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Allegiant Air to expand direct flights from Syracuse to Fort Lauderdale
SYRACUSE — Allegiant Air plans to expand its nonstop flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in the early part of next year. Beginning Feb. 11, 2026, Allegiant Air will operate four flights weekly directly to the South Florida destination, doubling its average current frequency of two flights weekly, […]
Winter Fair 2026 set for late January with rides, reindeer, reminders of summer
GEDDES — The food, rides, music, and entertainment that people enjoy throughout the summer are again returning to the New York State Fairgrounds in late January 2026. The event will also have a Healthcare Village, free parking, evening fireworks, and reindeer from Hanggi Farms in Ontario County. The 2026 Winter Fair is set for the
Broome County’s first fully electric buses start transporting the public
VESTAL — Broome County Transit’s first fully electric buses have been transporting the public for nearly two months after they were placed into service in mid-October. The new zero-emission buses replace older diesel models, “significantly improving” air quality and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions across the community, Broome County said in its announcement. The electric buses are
Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires land in Spafford
SPAFFORD — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) earlier this year acquired 850 feet of shoreline and 15 forested acres along the eastern shore of Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford in southern Onondaga County. The property includes 1,120 feet of streambank on Barber Gulf and a portion of the Staghorn Cliffs, the site
With Micron in mind, Le Moyne to offer new physics major in 2026
SYRACUSE — Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) has plans to build a massive semiconductor-manufacturing campus in the town of Clay, and Le Moyne College wants to help prepare future students to secure a job with the Boise, Idaho–based company. The school is set to offer a bachelor’s degree in applied physics “as the region prepares
SUNY Sustainability Fellows include area professors
ALBANY — Three Central New York college professors and one from the Southern Tier are among 11 of SUNY’s inaugural Sustainability Faculty Fellows. They include Jean Yang, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse; Augusta Williams, assistant professor of public health at Upstate Medical University in
Sustainable Office Solutions prepares to close its doors
DeWITT — Sustainable Office Solutions, LLC — a 16-year-old small business that sells and rents out new and pre-owned office furniture — is getting ready to close. Owner Andy Picco believes he will be ready to end operations in mid-December. Until then, he’s working to liquidate the firm’s remaining merchandise. Sustainable Office Solutions is located
Cornell plants ash trees it hopes are resistant to borer insects
ITHACA — Newly planted ash saplings on Cornell University property are potentially resistant to destructive emerald ash borer insects, making the university the first propagation center in New York state. The planting is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Trees in Peril project, seeking to restore disappearing ash trees across the United States, according to a
OPINION: New York State’s Raise the Age Isn’t Working; Reform is a Must
The abject failure of New York’s criminal-justice reform has been evident for years. For example, “Raise the Age,” which calls for many cases involving 16-year-old and 17-year-old adolescent offenders (AOs) to be heard in family court rather than criminal court, has done nothing to make New Yorkers safer. That is much like other failed “progressive”
OPINION: Congress Needs to Rebuild its Political Muscles
Watching the media’s reaction recently to the recent 427-1 vote in the U.S. House and the Senate’s unanimous consent for releasing the Epstein files, I was struck by two things. First, that even though the votes went against President Trump’s vehement opposition (until a few days before), they were hardly profiles in courage. As House
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