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Oneida County reports 11 COVID-19 infections in last day
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County officials on Wednesday reported that the county had 11 new coronavirus cases in the last day. The number of active

American Airlines to begin daily service to Charlotte from Ithaca Tompkins International Airport
LANSING, N.Y. — Ithaca Tompkins International Airport says American Airlines is beginning daily service to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, beginning Wednesday. The inaugural schedule has

Bassett Healthcare Network announces COO, other members of network’s leadership team
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The president of A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta now has additional responsibilities as the senior VP and COO of the entire Bassett

Tompkins Chamber announces award recipients at upcoming virtual annual meeting
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Tompkins Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the four business and community recognition awards that will be presented at
BINGHAMTON — Hotels in Broome County continued to see a slight pickup in guests in July compared to the prior three months, but occupancy was still substantially down from a year ago due to the coronavirus pandemic continuing to stifle travel and hospitality, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as

SMALL BIZ SPOTLIGHT: Tom’s Natural Foods in Clinton transitions to new ownership
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT CLINTON, N.Y. — The community of Clinton has been the home of Tom’s Natural Foods (originally known as Whole Earth Natural Foods) at 16 College St. for almost 50 years. Any business with such a long run of success is undoubtedly going to reach a time for succession, where the owners are

SALINA— Crosby-Brownlie, Inc., a full-service mechanical contracting and custom-metal-fabricating company, recently leased 3,780 square feet of office space at 90 Commerce Blvd. in the town of Salina for its Central New York location. Crosby-Brownlie is a family-owned business operating in the city of Rochester since 1979, per its website. The company was founded by Gavin

FDA approves Lansing firm’s product to disinfect N95 respirators
LANSING, N.Y. — NovaSterilis, a nearly two-decade old Ithaca–area company, says health-care workers can use one of its products to decontaminate “select” N95 respirators used as personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm on Sept. 1 announced the emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to use its Nova2200 system

Cuomo says non-Indian casinos can reopen Sept. 9
(Updated at 11:57 p.m., 9/3/20) Non-Indian casinos and video lottery terminal facilities will be allowed to reopen starting Sept. 9 with a 25 percent occupancy

FAA selects drone test site in Rome to take part in next phase of drone-integration program
The second phase of UPP will showcase capabilities and services that support high-density unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drone operations, including remote identification services and
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