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New CNY Irish Festival set for July in Oneida County
DEANSBORO, N.Y. — The newly formed Central New York Irish Festival is set for Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23 at MKJ Farm in

Chemung Chamber offers May 26 webinar on disability inclusion
ELMIRA, N.Y. — The Chemung County Chamber of Commerce will present a panel-discussion webinar educational series at 10 a.m. on Thursday May 26 on how

Wheels are in motion for Binghamton entrepreneur
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The owner of Chenango Point Cycles in Binghamton has taken his love for bicycling and purchased a business that focuses on that activity. His efforts also earned him recognition as the 2022 Small Business Person of the Year Award from the Upstate New York District of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Syracuse airport says April passenger traffic rebounds to pre-pandemic levels
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The number of travelers using Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) in April rebounded to surpass pre-pandemic levels, the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority

Syracuse Children’s Theater buys East Syracuse property
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Children’s Theater recently purchased the 1,935-square-foot-building at 407 W. Manlius St. in the village of East Syracuse for $102,000. Mark

Cayuga Strategic Solutions names Broadwell new CEO
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Strategic Solutions (CSS) has announced Bradly Broadwell as its new CEO. CSS is a joint venture of the Cayuga County Chamber
Oneida County hotels see 8 percent rise in occupancy in March
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) increased 8.1 percent to 52.9 percent in March from the year-ago month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Through the first three months of the year, occupancy in the county

A recap of the CenterState CEO annual meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Business of the Year Awards in five categories, remarks from the organization’s top official, and a keynote panel discussion were part of CenterState CEO’s annual meeting held April 26, which attracted a crowd of nearly 600. Business of the Year recipients included Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, which won in the “More than

MV Chamber Alliance meeting covers downtown revitalization
WHITESBORO, N.Y. — The Chamber Alliance of the Mohawk Valley met on May 3 to celebrate 25 years of the alliance and to hear from one of the region’s newest companies, Wolfspeed, about its plans for employment. Adam Milton, VP of Wolfspeed’s Mohawk Valley Fab silicon-carbide wafer fabrication facility that just opened in Marcy, said
New York’s local sales-tax collections rise 21% in Q1
Local government sales-tax collections grew by 21.1 percent, or $901 million, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, according to a report released April 29 by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Collections for the three-month period totaled nearly $5.2 billion, with growth at least partially driven by
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