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Finger Lakes Land Trust completes its largest project in Skaneateles Lake watershed
SPAFFORD, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) announced it has protected 690 acres at Jackson-Noel Farms in the town of Spafford in Onondaga
People news: Hartwick College names new dean of students
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College has recently appointed Cary Dresher as the college’s new dean of students. Dresher, who has been serving as acting dean
Lewis County economic-development groups form the nonprofit Naturally Lewis, Inc.
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Economic-development organizations in Lewis County have been using the phrase “Naturally Lewis” to brand their business-development efforts in the county. Now, the
Hartwick College renames nursing program to School of Nursing
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College recently launched its School of Nursing — a name change to better represent the college’s existing nursing program. “On this 80th anniversary of the nursing program, I want to offer my congratulations and gratitude to the nursing alumni, current nursing students, nursing faculty, the entire nursing department, our clinical partners,
Oswego Health Foundation names two new board members
OSWEGO — The Oswego Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the health system, announced it has recently added William W. Crist and Tom Roman as new members of its board of directors. Crist has called the Oswego area home since his early teens. He has more than 40 years of experience in education — from
Mohawk Valley Gives event raises more than $2.4M for nonprofits
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties’ second annual Mohawk Valley Gives 24-hour online giving event held Sept. 20 raised more than $2.4 million to benefit local nonprofits serving the region. The total raised tripled the amount received during the first year of the event with more than 6,600 unique donors
New York farms boost milk production almost 4 percent in August
New York dairy farms produced 1.38 billion pounds of milk in August, a 3.8 percent increase from 1.329 billion pounds in the year-prior month, according to the monthly milk-production report that the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued on Sept. 18. Milk production per cow in the Empire State averaged 2,190 pounds in the
Parkedge Townhomes in Utica completes $47 million in renovations
UTICA, N.Y. — Parkedge Townhomes, a 184-unit affordable-housing development in Utica, recently completed renovations at the 50-year-old complex to upgrade the units and add a
Upstate Cancer Center in Verona starts seeing patients
VERONA, N.Y. — It’s expected that the new Upstate Cancer Center in Verona will see its first patients on Oct. 17. Syracuse’s Upstate Medical University on Sept. 26 formally opened the new center, which is located at the intersection of Routes 365 and 31 in Verona. The location is “important and came about after a
Onondaga County hotels register increase in guests in August
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels posted a slight rise in occupancy in August, while two other benchmarks of business performance increased much more. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county edged up 2.4 percent to 76.5 percent in the eighth month of this year compared to August
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