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Idea Kraft is Tioga Chamber’s March Spotlight on Business honoree
OWEGO, N.Y. — The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce selected Idea Kraft as its “Spotlight on Business” honoree for March. Idea Kraft, based in Binghamton,
Cornell receives AFRL funds to form regional research hub
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University was awarded a three-year $8.9 million cooperative agreement from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to launch a regional research
Gainey hired to manage Pathfinder Bank’s newest branch
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bank has hired Shynique Gainey as assistant VP, branch manager for the bank’s new, upcoming Syracuse office, to be located at
Oneida County Public Market launches online shopping site
ORISKANY, N.Y. — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County recently launched the Oneida County Public Market’s new online ordering platform featuring a variety of products
Arc Herkimer receives grant for café project
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Arc Herkimer has received a $1,500 grant from Berkshire Bank for its new vocational initiative, Copper Café, set to open this spring. The café will be a training ground for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop restaurant and hospitality skills. Currently under development, the café will build job-readiness skills in
Brod sells Syracuse New Times building to charter school
The man who previously served as publisher of the Syracuse New Times has sold the building where the publication operated. William Brod tells CNYBJ that he’s also launched a company focused on outdoor publications that’s based in Cazenovia. Building sale The building that housed the Syracuse New Times publication now belongs to the Syracuse Academy of Science
Binghamton Chamber honors Building BC Award recipients
The 2022 Building BC Innovative Award, which recognizes a project, product, or service that “thinks outside the box” went to iM3NY. With a focus on clean-energy, lithium-ion batteries, the company is the first major battery manufacturer to locate in this part of the country, according to a chamber news release. The business looked at non-traditional
Universal Bookkeeper plans move to new office
UTICA, N.Y. — What started out as a hobby in 2015 for Justin Miller has since grown into a full-fledged business with a staff of five and a new location coming later this year. Miller was working as the CFO of Hospice & Palliative Care in New Hartford at the time but started providing accounting
MCV Law elects Nicoletti, Stringham as firm partners
Stringham has been an attorney with MCV Law since 2010, per the firm’s website blog. A graduate of Western New England College School of Law, he manages the workers’-compensation practice at MCV Law. Stringham also serves as secretary of the Injured Workers Bar Association of New York and is a member of the Syracuse Occupational
Local sales-tax collections rose 19 percent statewide in 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local-government sales-tax collections rose 19 percent to $19.6 billion in 2021 from $16.5 billion in the prior year. That’s according to a report that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released Feb. 9. The growth in collections represented the “highest annual increase on record after a historic low in 2020” when local
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