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Le Moyne’s Dolphin Tank competition awards thousands in development funds to student entrepreneurs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College’s fifth annual Dolphin Tank competition has provided funding for 10 student-founders who have launched “successful, growing” businesses, the college

Southwest Airlines to start offering flights from Syracuse airport in mid-November
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has agreed to provide air service at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) beginning Nov. 14. Southwest will begin

Parent company of Cooperstown brewery has new president
Duvel USA — the parent company of Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown —announced Seraf De Smedt will take over as president of the U.S. organization effective

NUAIR tests drone parachute-recovery system at Rome test site
ROME, N.Y. —NUAIR says it recently put a drone parachute-recovery system (PRS) through safety and failure scenarios over multiple days at the New York UAS

Onondaga County has lowest daily COVID-19 case figure in months: “We have turned a corner”
With the five new cases, Onondaga County’s COVID-19 case count now totals 37, 891 since March 2020. He also reported no additional deaths on Tuesday,

Naturluxe & Stars Resort in Watkins Glen formally opens
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the completion and formal opening of the $1.9 million Naturluxe & Stars, an outdoor resort

Schumer urges Southwest Airlines to offer flights from Syracuse airport
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Will Southwest Airlines eventually fly out of Syracuse Hancock International Airport? It will if U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) has

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The state plans to lift most of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions once 70 percent of New Yorkers aged 18 or older

Downtown Farmers Market opens for the summer season on Tuesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Downtown Farmers Market will open for its 48th season on Tuesday in Clinton Square, the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. said.

Developer says site work for Oneida Indian Nation’s Cove at Sylvan Beach begins this month
SYLVAN BEACH — The Massachusetts company working with the Oneida Indian Nation on a $25 million project called the Cove at Sylvan Beach says work will begin this month. The project, described as an “all-new, one-of-a-kind hospitality and recreational destination,” will open in the summer of 2022, the Oneida Nation said. The construction site is
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