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Syracuse to play Minnesota in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 29
The Orange completed a 7-5 season with a 32-23 win over Boston College, which ended a five-game losing streak against opponents that included Clemson, Notre
Syracuse University event parking to go cashless beginning Dec. 6
All major credit cards, as well as Google Pay and Apple Pay, are considered accepted forms of payment, the school said in its Friday announcement.
Micron announces names for new twin elephants at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo; free day Dec. 18
Onondaga County earlier in the week had announced the community could help name the twins through an online-voting process. “If you think about what elephants
Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins nearly $14 million Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in suburban Syracuse has won a $13.96 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-fixed-fee modification is to exercise an option for AN/SLQ-32(V)6 design agent support, according to a Nov. 21 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense. Work will
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state stayed high in the latest month as inflationary pressures persisted. New York dairy farms in September were paid an average of $26 per hundredweight of milk in September, up slightly from $25.90 in August, but up 37.6 percent from the $18.90 average in September 2021.
New York egg production rises less than 1 percent in October
New York farms produced 149.3 million eggs in October, up 0.6 percent from 148.4 million eggs in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged more than 5.75 million in October, up 0.5 percent from nearly 5.73 million in the year-ago month.
Oneida County hotel-occupancy rate edges up more than 3 percent in October
UTICA , N.Y.— Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) rose 3.4 percent to 65.2 percent this October compared to the year-ago month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Occupancy in the Mohawk Valley’s largest county is up 7.9 percent year
Jefferson County hotel-occupancy rate rose nearly 5 percent in October
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson County hotels attracted more customers in October than a year ago, continuing the string of business gains seen all year. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 4.6 percent to 59.7 percent in the 10th month of the year, according to STR, a
AG James urges Congress to prohibit crypto investments in 401(k) plans
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Nov. 22 urged congressional leaders to adopt legislation that would prohibit investing retirement funds in digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, digital coins, and digital tokens. Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and defined-contribution retirement plans, like 401(k) plans and 457 plans for government employees, are key retirement investments for millions
DiNapoli audit details problems with state UI system
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Labor’s (DOL) “failure to replace its long-troubled” unemployment-insurance (UI) system and ad-hoc workarounds to compensate for the old system “weakened” oversight and “ultimately contributed to an estimated billions of dollars in improper payments” during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to an audit that New York State Comptroller
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