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Area expert offers tips to minimize cyberthreats
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The legions of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic brought cybersecurity front and center as a business concern, and it’s an issue business owners need to address no matter where their employees are working from these days. In the early days of the pandemic as employers shifted to a heavily […]
Jefferson County hotels see 68 percent increase in occupancy in December
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County saw a flood of guests in December compared to the year-prior month, continuing the lodging industry’s bounce back from the pandemic, according to a new report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county climbed 68.4 percent to 41.3 percent in December,

Schumer visit to JMA Wireless spotlights region’s tech push
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York region’s technology push was front and center as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves visited the new Syracuse location for JMA Wireless on Jan. 24. The new 5G (fifth generation) manufacturing facility that JMA Wireless built at 140

Binghamton, Cornell to use $1.6M federal grant to attract international businesses to Southern Tier
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use a federal grant of $1.6 million to help attract international companies to the Southern Tier and upstate New

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new report from CenterState CEO finds 68 percent of nearly 200 area companies surveyed expect an increase in jobs and hiring

Southern Tier group receives $50K grant for broadband expansion
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded Southern Tier 8 Regional Board a $50,000 grant to expand and connect Binghamton, Endicott, and Johnson

Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce names president
ONEIDA, N.Y. — The Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce has named Rachel Siderine president of the chamber for 2022-2023. Siderine is manager of AmeriCU Credit

Cortland County BDC accepting applications for small-business grants
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Cortland County Business Development Corporation (BDC) announced it has $300,000 available to help pandemic-impacted small businesses. The BDC was awarded the

NUAIR, PABLO AIR partner to develop drone solutions
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR and PABLO AIR, a South Korea–based drone service provider, signed a memorandum of understanding to help develop regulatory compliant commercial-drone solutions

Syracuse CoE seeks proposals for up to $10K grants for sustainability projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) says it’s accepting proposals for up to $10,000 from current and
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