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North Carolina firm plans $1 billion semiconductor plant in Marcy, creating 600 jobs
MARCY, N.Y. — A North Carolina company on Monday announced plans to spend $1 billion to build the “world’s largest silicon carbide fabrication facility” in

Former football player, wife donate $25 million to Syracuse Athletics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Saturday announced a $25 million donation from former football player John Lally and his wife, Laura Lally, to “support

BAE Systems wins $7.5 million contract add-on from U.S. military
This modification provides support for the Defense Weapons Systems Field of Fire non-recurring engineering effort and procures spares and mission kits for the MV-22 and

Fulton man arrested after robbery spree in Syracuse area
NORTH SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Police in North Syracuse announced they arrested a Fulton man on Saturday for robbing three separate Syracuse–area stores

Briggs & Stratton formally opens new manufacturing facility in Sherrill
Its new facility in the Sherrill Industrial Park will “accommodate this continued growth into the future” and will nearly double the production capacity for Ferris,

Five Genius NY startups raise more than $10M in follow-on funding
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Five startups in the Genius NY accelerator have raised more than $10 million in additional private investment. They include AutoModality, Civdrone, Fotokite,

Oneida County taps Idaho organization to help it grow local high-tech entrepreneurship
UTICA, N.Y. — An Idaho–based organization that helps communities with economic-development efforts is focused on Oneida County and will begin a series of public events

Syracuse football game vs. Clemson is officially sold out
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Saturday’s Syracuse-Clemson football game in the Dome is an official sellout, with Syracuse University expecting a “capacity crowd of more than 49,057”

A Syracuse company and four firms from Ithaca are among the 18 finalists in the first round of the Grow-NY food innovation and agriculture-technology business

Syracuse Athletics names football game day hosts
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has selected three new hosts to entertain the fans at home football games. The trio of Claudia Bellofatto, Matt Fletcher
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