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Oneida County occupancy rate slips less than 1 percent in August
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) dipped 0.9 percent to 73.5 percent this August compared to the year-prior month, just the second decline in this measure in 18 months. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Despite […]

HISTORY FROM OHA: A City On Fire – The History of the Syracuse Fire Department
Syracuse has had a career fire company since 1877, with a history of volunteer fire fighting that goes back to at least 1825. Today, the Syracuse Fire Department operates from 11 stations, covering a 25-square mile area and a population that balloons to more than 145,000 during workdays. With no house in the city limits more

Proposed 2023 Oneida County budget has no tax hike
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. presented to the Oneida County Board of Legislators his proposed $493 million 2023 budget that

Utica Zoo workers seek to unionize
UTICA, N.Y. — Workers at the Utica Zoo recently began organizing to form a union, according to a press release from the Civil Services Employees

Micron Technology picks Clay commerce park for semiconductor-manufacturing campus
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) plans to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20-plus years on a semiconductor manufacturing campus

New role at Greater Binghamton Chamber focuses on placemaking to shape area’s public spaces
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce has created a new position within the Office of Placemaking Initiatives and hired Jim Reyen as

Syracuse and N.C. State kickoff time, channel set
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No. 22 Syracuse will tangle with No. 14 N.C. State in the JMA Wireless Dome on Oct.15 in a kickoff set for

The Real Estate Agency of Auburn acquires Bouck Real Estate
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Real Estate Agency of Auburn on Friday announced it has acquired Bouck Real Estate, a commercial real-estate firm, also located in
Lowville man arrested on identity theft charges for fake reservations at North Country winery
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — The New York State Police in Lowville on Sept. 16 arrested a Lewis County man for 1st degree identity theft connected to a scheme that cost a North Country winery about $13,000 in financial losses. State Police charged 33-year-old David R. Nisley Jr., of Lowville, with the class “D” felony. Nisley is

WADDINGTON, N.Y. — Construction has started on an $11 million wastewater collection and treatment facilities improvement project awarded to the Village of Waddington in St.
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