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Upstate Shredding to acquire Empire Recycling’s Watertown location
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Upstate Shredding, LLC and sister company Weitsman Recycling is expanding into the Watertown market with the purchase of Empire Recycling Corp.’s scrapyard

Kung Fu Tea to open at Destiny USA in June
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kung Fu Tea, a New York City–based tea shop chain specializing in bubble tea flavors, will open a store at Destiny USA
Two North Country resorts awarded loans for capital projects
Two Northern New York resorts will use loans totaling $600,000 to help pay for improvement projects. The board of the North Country Economic Development Fund

Syracuse Crunch, Tampa Bay Lightning extend affiliation agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Crunch and the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Tampa Bay Lightning have announced a six-year extension of their affiliation agreement. The

Owner of Binghamton area taxi-cab company accused of defrauding Medicaid
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The owner and operator of Broome Taxi is facing charges for operating the company without the “necessary” licensing while generating income from

U.S. economic growth slows to 0.5 percent in first quarter
U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of the year, with the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increasing by just 0.5 percent,

SUNY Oswego appoints Roettger as acting provost, VP for academic affairs
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego announced it has appointed Walter Roettger as acting provost and VP for academic affairs. As its chief academic officer,

Arcadis to relocate local office, 250 employees to downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Civil-engineering firm Arcadis plans to move its DeWitt office and 250 employees to One Lincoln Center at 110 W. Fayette St. in

Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum receives $45K grant to expand executive-director position
CHITTENANGO, N.Y. — Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum announced it has been awarded a $45,625 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s (EPF) Park and

Cornell University forms presidential search committee
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University has formed a search committee for the school’s 14th president following the death of school president Elizabeth Garrett. Jan Rock
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