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Syracuse University to take over management of Marshall Square Mall parking lot
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University parking and transportation-services office has assumed management of the Marshall Square Mall parking lot, located on East Adams Street.

People news: MV EDGE president selected for new AFRL Civic Leader Program
ROME, N.Y. — Steven J. DiMeo, president of Mohawk Valley EDGE, has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to join its newly

New York’s local sales-tax collections rise 12% in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local sales-tax collections in New York state jumped 11.9 percent in July compared to the same month in 2021. That’s according to an analysis that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued on Aug. 16. Overall, local sales-tax collections in the state totaled $1.8 billion, up $188 million compared to July of

North Point Defense awarded nearly $9.5 million contract from U.S. Air Force
ROME, N.Y. — North Point Defense, Inc. of Rome has been awarded a $9.46 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Phantom Harvest Software prototype. This cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract provides for the development of an automated method for discovering actionable information within a large volume of network traffic, according to an Aug. 19

TCGplayer will be under eBay’s ownership in 2023
SYRACUSE — TCGplayer, the Syracuse–based marketplace for collectible-card game enthusiasts, will be under new ownership in early 2023. eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) on Aug. 22 announced an agreement to acquire TCGplayer, which operates at 440 S. Warren St. in Syracuse. The deal has a total value of about $295 million, per eBay’s announcement. The deal

Employees of marketing firm Mower now own the company
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The employees of Mower, a Syracuse–based marketing, advertising, and public-relations agency, now own the company. Eric Mower, the firm’s chairman and CEO, transferred 100 percent ownership of the company to its employee through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Mower, who began his career at the agency in 1968, will remain in
New York milk producer prices up nearly 43 percent versus a year ago
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month for which data is available amid continued inflationary pressures. New York dairy farms in May were paid an average of $27.10 per hundredweight of milk, unchanged from April but up almost 43 percent from the $19 average in May 2021.

Empire Center names three policy fellows
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Empire Center recently announced it is expanding its research operations with the addition of three research fellows. Ken Girardin has been named the fellow for labor policy. He helped to produce the first independent analysis of New York’s property tax cap, which demonstrated the cap’s effectiveness and boosted efforts to extend

Seneca Foods’ net sales rise nearly 13% in latest fiscal quarter
FAIRPORT — Seneca Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: SENEA, SENEB) — a Finger Lakes–based provider of packaged fruits and vegetables, with facilities across the U.S., including Geneva and Penn Yan — recently reported that net sales for the three-month period ending July 2 rose 12.9 percent to $265.2 million from $235 million in the year-ago quarter. The company

State’s annual minority and women-owned business enterprise forum set for early October
ALBANY, N.Y. — Those interested can register for the 12th annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Forum that is set for Oct. 6-7 at
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