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Rome Area Chamber’s business-assistance fund gets boost from AmeriCU donation
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union announced it has donated $25,000 to the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce’s business-assistance fund. The chamber created the fund

UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica National Group Foundation has committed $125,000 to ICAN’s Family Resource Center, which will also house a new Children’s Museum. The

People news: Weaver joins Operation Oswego County staff
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Erin Weaver recently joined Operation Oswego County, Inc. (OOC) as an administrative assistant and receptionist, the organization announced Monday. Weaver, a native

State Fair to ban outdoor smoking, create designated areas for smokers
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair plans to ban smoking on nearly the entire Fairgrounds for the 2022 Fair, creating small, designated outdoor

Onondaga County, partners awarded $19M in state matching funds for shared-services projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County and some of its municipal partners will share more than $19 million in state matching funds through the County-Wide Shared

Naturally Lewis launches new entrepreneurship program in Lewis County
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Naturally Lewis has launched its DBA Lewis County pilot program, which it says was created to “inspire and guide” entrepreneurs doing business

Syracuse basketball to play Cornell Wednesday, replacing postponed Georgia Tech game
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse men’s basketball team announced Sunday that its scheduled game with Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 29 has been postponed and
Heritage Hill Brewhouse at Palladino Farms adjusts to pandemic life
POMPEY — Heritage Hill Brewhouse & Kitchen operates on the grounds of Palladino Farms and had to make plenty of adjustments to its business operations to deal with coronavirus pandemic. Dan Palladino, who owns the brewhouse, says that at the start of the pandemic in 2020, he received guidance from New York State that he’d

POMPEY — Dan Palladino remembers exactly where he was when he decided to finally walk away from a very successful and lucrative career with Thermo Fisher Scientific and concentrate on his family’s farm in Pompey full-time. It was 2011, and Palladino was attending a leadership conference in Boston. One of the speakers that day referred

Boss Meal Prep leases space in building on Northern Boulevard in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Divine Dishes Kitchen, dba Boss Meal Prep, recently leased 1,550 square feet of space in the building at 6780 Northern Blvd. in the town of DeWitt. Don O’Leary and Chris Savage from Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage helped arrange the transaction. O’Leary represented the property owner and Savage represented the tenant in the
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