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State awards funding to 36 upstate New York airports for improvement projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Rome, Oswego, Ithaca, Watertown, Elmira, and Binghamton are among 36 public-use airports across New York state awarded state funding

Syracuse-Rochester-Buffalo region wins federal designation as tech hub
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Syracuse-Buffalo-Rochester region has won a federal Tech Hub designation that was created in the CHIPS & Science Act. U.S. Senate Majority

Delta to resume Detroit flights from Binghamton
MAINE, N.Y. — Delta Airlines will resume daily flights from Binghamton to Detroit, beginning in January, according to Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. Delta will

People news: Keystone Associates promotes Domiano to designer
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Keystone Associates Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, LLC has promoted Sara Domiano to designer within its architectural department. As a designer, she will

Schumer says National Grid to use almost $50M in federal funds to upgrade power grid
National Grid (NYSE: NGG) will use nearly $50 million in federal-government funding to “boost the resiliency” of upstate New York’s power grid, as well as

Oneida County and public service employees union reach collective bargaining agreement
UTICA, N.Y. — After six weeks of negotiations, Oneida County and the United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU) Blue Collar Unit reached a collective bargaining
Lockheed Martin Owego wins a nearly $50M contract
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego recently won a $49.5 million technology contract from the U.S. Navy that will also support several foreign militaries. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract provides technical, management, and process support to maintain the software for all H-60 helicopter variants in support of the Navy and the

Oswego Health names Rockwood director of women’s services
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health has announced the recent promotion of Michelle Rockwood to director of women’s services. Rockwood, a registered nurse (RN), joined Oswego Health in 2016. Since then she’s worked in the health system’s women’s services department, caring for women and newborns and assisting families as they transition into their new roles. She
Broome County hotel occupancy flat in August, other indicators rise
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels posted a slight decline in guests in August compared to the year-ago month, while two other business indicators registered gains. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county inched down 0.2 percent to 70.1 percent in the eighth month of the year versus
Oneida County hotels register increase in guests in August
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) went up 4.5 percent to 77.2 percent in August from the year-ago month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Year to date through August, occupancy was up 1.6 percent to 61.2
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