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Solvay Bank’s Fernandez appointed to Home HeadQuarters board

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Solvay Bank recently announced that Michele Fernandez, VP, enterprise risk manager & CRA officer, has recently been elected to join the Home HeadQuarters Inc. (HHQ) board of directors as a private-sector member. Fernandez joined Solvay Bank in 1991 and leads the bank’s enterprise risk management department. In addition to being elected to […]

New York farms had 331,000 certified organic acres in 2021, ranking No. 2 in U.S.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A recent certified organic survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that 1,407 New York farms had 331,000 certified organic acres, which produced and sold $328 million in organic commodities in 2021. That’s according to Donnie Fike, state statistician at the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field

Arc Herkimer receives grants for recreation and guardianship services

HERKIMER, N.Y. — Two grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services awarded to Arc Herkimer allowed the agency to better support the people it serves. Arc Herkimer received a $15,000 grant to support recreation programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization used the funds to provide new avenues for

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All CNY regions add jobs in November compared to a year ago

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between November 2021 and this past November. The Central New York subregions generated job growth ranging from a low of 0.5 percent in the Watertown–Fort Drum area to a high of 3.4 percent in the Binghamton region in that

National Grid grant aids Oswego developer’s work

OSWEGO, N.Y. — An Oswego developer used two economic-development grants totaling $50,000 from National Grid (NYSE: NGG) to support its work on two projects.  The projects are part of the Oswego Community Development plan, per National Grid’s Dec. 19 announcement.  Creative Developments of Oswego Inc. used $25,000 for each project. The funding comes from National

Lotte Biologics begins operations in Bristol Myers Squibb’s DeWitt facility

DeWITT, N.Y. — The facility at 6000 Thompson Road in DeWitt that for many years housed manufacturing operations for Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) is now under new ownership. Bristol Myers Squibb on Jan. 3 announced it had completed the sale of the property to Lotte Biologics of Seoul, South Korea. It sold the

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