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Adirondack Railway names interim general manager
UTICA, N.Y. — The Adirondack Railway Preservation Society, Inc., which operates the Adirondack Railroad, has appointed Frank Kobliski as general manager, effective Jan. 1. He

Village of Herkimer receives state funding to complete plan to revitalize Main Street corridor
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The village of Herkimer has received $173,250 from the New York State Department of State to complete the Village of Herkimer Brownfield

Schweinfurth Art Center to use state grants to help in pandemic recovery
AUBURN, N.Y. — Schweinfurth Art Center says it will use a total of $50,000 in state-grant funding to help in its recovery from the COVID-19

Oswego County Industrial Park named in honor of retiring OOC leader Treadwell
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego County Industrial Park is now named in honor of L. Michael Treadwell, executive director of Operation Oswego County, Inc. (OOC), who retired on Dec. 31 after nearly 40 years of leading OOC. Officials with OOC and the County of Oswego Industrial Development Agency (COIDA) made the announcement during a Dec.

Syracuse airport receives $2.5M in federal funding for project to bolster security operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Hancock International Airport is set to receive $2.5 million in federal-budget funding to enhance security through a consolidated airport operations command center project. The money comes from the $1.7 trillion spending bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden. The Syracuse airport will relocate security and communications

New seating in the works for JMA Wireless Dome
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The installation of upgraded chairback seating in the JMA Wireless Dome will happen in the months ahead, Syracuse University recently announced. Crews will replace bench seating throughout the venue’s 100, 200 and 300 levels, “resulting in added comfort and accessibility,” Syracuse contended in its Dec. 8 announcement. As a result, the university

New York home sales keep falling in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,101 previously owned homes in November, down 23 percent from the 13,120 homes sold a year ago, continuing a string of closed home-sales declines in recent months amid tight inventory and higher interest rates. Pending sales in November also fell more than 22 percent, foreshadowing further drops in

Syracuse Chancellor Syverud’s contract extended to 2026
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The contract for Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud now extends to 2026. The Dec. 20 announcement from the Syracuse board of trustees follows a review of the chancellor’s performance, leadership, and “vision for the future of Syracuse University,” according to a university news release. As part of that review, the board collected

ALBANY, N.Y. — A number of communities statewide will use funding totaling $11.6 million to complete projects that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and help them

People news: Herkimer College names new Academic Support Center specialist
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College has appointed Joshua J. Lanza as Academic Support Center specialist. Lanza, a 2012 graduate of the college, previously
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