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AAA predicts lower national gas prices this fall
AAA forecasts that the national gas-price average will drop to $2.70 this fall “and has the potential to drop even more.” That is 14-cents less

People news: Adirondack North Country Association adds Smoke as board member
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced the recent addition of Edward Smoke of Akwesasne to its board of directors.
Tenney: Griffiss International Airport to use federal grant for a new snow plow
ROME, N.Y. — Griffiss International Airport in Rome will use a federal grant of more than $440,000 to replace a snow plow. The grant funding

NUAIR Alliance, European firm partner on drone-research work
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR Alliance) and Griffiss International Airport on Tuesday announced a new partnership with Unifly as
Broome County hotel occupancy dips in June, after rising for 13 months
BINGHAMTON — Hotels in Broome County were ever so slightly less full in June compared to a year ago, breaking a long string of monthly occupancy increases, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county fell 0.2 percent to 66.5 percent in June

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Hancock International Airport will use federal funding of more than $2 million to reconstruct the airport’s deicing-containment facility. The funding was

Upstate Medical University physicians group to open medical complex at Township 5 in Camillus
CAMILLUS, N.Y. — Physicians affiliated with Upstate Medical University plan to build a new medical complex with more than a dozen specialty services at Township

State Fair’s first day includes opening of new Exposition Center
GEDDES, N.Y. — Wednesday’s opening of the New York State Fair in Geddes also marked the opening of the new Exposition Center with a ribbon-cutting

Allegiant Air announces Syracuse flights to Southwest Florida in November
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Allegiant Air (NASDAQ: ALGT) on Tuesday announced nonstop service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Fort Myers / Punta Gorda, Florida beginning

State Fair, Chevrolet extend sponsorship agreement
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair has announced the extension of Chevrolet’s sponsorship agreement with the Fair. The three-year, $525,000 extension begins “immediately”
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