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Schumer to pursue federal funding to complete Onondaga Lake trail-system project
SALINA, N.Y. — Onondaga County is hoping the federal government can help it complete the multi-use trail system surrounding Onondaga Lake. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer

Tompkins Trust hires Caezza for new Syracuse–area financial center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tompkins Trust Company announced it is expanding its financial-services team in the Syracuse market with the addition of business banking officer Sharon

People news: Fortus Healthcare Resources names Urtz sales manager for Fortus Group Travel
UTICA, N.Y. — Fortus Healthcare Resources announced it has appointed Rebecca Urtz as sales manager of its travel division, Fortus Group Travel. In her new

DiNapoli: local-government property-tax cap remains below 1 percent in 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. — Property-tax levy growth for local governments will be capped at 0.68 percent for 2017, down “slightly” from the 0.73 percent in 2016.

Dick’s Sporting Goods to build Southern Tier distribution center, creating 466 jobs
CONKLIN, N.Y. — Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) plans to invest $100 million to build a regional distribution facility at the Broome County Corporate

The $14 million Route 104 improvement project gets started
The $14 million project to improve about four miles of Route 104 in western Oswego County is underway. The work will happen over two construction

Cayuga Community College to offer tourism-management certificate
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Community College is launching a new, one-year, tourism-management certificate program. The community college will offer the certificate program beginning in the

Carrols completes acquisition of four Michigan Burger King restaurants
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) announced it has completed the acquisition of four Burger King restaurants in the Detroit, Michigan area.

Vera House to buy building for headquarters move
SYRACUSE — Vera House Inc., a prominent local nonprofit that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence, plans to buy a nearly 15,000-square-foot building at 723 James St. in Syracuse that will serve as the organization’s new headquarters. The organization, which currently operates in a 10,000-square-foot structure at 6181 Thompson Road in DeWitt, “prevents, responds

New AD Wildhack, a long-time fan, set to lead Syracuse University athletics
SYRACUSE — John Wildhack remembers watching Syracuse University football games at both Archbold Stadium as an student in the late 1970s and in the Carrier Dome when it first opened in September 1980. In the years that followed, Wildhack brought his family to watch football and basketball games in the Carrier Dome as well. He’s
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