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Tompkins County wins state funding for 7 electric vehicles
Tompkins County will use a state grant of more than $52,000 toward seven battery-powered electric vehicles. The funding for Tompkins County is part of more than $567,000 that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) awarded to 10 communities. They’ll use the money to purchase or lease zero-emission light- and medium-duty fleet vehicles […]

State comptroller faults Windsor CSD’s fuel-usage policies
WINDSOR, N.Y. — An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office found the Windsor Central School District (CSD) in Broome County did not have adequate internal controls over fuel credit-card purchases and fuel inventory. This resulted in 18,369 gallons of fuel, costing about $38,300, that are not accounted for, the comptroller said.

New Clinton Chamber leader hopes to add new events, offerings
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Clinton Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director who is excited to continue the chamber’s many offerings while bringing a few new ideas to the table. Molly Marris took on the role in September, coming from a nonprofit background in California. She and her family moved to Clinton in 2021

Home-building sector faces labor shortages, other problems
“Yes, supply chain is still an issue, but bigger than that is labor,” says Tracy Page, executive officer of the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of the Mohawk Valley. “This is a nationwide problem, not just local.” Simply put, there are not enough new workers coming in to replace the aging workforce, she says. Mary

CNY closed home sales fall nearly 21 percent in October
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Realtors in a six-county region of Central New York closed on the sale of 829 homes in October, down 20.6 percent from the 1,044 homes they sold in the year-ago month. That’s according to the latest housing-market report released by the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors (GSAR) on Nov. 22. Pending home

CNY communities receive share of $55M in water-infrastructure improvement funds
Oneonta, Rome, and Lowville will benefit from $55.4 million in financial assistance for water-infrastructure improvement projects announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation board of directors approved low-cost financing through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund along with previously announced grants, authorizing municipal access to the

State siting board approves Cayuga County solar farm
CONQUEST, N.Y. — Garnet Energy Center, LLC recently won state approval to build and operate a 200-megawatt (MW) solar farm in the town of Conquest in Cayuga County The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (siting board) granted approval on Oct. 27. The siting board’s decision followed a “detailed review

Food-scrap recycler opens New Hartford location
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — CNY Green Bucket Project on Thursday celebrated the opening of a new location at 4340 Middle Settlement Road in New Hartford

Empower Federal Credit Union names new president and CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Empower Federal Credit Union (FCU) on Thursday announced Ryan McIntyre as the credit union’s next president and CEO, effective Jan. 3. McIntyre

SUNY board votes to move nanoscale college to UAlbany, appoints new officer in charge at SUNY Poly
MARCY, N.Y. — Reunifying the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and appointing an officer in charge of SUNY Polytechnic Institute were two items
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