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Cuomo: CNY, Southern Tier communities to use state grants for water-improvement project
Syracuse and neighboring communities across Central New York will use more than $14 million in grants for 12 municipal-water infrastructure projects in the five-county area.
People news: Tompkins Trust hires Allen for Syracuse–area office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tompkins Trust Company announced it has expanded its financial-services team in the Syracuse market with the addition of Robert (Kip) Allen as
New York manufacturing index turns negative in August
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index slipped into negative territory in August, declining 5 points to -4.2. A negative reading indicates a decline
North Country communities to use $30 million in state grants for water-improvement projects
Communities in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will use a total of nearly $30 million in state-grant funding for water-infrastructure projects. The 18 grants
Sismondo joins St. Joseph’s Health’s Primary Care Center – West
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health announced it has added pediatrician, Hilliary Sismondo to its Primary Care Center – West location. Dr. Sismondo earned her
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The leader of one institution of higher learning in Syracuse will succeed another in helping to lead a state group focused on
Smith Market wins $25,000 prize in Community Foundation’s Impact Opportunity Challenge
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. has selected Smith Market as the winner of its $25,000 Impact Opportunity Challenge.
Syracuse cancels annual Fan Fest event over concerns about the weather
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will not hold this weekend’s annual Fan Fest event, which was scheduled for Saturday, “due to the impending storms being forecast
Exelon’s acquisition of FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant to close in 2017
SCRIBA — Exelon Generation’s (NYSE: EXC) acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant in Scriba should close in the second quarter of 2017. Under the deal totaling $110 million, New Orleans, Louisiana–based Entergy would transfer FitzPatrick’s operating license to Chicago, Illinois–based Exelon, according to a joint news release that Entergy issued Aug. 9. Exelon
Executive director of Ithaca’s Sciencenter announces retirement
ITHACA — Charlie Trautmann, executive director of the Sciencenter — a nonprofit hands-on science museum in Ithaca, has announced his retirement from the organization, effective next spring. During his 25-year tenure with the museum, Trautmann has “shepherded the Sciencenter from a tiny, all-volunteer, storefront venture to a vibrant, welcoming, nationally recognized institution,” the Sciencenter contended
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