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Strategic Financial Services, Inc., a leading independent wealth-management firm based in Central New York, announced that Partner and Senior Advisor Greg Mattacola, Esq., CFP has
Onondaga County hotel occupancy flat in February as two other business benchmarks post solid gains
SYRACUSE — Onondaga County hotels registered a tiny increase in occupancy in February as two other key indicators of business performance showed stronger improvement. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county inched up 0.2 percent to 51.4 percent in the second month of 2025, compared
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SYRACUSE — Onondaga County hotels registered a tiny increase in occupancy in February as two other key indicators of business performance showed stronger improvement.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county inched up 0.2 percent to 51.4 percent in the second month of 2025, compared to February 2024, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, rose 5.1 percent to $62.20 in Onondaga County this February from a year earlier.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, increased 4.9 percent to $120.92 in February versus the year-ago month, STR reports.
Broome County hotels register a strong month of business in February
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels saw a slight rise in overnight guests in February, as two other key indicators of business performance increased by

Construction begins on White Pine municipal pump station in Clay
CLAY, N.Y. — Construction is starting on the White Pine municipal pump station project along Route 31 in the town of Clay. “In support of

Two Cousins Pinball formally opens in Marcy
MARCY, N.Y. — Two Cousins Pinball is formally celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, April 5 from 2-9 p.m. at 9360 River Road. Admission for the event is $25, which includes unlimited play of pinball and other games, giveaways while supplies last, and drawings every hour for merchandise. Two Cousins Pinball will donate 20 percent
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MARCY, N.Y. — Two Cousins Pinball is formally celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, April 5 from 2-9 p.m. at 9360 River Road.
Admission for the event is $25, which includes unlimited play of pinball and other games, giveaways while supplies last, and drawings every hour for merchandise. Two Cousins Pinball will donate 20 percent of admission proceeds to Kelberman, an autism-services center for children, adults, and families.
Two Cousins Pinball offers a changing inventory of more than 30 pinball games along with other arcade games, pool, darts, bubble hockey, and foosball. The business has open play times and can also host corporation and recreation or league tournaments.
Hours for the month of April are Thursdays from 5:30-9:30 p.m., Saturdays from 3-10 p.m., and the first Friday of each month from 5:30-10 p.m. for open play. Two Cousins Pinball is closed on April 19.

Centro begins bus service in Cortland County
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Centro on Monday, March 31 started offering bus service in Cortland County, expanding its network for the first time in 20 years.

Smith Brothers Insurance adds Reardon Agency to its company roster
Smith Brothers Insurance LLC — with offices in Albany, Owego, Vestal, and Waverly — announced it has added The Reardon Agency of Waterford, Connecticut to

Syracuse University selects Carmelo Anthony to give commencement address in May
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — He led the 2003 Syracuse men’s basketball team to its only NCAA Tournament championship and will address the Syracuse University (SU) Class

Binghamton Rumble Ponies baseball to continue on Townsquare Media radio stations
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — WNBF News Radio 1290 AM & 92.1 FM in Binghamton will remain the radio home of Binghamton Rumble Ponies baseball. The Rumble

Mohawk Valley Brownfields Developer Summit set for April 29-30
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The fourth annual Mohawk Valley Brownfields Developer Summit will take place April 29-30 at Herkimer College. Organized by the Mohawk Valley Economic
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