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Three organizations honored at Downtown Committee meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Downtown Committee of Syracuse Inc. recognized the Hanover Square Association, the Corbett Corner project, and the downtown lunch restaurant Darwin during its June 23 annual meeting held at the Oncenter. The event, which attracted a crowd of 400, also included the annual State of Downtown report. Merike Treier, executive director of […]

New York home sales climb in May, prices keep soaring
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,451 previously owned homes in May, up 12.2 percent from the 11,095 homes sold in the year-ago month. However, pending sales fell more than 3 percent in May, pointing to likely sales declines in the next month or two. The data comes from the New York State Association

Cybersecurity resilience focuses on staying operational
UTICA, N.Y. — A growing mindset in the world of cybersecurity is cybersecurity resilience, which is the idea that hacks are inevitable, so businesses need to figure out how to remain operational when those hacks happen. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cybersecurity resilience is the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover

Operation Oswego County’s Treadwell to retire at year’s end
OSWEGO, N.Y. — After nearly 40 years of leading Operation Oswego County, Inc., L. Michael Treadwell plans to retire as of Dec. 31 of this
Jefferson County hotels post more than 16 percent increase in occupancy
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson County hotels continued to attract more overnight guests in May compared to the year-ago month. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 16.3 percent to 56.9 percent in the fifth month of the year, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and
Oneida County hotels see 15 percent rise in occupancy in May
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) rose 15.2 percent to 60.9 percent in May from the same month in 2021. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Through the first five months of the year, occupancy in

New pediatric office opens in New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Blooming Pediatric & Family Nurse Practitioners, PLLC, the brainchild of Michal Hovak and Coral Montana, is a new pediatric medical office at 1 Oxford Crossing, Suite 3, in New Hartford. Hovak, a family nurse practitioner, and Montana, a pediatric nurse practitioner, met when both worked for longtime area pediatrician William Fuchs.

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works launching a new AgTech manufacturing hardware accelerator
ITHACA, N.Y. — Rev: Ithaca Startup Works says it’s launching a new AgTech manufacturing-hardware accelerator. The accelerator is funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s University

Binghamton HYPE Awards honor young professionals
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce plans to reveal this year’s HYPE Award winners on July 14 during an event from 5-7

Strategic Financial opens Rome office
ROME, N.Y. — Strategic Financial Services recently opened its new office in Rome at 1320 Floyd Avenue and celebrated with a ribbon cutting on June
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