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Walsh says deer-management effort starting this week
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced that deer management carried out by qualified wildlife managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will
A decade of the Taste NY program marked at Destiny USA’s CNY Welcome Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Taste NY — the state program that “highlights the quality, diversity, and economic impact of food and beverages grown, produced, or processed”

Syracuse Surge workforce graduation event honors 34 participants from three programs
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The most recent Syracuse Surge workforce programming included 34 participants in three programs. Syracuse Surge is the city’s “strategy for inclusive growth

SU’s Whitman School, OCC partner for OCC students to transfer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management says it has a new partnership with Onondaga Community College (OCC) for direct-transfer admissions

Syracuse QB Garrett Shrader to miss Boca Raton Bowl, recovering from surgery
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse football quarterback Garrett Shrader will not play in Thursday night’s Boca Raton Bowl against South Florida, as he is recovering from

New Syracuse football head coach Brown outlines vision
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s new head football coach knows he has plenty of work to do even as the Orange prepare for their upcoming trip to the Boca Raton Bowl. Syracuse on Dec. 4 introduced Fran Brown, 41, as the school’s next head football coach a day after the Orange learned their bowl-game destination

Siblings open folk and fairy tale bookstore in Owego
OWEGO, N.Y. — A lifetime love of books and reading inspired a new bookstore in the village of Owego, called SpellBound Books. Jennifer Whitmore first got the idea to open the store during the pandemic and its aftermath. “In a previous life, I was a farmer,” she says. “I had a farmer’s market business.” The

OneGroup CEO Morrisseau to accept ‘24 Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pierre Morrisseau, CEO of Syracuse–based OneGroup, is the 47th recipient of the annual Crystal Ball Award, as selected by the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME). CNYSME will present the award to Morrisseau on April 17 at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown during the annual Crystal Ball and Sales & Marketing

Dunkin’ Vestal restaurant reopens after remodeling
VESTAL, N.Y. — The Dunkin’ location at 3000 Vestal Parkway East in Vestal is again serving donuts, coffee, bagels, and muffins after it closed for a while between October and November. The remodeling effort lasted about six weeks, with the store closed from Oct. 9 through Nov. 21, Mayur Kaneria, Dunkin’ franchisee, tells CNYBJ in

Crews start work on Utica apartment complex for artists
UTICA, N.Y. — A 43-unit housing development and art gallery is coming to downtown Utica, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Construction has begun
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