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Grow-NY seeks applicants for fifth round of food and agriculture competition
The state is accepting applications for the fifth round of the Grow-NY food and agriculture competition. The application period continues through 5 p.m. on June

People news: Creighton Manning hires Carroll
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Creighton Manning Engineering, LLP announced it has hired Sarah Carroll as a project manager. Carroll is a transportation engineer based in Syracuse

Daldrop SBB to consolidate CNY operations with new manufacturing facility in Oswego County
SCHROEPPEL, N.Y. — Daldrop SBB, a German company with operations in both Salina and DeWitt, is building a new manufacturing facility at the L. Michael

Syracuse men’s basketball hires Straughn as assistant coach
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Adrian Autry has gone outside the Orange family, but turned to a familiar face, to fill

New York to use $100 million in federal funding for statewide broadband program
New York State will use $100 million in federal funding to expand high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Department of Treasury is awarding the

AFP-CNY names five new board members
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Association of Fundraising Professionals of Central New York (AFP-CNY) recently named five new members of its board of directors: Sara Groh, Joanna Jewett, Susan LaPlaca, Carli Rightmier, and Steffani Williams. Groh joins the AFP-CNY board after being a member of AFP for almost 20 years. She is the director of relationship

Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse-area plant wins $10 million Air Force contract order
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems’ facility in the town of Salina has been awarded a more than $10 million option exercise modification to a previously awarded U.S. Air Force pact for the 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) system. This contract adjustment provides for the option exercise of three enhancements to the

L3Harris wins nearly $38M contract modification with 40 percent of work to be done in Liverpool
L3Harris Technologies was recently awarded an almost $38 million adjustment to previously awarded contract to establish and exercise an option for U.S. Navy equipment, components, engineering services, and other direct costs. Work on this fixed-priced-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost only modification will be performed in Millersville, Maryland (57 percent); Liverpool (40 percent); and Ashaway, Rhode Island

TCGplayer moves forward following CEO’s departure
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — About five months after eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) completed its acquisition of TCGplayer of Syracuse, the company’s founder and CEO has moved on. In a March 20 Facebook post, Chedy Hampson announced that after leading and growing TCGplayer over the past 25 years — aiming to create “an incredible positive impact on

Cazenovia cybersecurity firm certified as service-disabled veteran-owned business
A Cazenovia–based cybersecurity firm was recently certified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOB), New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced. The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to Nova Cyber Systems, LLC, which specializes in cybersecurity and database management. The business is located
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