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Adirondack Railway names interim general manager
UTICA, N.Y. — The Adirondack Railway Preservation Society, Inc., which operates the Adirondack Railroad, has appointed Frank Kobliski as general manager, effective Jan. 1. He

Village of Herkimer receives state funding to complete plan to revitalize Main Street corridor
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The village of Herkimer has received $173,250 from the New York State Department of State to complete the Village of Herkimer Brownfield

Schweinfurth Art Center to use state grants to help in pandemic recovery
AUBURN, N.Y. — Schweinfurth Art Center says it will use a total of $50,000 in state-grant funding to help in its recovery from the COVID-19

People news: Preferred Mutual names Donahue director of product and underwriting strategy
NEW BERLIN, N.Y. — Preferred Mutual Insurance Company announced it has appointed Thomas Donahue as director of product and underwriting strategy. In this role, Donahue

Dataflow acquires Edmeston print shop
EDMESTON, N.Y. — Binghamton–based Dataflow has acquired Prolifiq Sign Studio in a move that gives it four new employees, a new shop space in Edmeston (Otsego County), and expertise in vehicle wrapping and decals. Dataflow has been actively looking for viable acquisitions of businesses that are a good fit for the company by expanding services

Binghamton University awarded $60M to construct lecture hall, classroom building
VESTAL, N.Y. — The State University of New York Construction Fund (SUCF) has awarded Binghamton University $60 million for the design and construction of a new lecture hall and classroom facility on campus. The building will not replace the current lecture hall but will add to lecture and classroom space on campus, the school said

New York home sales keep falling in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,101 previously owned homes in November, down 23 percent from the 13,120 homes sold a year ago, continuing a string of closed home-sales declines in recent months amid tight inventory and higher interest rates. Pending sales in November also fell more than 22 percent, foreshadowing further drops in

SUNY Morrisville dairy teaches while operating like a business
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — The SUNY Morrisville dairy facility recently received a 2022 Progressive Genetics Herd Award by Holstein Association USA, Inc. The award recognizes SUNY Morrisville’s accomplishments in breeding a Holstein herd that has achieved high standards of genetic merit, the college said in a news release. It marks the 6th consecutive year the dairy

State increases minimum wage for upstate New Yorkers
Workers outside of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County received a $1 per hour increase in their minimum wage from $13.20 to $14.20 on Dec. 31. The increase was part of the state’s minimum hourly wage phase-in for upstate counties, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Dec. 21. It follows a “statutorily

Cornell University, Syracuse University awarded state funding in carbon-challenge initiative
The schools are among the seven award recipients in the fourth round of the commercial and industrial (C&I) carbon challenge, New York State Energy Research
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