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Crews complete work on $9 million flood-training center in Oriskany
ORISKANY, N.Y. — Training has started at the newly completed Swift Water Flood Training Center in Oriskany, where New York’s first responders conduct training for
City of Binghamton to use $20M state grant for sewage treatment plant project
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The City of Binghamton will use a $20 million grant award for the “reconstruction and rehabilitation” of the Binghamton-Johnson City sewage-treatment plant.

Rome Memorial Hospital names Burmaster new clinical lab director
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced it has appointed medical technologist, Jessica Burmaster, as director of its laboratory services department. “Jessica’s 17 years of
Gural wants to bring FanDuel Sportsbook to Tioga Downs
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs Casino Resort in Nichols, hopes to bring a FanDuel Sportsbook for sports betting to the venue

Ithaca College appoints Costa as general counsel
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College announced it has named Guilherme Costa VP and general counsel. Costa has served for the past three years as the

Del Lago, DraftKings forge deal for future sports betting
TYRE, N.Y. — Del Lago Resort & Casino has reached an agreement with DraftKings to provide a sportsbook at the casino once New York legalizes

Syracuse Crunch unveil 2018-2019 hockey schedule
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Crunch, in conjunction with the AHL, have announced their 2018-19 regular-season schedule. The Crunch, the top minor-league affiliate of the

South Clinton Street reopens to traffic after railroad-bridge section collapse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 500 block of South Clinton Street, near the intersection of West Onondaga Street, in downtown Syracuse has reopened to traffic following
New York farmers increase corn-planted acreage by 12 percent in 2018
New York farmers have planted corn, for all purposes, on 1.12 million acres this year, up 12 percent from 1 million acres in 2017, according to a new report from the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Empire State growers expect to harvest 630,000 acres of corn for grain production, up 30 percent from 485,000

Binghamton University to use $3M federal award for battery and energy-storage research
VESTAL, N.Y. — A Binghamton University professor will use $3 million in federal funding to continue research on battery systems and energy storage. Professor Stanley
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