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National Water Main Cleaning Co. starts Utica office
UTICA — Sewer overflows enticed a New Jersey company to open a new location in Utica. National Water Main Cleaning Co., of Newark, N.J., will hold a grand opening for its new Utica location on March 13. Its new office is at 928 Broad St. The firm provides sewer-system cleaning, studies, inspections, and repairs. It […]
Empire Recycling: From rags to riches
UTICA — It was 1916. Woodrow Wilson was in the White House, the Rose Bowl held its first football game, Gen. “Blackjack” Pershing was chasing Pancho Villa in Mexico with 15,000 American troops, and Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity. This was also the year that Robert, Morton, and Louis Kowalsky opened a small
Tim Birnie: Steering the company to success through diversification
ROME — “All you men want to do is talk about buses,” Timothy (Tim) Claude Birnie remembers his mother saying. Birnie is the president of Birnie Bus Service, Inc. with headquarters located at 248 Otis St. at the Griffiss Business & Technology Park in Rome. “My father, Martin K. Birnie, joined his brother-in-law [Martin J.
New York lobbies USDA for pilot program on Greek yogurt
New York is angling to be chosen as the site for a federal pilot program to test the cost effectiveness of including Greek yogurt in
Pepsi makes another donation to Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
SYRACUSE — The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities received a $500,000 donation from PepsiCo, Inc. on Wednesday. The contribution brought the total donation from
SUNY Oswego to launch “community incubator” in April
OSWEGO – SUNY Oswego plans to roll out a “community incubator” initiative next month to engage business, government, education, human services, and nonprofits to foster
Doggy day care idea wins business competition
AUBURN — A business student at Monroe Community College won first prize at the inaugural SUNY Engine Business Competition at Cayuga Community College (CCC). Waterloo
Solarize Madison charging up for second round
A solar-power group-purchasing program in Madison County is dipping its toe in new waters for its second year. Solarize Madison enlisted Madison County residents, businesses, farms, and organizations to buy or lease photovoltaic electrical-generating systems in 2012. By bringing the individual purchasers together, the program aimed to help buyers pay less for their solar panels
Blair Construction & Fabrication building to keep up with growth
AUBURN — Blair Construction & Fabrication gained visibility for its role as one of the Central New York firms making a beacon for the top of the One World Trade Center tower in New York City, according to its vice president. And soon, there will be more of the company to see at its headquarters.
Syracuse startup turns food leftovers into dog treats
SYRACUSE — The United States generates about 33 million tons of food waste annually and spends more than $1 billion to dispose of it, mostly in landfills, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decomposition process of discarded food in landfills is associated with 14 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions, the EPA says. One
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