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Kepler brings extensive experience to NUAIR Alliance
SYRACUSE — Cady Kepler, Jr. has more than three decades of experience working with manned and unmanned aircraft, according to the NUAIR Alliance. The organization is tapping into that experience. The NUAIR Alliance announced the hiring of the Chittenango man as its new airworthiness manager in a news release distributed on Sept. 2. NUAIR Alliance […]
JMC Benefits Group joins CH Insurance Brokerage
SYRACUSE — JMC Benefits Group, a Syracuse–based provider of employee benefits and business insurance, on Sept. 1 joined CH Insurance Brokerage, Inc. CH Insurance Brokerage is an independent agency located on the ground floor of AXA Tower I in downtown Syracuse. Joseph Courcy, who operated JMC Benefits Group, has been hired by CH Insurance and
Green jobs increase in New York state, report says
Jobs in the green sector are growing across New York and across the nation, according to a recent survey report by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) released on Aug. 28. “We saw three major projects there in New York that created, combined, more than 600 jobs,” says Robert Keefe, executive director of E2, a Washington, D.C.–based nonpartisan
Green Planet Grocery to open Cicero store, plans further expansion
CICERO — Green Planet Grocery, which currently operates stores in Camillus and Oswego, plans to open a third location in Cicero in early October. The Cicero store is part of an expansion plan that could include up to 10 locations in the next three to five years, says Joe Scripa, a minority owner in the
NYSERDA starts NY Prize competition for microgrids
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will administer a new competition this fall to support “innovative resiliency” and clean-energy projects across the state. The $40 million NY Prize competition challenges New York businesses, entrepreneurs, and electric utilities to design and implement community-based microgrids, which seek to offer energy independence, along with
SBA, Women’s Business Center to hold disaster-planning workshop in Utica
UTICA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Women’s Business Center of New York State have scheduled a disaster-planning workshop for Mohawk Valley business owners. The event, titled “When Disaster Strikes, Is Your Business Ready,” is set for Sept. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel-Utica Centre in downtown
SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. inks deal to distribute its wind turbines in Colombia and other markets
GENESEO — SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. — a Finger Lakes–based company that designs, manufactures, and sells small wind turbines — recently announced that it has signed an agreement with a company to sell its products in overseas markets including Colombia. SkyWolf Wind Turbine inked a 10-year international-representation agreement with SkyWolf Eco-Energies Colombia (SWEEC) SAS, which
DiNapoli: municipal spending on infrastructure declines in NYS, not meeting needs
Local government capital spending on roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems in the Empire State declined about 8 percent between 2010 and 2012. That’s
ConMed shareholders elect company-nominated directors, investor reacts
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, announced that shareholders have elected all eight of its director nominees. The firm is
Answers about the state’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act
For the last eight months, I have been responding to numerous questions from nonprofit organization board and management members related to the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013, signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last December. My recent column (entitled, “Complying with the Nonprofit Revitalization Act’s rules” and appearing in the April 4, 2014 issue
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