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2019 Senior PGA Championship draws record day two crowd in suburban Rochester
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The 80th KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford attracted the largest Friday crowd in the history of

Triggers to Typewriters: The story of L.C. Smith, Gun Maker
Guns are not usually associated with typewriters considering their primary purposes are vastly different. However, Syracuse was an exception to that statement. Before the typewriter industry that made him his greatest fame and fortune, Lyman Cornelius Smith was a renown Syracuse gun manufacturer. L.C. Smith was born in Connecticut. At the age of nine, his
Broome County hotel occupancy rate jumps nearly 9 percent in March
BINGHAMTON — Hotels in Broome County were significantly fuller in March than in the year-ago month, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 8.9 percent to 56.1 percent in March from 51.5 percent a year earlier, according to STR, a Tennessee–based

The Cake Shop CNY specializes in high-end cakes, treats
Stacey Lorraine is the owner, cake artist, office manager, and dishwasher — yes, she does it all — at The Cake Shop Central New York, located in Skaneateles. Born and raised near Washington D.C., Lorraine got her start working at a local bakery when she was 16. From that point on, she fell in love
NEA awards Syracuse Stage $10K grant for Cold Read Festival
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Syracuse Stage a grant of $10,000 for the 2019-20 season of Cold Read
Mixed-use housing project planned at Griffiss Business & Technology Park
ROME, N.Y. — A Saratoga Springs firm plans to develop a new, mixed-use apartment community with office and amenity-oriented space at Griffiss Business and Technology

Del Lago Resort & Casino begins construction on sportsbook
SOSH Architects, which is headquartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the lead architect on the project. DraftKings Sportsbook at del Lago will occupy the

I.M. Pei, architect of Syracuse’s Newhouse I, Everson museum, dies at 102
That’s according to the website of New York City–based Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP, which confirmed Pei’s death. Pei helped launch the firm

Tioga Downs Foundation to award a total of $500K, seeks applicants
Nonprofit organizations have the opportunity to apply twice annually for awards during the July and January cycle, per the news release. Accounting for both award

MOST will have permanent dinosaur exhibit this summer
“This is huge for the Syracuse community, for the MOST as a STEM learning center, and it’s what we do best – the intersection of
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