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Real-estate sales slow slightly to end year
“The bulk of the year was very similar to 2021,” says Jessica Dillenbeck, president of the Greater Binghamton Association of Realtors. The year, much like the preceding years, was marked by low interest rates combined with a shortage of inventory that made it a seller’s market. That lasted until summer when interest rates started increasing. […]

New medical office and surgical center breaks ground in Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — Local physician group Central Utica Building (CUB) held a groundbreaking on Dec. 17 to celebrate the start of construction on its medical office building and ambulatory-surgery center. Located on the corner of State and Columbia streets in Utica, just across from Wynn Hospital, the three-story building will house CNY Cardiology in 28,000

After 111 years, Beak & Skiff is now a lot more than apples
LAFAYETTE — Eddie Brennan likes to think of himself as a steward and that is an apt characterization. The 40-year-old, who became president of Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards in 2016, leads the fifth generation of family ownership for the LaFayette–based business, which despite the name, has a lot more than just apples in its

Beak & Skiff works to further diversify offerings in 2023
LAFAYETTE — Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards has a busy year planned for 2023 with a new lineup of artists for its summer concert series and a focus on its cannabis venture as the company owners work to continue to further diversify the business beyond apples. “It was a great year for us,” Eddie Brennan,

Bond, Schoeneck & King: 125 Years of Service
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC is a law firm that has been very familiar to many Central New York residents for the last 125 years. George Hopkins Bond founded the firm in 1897 soon after graduating from Syracuse University College of Law at age 24. Born in Syracuse in 1873, George was locally educated and
2022 Bond law firm highlights include downstate expansion, COO
SYRACUSE — Business activity for the law firm Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC in 2022 included additional downstate expansion, a new COO, and the addition of a new litigation attorney. The Syracuse–based firm in early May announced it would be combining with a smaller Long Island firm. Effective June 1, Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid

The Raymond Corporation: vital to the global supply chain
While the term “supply chain” has become part of the vernacular, it is still safe to assume that typical consumers are probably not thinking about the steps that it takes to get the item from their Amazon shopping cart to their front door. The incredibly intricate and interconnected global world of storage, distribution, and material

Raymond Corp. plans continued product innovations in 2023
GREENE — After a year filled with celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary, The Raymond Corporation is looking ahead to a year of innovation and helping its customers. The company kicked off 2022 with the introduction of several new products and innovations including its iWAREHOUSE Field Sense proximity-notification system, High Capacity Orderpicker that picks a full
United Radio offers program focusing on employee leadership
DeWITT — United Radio has started a leadership-development program, which the company says works at “developing leaders for the next century at United Radio.” “We started examining our talent-development process and decided that we weren’t being intentional enough with identifying and training people [on] what it means to be a leader at United Radio,” Mark
Ask Rusty: Will My Wife’s Benefit Change My Claiming Decision?
Dear Rusty: I’ll be 69 in April 2023, and my wife will be 59 [in about a month]. I’m still working and am trying to determine whether I should take Social Security at 69 or 70. My main question revolves around my wife’s future Social Security benefits and how they will affect my decision on
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