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Gaming Facility Location Board gives formal OK to Tioga Downs casino
NICHOLS, N.Y. — The New York Gaming Facility Location Board today gave its formal imprimatur to Tioga Downs Casino Racing & Entertainment to develop a
People news: Leadership Greater Syracuse hires new marketing coordinator
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit offering a yearlong civic-engagement training program, announced that it recently hired Kristen Vella as a marketing

Ithaca health and wellness facility rebrands as Cayuga Wellness Center
THACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Medical Center, Island Health & Fitness, and Rasa Spa, LLC are now calling their Ithaca facility the Cayuga Wellness Center. The

Metro Fitness Health Club adds muscle to DeWitt property
DeWITT — The owner of Syracuse–based Metro Fitness Health Club had only intended to offer advice about a property in DeWitt. Then, his company ended up with a second location. In the middle of 2015, one of business owner Randy Sabourin’s personal-training clients asked him to meet with one of his business partners. “That’s when

Café Kubal to open location at Marriott Syracuse Downtown
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Café Kubal plans to open a new location in the upcoming Marriott Syracuse Downtown in “late spring.” It will have a storefront
People news: Hartwick College president named to NCAA Div. III Presidents Council
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich will serve on the Division III Presidents Council of the NCAA. Drugovich begins her four-year term “immediately,”

Feldmeier Equipment delivers brewhouse to Empire Farmstead Brewery
The company’s Empire Farmstead Brewery is a new manufacturing and agri-tourism facility at 33 Rippleton Road in Cazenovia. Empire Brewing is building the 28,000-square-foot facility

Mighty Taco to open Jan. 25 at former Tim Horton’s site in Cicero
CICERO — Mighty Taco — a well-known, Buffalo–based, Mexican fast-food restaurant chain — is returning to the Syracuse market on Jan. 25 when it opens
Big Greek opens at Waterloo Premium Outlets
JUNIUS, N.Y. — Big Greek, a Mediterranean-style restaurant, has opened at the Waterloo Premium Outlets shopping center. Big Greek offers dishes such as souvlaki, falafal,

Economist: CNY economy improved in 2015 but has room to grow
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The CenterState New York regional economy “continued to evolve and slowly expand” in 2015, but activity “remained behind the U.S. norm.” That’s
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