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Mohawk Valley, North Country among areas receiving state brownfield grant funds
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the state has provided $2 million in Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program grants and the Mohawk Valley and the North Country are among 13 communities across the state to benefit from the funding. The program provides resources to develop data-driven revitalization strategies for economically distressed areas. These plans “forge a path to […]

Dannible & McKee starts 2018 with Southern Tier acquisition
SYRACUSE — Dannible & McKee, LLP, a Syracuse–based accounting firm, began 2018 with a completed acquisition that it says was part of its “strategic plan to strengthen its position throughout the Southern Tier.” Dannible & McKee on Feb. 13 announced it had acquired Sbarra & Company CPAs, P.C., an Endicott accounting firm in a deal

Growing Oneida business to add 11 employees in next two years
ONEIDA, N.Y. — All-Seasonings Ingredients expects to add 11 workers in the next two years, helped in part by a state grant. All-Seasonings — which supplies spices, nuts, herbs, seeds, and baking supplies to distributors — has already grown from 12 to 60 employees in the past decade, according to a news release from New

DeFrancisco blocks $15 million grant for NexGen, says he wants disclosure first
DeWITT, N.Y. — State Sen. John DeFrancisco (R–DeWitt) has put the brakes on a $15 million New York State grant for a high-tech company in

What channel is the Syracuse basketball game on? (at Miami)
Syracuse basketball (17-9 overall, 6-7 ACC) looks to bounce back from a harmful mid-week loss when it visits the Miami Hurricanes (18-7, 7-6) on Saturday
New York manufacturing index declines in February
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell about five points in February to 13.1, “suggesting a somewhat slower pace of growth than in

Boldt Castle rubs shoulders with other famous romantic buildings on British paper’s list
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. — Britain’s Daily Telegraph picked Boldt Castle for its Valentine’s Day list of 17 of the world’s most romantic buildings. “Well where
Clinton orthopedic surgeon charged with workers’-compensation fraud
CLINTON, N.Y. — A Clinton surgeon faces more than 20 felony counts for allegedly billing the state workers’-compensation system for office work when he was

Oswego Health receives $1.4 million in federal-budget deal
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The office of U.S. Representative John Katko (R–Camillus) says the new federal-budget deal includes $1.4 million for Oswego Health, beginning in fiscal
People news: Syracuse realtor, Radke, appointed NYSAR Central Region VP
Donald Radke of Syracuse took the oath of office Feb. 6 for a third term as the 2018 Central Region VP of the New York
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