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Texas de Brazil restaurant opens at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE — Texas de Brazil, a Brazilian steakhouse chain, today opened a restaurant at Destiny USA — its 30th location. The new 8,000-square-foot eatery
UVANY launches webinar series for startups
The Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY) today announced a series of webinar meetings targeting the business-incubator community across New York. The first presentation,
NYPA issues annual report on sustainability
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced it has issued an annual report tracking its first three years of implementing a sustainability-action plan. Unveiled
National manufacturing index rises to highest level in over two years
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) today reported that its gauge of U.S. manufacturing activity increased to 55.7 in August from 55.4 in July.
Galaxy Brewing Company formally blasts off in Binghamton
BINGHAMTON — Galaxy Brewing Company formally opened its new brewpub in downtown Binghamton today. Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan and New York Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo joined
Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards launches subsidiary, adds café, wine-tasting room
LAFAYETTE — Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, Inc., a destination for apple-picking Central New Yorkers for more than a century, is opening its 2013 season with a new look and a newly branded product. Beak & Skiff, with offices located at 4472 Cherry Valley Turnpike (U.S. Route 20) in the town of LaFayette, has
Onondaga Commons expansion project includes two acquisitions
SYRACUSE — Onondaga Commons, LLC, the owner of the blue-colored, “L”-shaped building along West Onondaga St., has plans to expand the facility and has acquired two adjacent properties as part of the effort. The overall project is referred to as the “Onondaga Commons Comprehensive Expansion,” says W. Michael Short, founder and CEO of Short
Utica Comets hockey club gets ready for inaugural season
UTICA — A few of the Upstate opponents of the Utica Comets will get to know minor-league hockey’s newest team early in the upcoming season. The Utica Comets, the American Hockey League (AHL) minor-league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, will begin their inaugural season visiting the Rochester Americans on Oct. 11
TMD expands, unites Syracuse headquarters office
SYRACUSE — Three years of splitting employees between two nearby locations will end soon when accounting firm Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP (TMD) finishes an expansion project at its 432 N. Franklin St. headquarters. “We ran out of space three years ago,” says Frank Discenza, managing partner. To ease things, the firm leased about
Technology boosts ease of buying a home
SYRACUSE — House hunting has come a long way from circling ads in the Sunday paper, spending a day looking at houses, finding the right house, and then applying for a mortgage and waiting anxiously for approval. With smartphones in hand, both buyers and realtors are using technology to streamline the process, but not without
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