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CNY jobless rates remained higher than a year ago
Region shed thousands of jobs in past 12 months ALBANY, N.Y. — Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions remained in single-digit figures in February but were still significantly higher than a year ago amid the pandemic’s economic impact. The […]

Rejuvn8 seeks to fill beauty-treatment void in Mohawk Valley
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — When the team at Rejuvn8 Aesthetics, a provider of beauty and wellness services in Clay, saw that many of its clients lived in the Mohawk Valley and were traveling nearly an hour each way, it decided to expand there. Rejuvn8 formally opened a new 1,750-square-foot location at 4848 Commercial Drive in

How Oriskany, Endicott manufacturers connected through FuzeHub program
An Oneida County manufacturer and a Broome County firm forged a relationship after they met through a virtual program organized by Albany–based FuzeHub. The nonprofit FuzeHub is the statewide center for the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP). NY MEP is a network of 11 organizations — 10 regional centers and FuzeHub, the statewide center. The

Binghamton researchers awarded SUNY seed funding for projects
VESTAL, N.Y. — Researchers at Binghamton University will use SUNY grant funding for work on ongoing, potentially groundbreaking research on technologies that could potentially treat

Schumer pitches Intel CEO on Upstate for new semiconductor fab
The office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) says the lawmaker has pitched Intel Corp.’s recently-appointed CEO Pat Gelsinger on how the tech

Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs to expand their hours beginning April 5
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Both Tioga Downs Casino Resort in Nichols in Tioga County and Vernon Downs Casino Hotel in Vernon in Oneida County are extending

Gillibrand recommends Syracuse native for U.S. Attorney for New York’s Northern District
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) on Wednesday recommended Syracuse native Carla Freedman for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York

NYPA approves plan for Northern New York priority transmission project
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) on Tuesday approved a plan for the Northern New York priority transmission project (NNYPTP). NYPA trustees also ratified the

Oswego Health to open second Fulton primary-care office in early April
FULTON, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced it plans to open a second Fulton primary-care office, called PrimeCare, at 98 N. 2nd St. on April 5.

State Police seek man accused of stealing power tools from Lowe’s store in Norwich
NORWICH, N.Y. — The New York State Police announced Tuesday they are looking to identify a man (pictured) who is accused of stealing more than
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