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McMahon contends Onondaga County COVID-19 data compares favorably to other major upstate counties
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Thursday reported data that he contends shows the county compares favorably to other major counties along
New infrastructure law to aid Centro, other transit systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “largest ever” federal investment in public-transit systems will provide millions of dollars for organizations serving communities in upstate New York. Centro in the Syracuse area, TCAT in the Ithaca region, and BC Transit in the Binghamton area are among the public-transportation systems that will benefit. The infrastructure measure (Infrastructure Investment and
Southwest starts Syracuse operations with Baltimore, Orlando flights
SYRACUSE — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) was scheduled to launch nonstop flights from Syracuse to Orlando, Florida on Saturday, Nov. 20, nearly a week after the airline started air service at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR). Southwest’s Syracuse service started Nov. 14 with the arrival of a Southwest flight from Baltimore. Based in Dallas,
The newly opened Coffee Tree is a family affair
SHERRILL, N.Y. — The Coffee Tree — a new café owned by the mother-daughter duo of Kathleen Roberts and Kaylee Sierson — opened in Sherrill in mid-October to “astronomically” good business. Sierson tells CNYBJ that “support from the community has been three times what we had projected” since the small business’s formal opening. The Coffee
Inns of Aurora opens Taylor House Conference Center
AURORA, N.Y. — The Inns of Aurora has opened the Taylor House Conference Center, which it describes as the “resort’s capstone restoration to a collection of premier hospitality offerings.” The project is part of a 20-year effort focused on “restoration, preservation, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings” in the village of Aurora. The organization declined
Oneida Nation boosts pay for housekeepers, cooks, cashiers
VERONA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation says it plans to raise starting pay for all housekeepers and for some culinary positions, including entry-level cooks and cashiers. The starting pay for all housekeepers will increase to $18 per hour and starting pay for the culinary positions increases to between $17 and $20 an hour, the
Hochul names Ernst new chair of Adirondack Park Agency
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently designated John Lyman Ernst as chair of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). He will be nominated for reappointment to the APA board. Ernst was originally appointed to the APA board in June 2016. As a member of the board, he served on the regulatory programs, state land, enforcement, and the park
AAA predicts 13% rise in nationwide Thanksgiving travel
More than 53 million people are expected to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday period, up 13 percent from 2020. That’s according to the AAA Thanksgiving travel forecast. The figure brings travel volumes within 5 percent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019, with air travel “almost completely recovering from its dramatic fall” during the pandemic, up 80 percent over
Winter Fair set for return to Fairgrounds in February
GEDDES, N.Y. — Organizers have started promoting the third Winter Fair and hope the message reaches all corners of the Empire State. The third Winter Fair is set for Feb. 4-6, 2022 at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds in Geddes. “We try to reach out not only to Central New York
Downtown Clayton project can boost tourism, officials say
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Elected officials believe a recently completed project in downtown Clayton in Jefferson County will benefit the community’s role in Thousand Islands tourism. Crews have finished work on a $9.3 million project that reconstructed and modernized State Route 970L, the main travel route through the Jefferson County village. The project “improved resiliency” against
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