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Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ stadium has new name
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced they will play their home baseball games in Mirabito Stadium following a naming-rights change. The Binghamton Rumble

New York’s COVID positive-test rate falls to lowest level since pandemic started
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday reported that New York state’s daily positivity rate for COVID-19 tests fell to 0.59 percent in

Binghamton professor Whittingham, a Nobel Prize winner, named fellow of the Royal Society
VESTAL, N.Y. — M. Stanley Whittingham, a 2019 Nobel laureate and distinguished professor at Binghamton University, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society.
April CNY unemployment rates much lower than a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions remained in single-digit figures in April and were much lower compared to a year ago when the COVID-19 pandemic first exploded. The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released May 25. In addition, the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and

AAA expects big rebound in Memorial Day weekend travel, compared to 2020
More than 37 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend period between Thursday and

Owens takes over as CEO of NYSTEC
ROME, N.Y. — The New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC) announced Wednesday that its board of directors recently selected Kevin Owens as the company’s

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a collaboration to install infrastructure throughout New York’s 50-mile unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) corridor between Syracuse and Rome. Syracuse–based NUAIR is

Syracuse men’s basketball adds Lehigh to next season’s schedule
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse men’s basketball announced on Monday it has scheduled a non-conference home game in the upcoming season against Lehigh on Saturday, Dec.

SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley to retire at end of year
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Deborah Stanley — who has served as president of SUNY Oswego for more than 25 years — has announced her intention to

Cuomo says all New York state schools can reopen fully by September
All New York state schools will reopen for full in-person learning for the 2021-2022 school year beginning in September, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday.
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