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Syracuse Fire Department’s Engine Company 12 reopens at Station 12 after 27 years
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After being closed since 1998, the Syracuse Fire Department’s Engine Company 12 reopened and returned to Station 12 at 400 West Genesee St. on July 2. Engine 12 will respond to calls for fires, car accidents, EMS, and other 911 emergencies across the city. The fire department said that amid record-breaking call […]

Community Foundation honors Human Technologies with Community Impact Award
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties presented its Community Impact Award to Human Technologies on June 26. The Community Impact Award celebrates, rewards, and encourages outstanding achievement in the charitable sector and is presented to a nonprofit organization serving Herkimer and/or Oneida counties that has shown outstanding service to its

Unique Development lands contract for IKEA store at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Unique Development Companies, Inc. of Syracuse recently announced it has been selected by home-furnishings retailer IKEA to help build out its brand-new store at Destiny USA. The IKEA store, which will open sometime this fall, will occupy the 88,500-square-foot former At Home space at Destiny USA. It will be the Swedish retailer’s

Lockheed’s suburban Syracuse plant wins $57M Navy pact for submarine work
SALINA, N.Y.— Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems’ plant in the town of Salina has been awarded a more than $57.25 million contract for engineering and technical support and production of submarine multifunction modular masts on new construction and in-service submarines. This pact includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this

TC3, Cornell CALS sign new articulation agreement
DRYDEN, N.Y. — Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) and Cornell University on Thursday signed a new articulation agreement that provides TC3 graduates a direct-transfer path

State Fair launches Fairgrounds alert system
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair says it’s launching a Fairgrounds alert system for the upcoming 2025 Fair. The state is encouraging fairgoers

Binghamton University received nearly 75,000 applications for fall 2025, up from a year ago
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University says it received a record 74,725 applications this year for fall 2025 admission, which is up from the 61,700 received for fall 2024. The 2025 applications include 61,200 first-year, 4,575 transfer, and more than 8,950 graduate-student applications, the school said in the Aug. 5 announcement. The new academic year is
Berkshire Bank parent company to merge with another Boston–based bank, change names
BOSTON — Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) — parent company of Berkshire Bank, which has a significant presence in the Mohawk Valley and Capital

Capital Region accounting firm to combine with The Bonadio Group
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — DALLE Accounting and Cash Management, Inc., an accounting and advisory firm that operates in Watervliet, northeast of Albany, will soon combine with
UTICA, N.Y. — The Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties, Inc. (WDB/HMO) says it’s sponsoring a paid, 15-week training program for people
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