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The Be A Neighbor Fund seeks to help struggling Utica small businesses
UTICA, N.Y. — Seeking to help local small businesses that have struggled during the pandemic, four Utica–area businesses have started the Be A Neighbor Fund. The businesses involved include Universal Bookkeeper, Made In Utica, McGrogan Design, and thINCubator. The fund has an initial goal of raising $45,000 to help out five small businesses. “The idea […]

State completes major bridge projects in the Southern Tier
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Feb. announced that major construction has been completed on projects that replaced or rehabilitated 15 bridges along key transit corridors in the Southern Tier and Western New York. These projects seek to enhance safety and ensure the continued flow of people and commerce throughout the regions, the governor’s office said. The

Cornell engineering startup wins NFL innovation contest
ITHACA — Organic Robotics Corporation (ORC), an engineering startup at Cornell University, captured prize money in the 6th annual NFL 1st & Future competition, sponsored by the National Football League. ORC won with its stretchable sensing technology, Light Lace, and topped a field of four finalists. The finals were televised Feb. 2 on the NFL

New York to no longer require quarantines for fully vaccinated, following new CDC guidance
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State on Thursday announced that it will adopt the CDC’s new guidance, relaxing the quarantine requirements on people who have

Owego awarded federal funding for flood-damaged road, culvert repairs
OWEGO, N.Y. — The Town of Owego will use more than $1 million in federal funding to repair roads and culverts damaged from severe flooding

Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce selects new executive director
UTICA, N.Y. —The board of directors of the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce has appointed Kari Puleo as its new executive director. She will be

MVHS moves respiratory triage service at St. Luke’s campus
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has closed its respiratory-triage trailer at the St. Luke’s campus amid a drop in COVID-19 cases

Businesses start the Be a Neighbor Fund to help Utica small businesses
UTICA, N.Y. — Four Utica–area businesses have launched the Be A Neighbor Fund, which seeks to raise money to help small, local companies in Utica

WellNow Urgent Care to add 300 jobs in four states, including Syracuse market
WellNow Urgent Care announced it plans to add health-care workers in its Syracuse market, part of its plans to hire about 300 employees over the
Oneida County hotels see fewer than three in 10 rooms occupied in December
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels posted an occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) of 28.4 percent in December, down 31.5 percent from a year ago, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the largest year-over-year decline in occupancy in the county since July as
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