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Owners of winery in Constantia honored for entrepreneurship by Operation Oswego County
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County (OOC), at its recent annual meeting, recognized the owners of the Grace Tyler Estate Winery in Constantia with an entrepreneurship award. OOC on June 16 presented its 2022 Dee Heckethorn Entrepreneur Award to Richard and Elizabeth Hamilton “in recognition and appreciation of exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and dedication for […]

Chemung Canal Trust adds account for the underserved
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Canal Trust Company recently added a new checking product aimed at people who don’t currently utilize a bank or credit union. Referred to as “unbanked” or “underbanked,” these people do not use a financial institution for a variety of reasons, says Scott Heffner, senior VP and director of marketing at Chemung

New York home sales fell in June
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,520 previously owned homes in June, down 8.6 percent from the 13,693 homes they sold in the year-ago month, as tight inventory and rising prices and mortgage rates took a toll. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) June housing-market report issued on July

People news: Chimera Integrations promotes O’Donnell to sales manager
CICERO, N.Y. — Commercial security systems and communications technology integrator Chimera Integrations has promoted Ryan O’Donnell to sales manager. O’Donnell joined the company in June

U.S. Senate passes Schumer bill to boost U.S. computer-chip production
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the CHIPS bill, which would provide $50 billion in federal incentives to bring semiconductor manufacturing back

Taitem Engineering adds two new board members
ITHACA, N.Y. — Taitem Engineering, PC, a design engineering and energy-consulting firm, announced it has appointed two new directors to its board. Betsy Parrington is

Lockheed Martin in Owego awarded more than $11.6 million Navy order
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego plant has been awarded an $11.63 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued contract. This order

State begins $30 million shared-services program for local-government cybersecurity
ALBANY, N.Y. — The cities of Syracuse, Rochester, Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers are among those that will benefit from a new shared-services program to help

NYPA, Canal Corp. appoint Driscoll as CEO, pending state Senate approval
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) board of trustees and the New York State Canal Corporation’s board of directors on Tuesday

Hamilton College hires new VP for facilities and planning
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College announced that Mike Klapmeyer is joining the college Aug. 1 as the new associate VP for facilities and planning. Klapmeyer
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