shoreline and 15 forested acres along the eastern shore of Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford in southern Onondaga County. The property includes 1,120 feet of streambank on Barber Gulf and a portion of the Staghorn Cliffs, the site
With Micron in mind, Le Moyne to offer new physics major in 2026
SYRACUSE — Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) has plans to build a massive semiconductor-manufacturing campus in the town of Clay, and Le Moyne College wants to help prepare future students to secure a job with the Boise, Idaho–based company. The school is set to offer a bachelor’s degree in applied physics “as the region prepares
SUNY Sustainability Fellows include area professors
ALBANY — Three Central New York college professors and one from the Southern Tier are among 11 of SUNY’s inaugural Sustainability Faculty Fellows. They include Jean Yang, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse; Augusta Williams, assistant professor of public health at Upstate Medical University in
Sustainable Office Solutions prepares to close its doors
DeWITT — Sustainable Office Solutions, LLC — a 16-year-old small business that sells and rents out new and pre-owned office furniture — is getting ready
Cornell plants ash trees it hopes are resistant to borer insects
ITHACA — Newly planted ash saplings on Cornell University property are potentially resistant to destructive emerald ash borer insects, making the university the first propagation center in New York state. The planting is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Trees in Peril project, seeking to restore disappearing ash trees across the United States, according to a
Marchello begins serving as DEC executive deputy commissioner
ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has a new executive deputy commissioner with the recent return of Michelle Marchello to New York. Marchello joined the DEC in this position on Sept. 8, bringing more than a decade of experience advancing state and local-government priorities on climate, energy, and environmental policy
Lockheed Martin Owego awarded more than $15M Navy order for H-60 helicopter equipment
OWEGO — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego plant has been awarded a more than $15.1 million order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of 12 receiver processors in support of H-60 military helicopters. The delivery order does not include an option provision. All work will be
LaFayette Board of Education selects new superintendent of schools
LaFAYETTE — The LaFayette Board of Education recently named Kara Lux as its next superintendent of schools, pending successful contract negotiations. Lux, who currently is director of special education and grants at the Marcellus Central School District, is expected to begin her new role at the LaFayette Central School District in December or January, per
American Heart Association names three new Syracuse–area advisory board members
SYRACUSE — The American Heart Association announced it has named three local leaders to its Syracuse–area advisory board. These volunteers started their board term just as the group was recognized at the national level by the American Heart Association. The new local board members are: Gwen Crossett — Crossett is CEO and founder of ConstantCare247,
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