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All New York State mass-vaccination sites will accept walk-ins starting Thursday
Beginning Thursday, all New York State mass-vaccination sites will be open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in COVID vaccine shots on a first come, first

MVHS donates X-ray equipment to Utica Zoo
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has donated used X-ray equipment to the Utica Zoo. The equipment includes analog portable

People news: WCNY appoints manager of underwriting and corporate sponsorship
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — WCNY, Central New York’s public broadcaster, announced it has hired John McBride as manager of underwriting and corporate sponsorship. Prior to joining

Binghamton firm secures funding in pursuit of lithium-ion Gigafactory in Endicott
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Imperium3 New York Inc. (iM3NY) on Wednesday announced “significant” funding for the development of its lithium-ion Gigafactory in Endicott. Based in Binghamton,

Home Central reopens Vestal store more than a year after fire
VESTAL, N.Y. — Home Central, a local hardware and home-improvement retail-store operator, recently reopened its Vestal store after a long rebuilding process following a fire that struck 14 months earlier. The Home Central team held a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting event at the rebuilt store on Friday, April 2. The Vestal property was extensively damaged

New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner RoAnn Destito recently announced that a photography and videography business in Oneonta and a consulting firm in Carthage have been certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB). The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to Otsego Media LLC of Oneonta, which

Lockheed Martin Owego plant to work on Navy contract for aircraft for Korea
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego facility was recently awarded a $447.2 million order from the U.S. Navy against a previously issued basic-ordering agreement. This order provides for the production and delivery of 12 MH-60R aircraft for the government of the Republic of Korea. Work will be performed in Owego (52 percent);

Ithaca Commons building to host new Ithaca College PA program
ITHACA, N.Y. — The former Rothschild Building on the downtown Ithaca Commons will undergo renovation work as it will be the home of Ithaca College’s new master’s degree program in physician assistant (PA) studies. The college will use a $1.6 million grant through the New York State Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program (HECap) to

Irwin’s Fine Food awarded final 2021 grant from Utica’s Be a Neighbor Fund
UTICA, N.Y. — The Greater Utica Be a Neighbor Fund awarded its “fifth and final” grant to Irwin’s Fine Food of Utica. The $3,000 award will be disbursed in $1,000 installments over three months, per a news release about the grant award. Katie Reilly of Made in Utica tells CNYBJ that organizers aren’t planning for

Visions Federal Credit Union to open new branch in Cortland this year
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Visions Federal Credit Union has plans to open a branch at 137 Clinton Ave. in Cortland later this year. The office will mark Visions’ first in Cortland County. The new branch is expected to open in late fall at the site of the former Tim Hortons. The credit union bought the property,
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