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Following sale to Speedway, Express Mart expects to lay off 53
CICERO, N.Y. — Express Mart Franchising Corporation informed New York State that it will be laying off 53 employees beginning in July. Speedway announced April
NYSAR: New York home sales decline in March, CNY numbers also down
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold close to 8,600 previously-owned homes in March, a decrease of 9 percent from more than 9,400 homes sold
People news: NYISO appoints Bie as board chair
RENSSELAER, N.Y. — The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that operates New York state’s power grid, announced that its board of directors
Liberty Resources to add on-site pharmacy
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Liberty Resources Inc., a Syracuse–based human-services agency, is partnering with Genoa Healthcare to provide on-site pharmacy services in what the local organization
Loretto opens TeliStat restorative-care unit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center in Syracuse on Monday opened its new TeliStat restorative-care unit (TRCU). In a news release, Loretto
VESTAL, N.Y. — An artisanal pizza place will open in Vestal on Thursday. Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza, will open for business at 3714 Vestal Parkway
People news: Sonostics hires Waszkiewicz as clinical director
CAMILLUS, N.Y. — Sonostics, a Binghamton University spinoff company has announced the recent hiring of its new clinical director, Tina Waszkiewicz, who will oversee the
SUNY Broome to use federal funding to launch aircraft-maintenance degree program
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — SUNY Broome Community College will use federal funding of $150,000 to develop an aircraft-maintenance degree program. The funding is allocated through the

Barton & Loguidice acquires Hudson Valley firm
SALINA, N.Y. — Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. (B&L), a Salina–based engineering firm, announced it has acquired Eberlin & Eberlin, P.C., a planning and landscape-architecture company
State proposes areas for federal economic opportunity zones
ALBANY, N.Y. — Empire State Development (ESD) has recommended 514 census tracts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for designation as Opportunity Zones, a
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