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USDA awards grant funding to Empire Brewing Company, three CNY farms
The federal government is providing Empire Brewing Company of Syracuse a financial boost for its Farmstead Brewery project in Cazenovia. At the same time, grant

Action-sports store BC Surf & Sport now open at Destiny
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Central New York snowboarders, skateboarders, and even would-be surfers have a new outlet for their hobby. BC Surf & Sport, an action-sports
Hartwick College to use federal funding for craft brewing and food-science research
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College in Oneonta will use federal funding totaling more than $123,000 for research and development to help the craft brewing and

People news: NBT Financial Services promotes Alger to assistant VP
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Jordan Alger, a financial consultant at NBT Financial Services, was recently promoted to assistant vice president. He is based at NBT

SU, IMG College announce new multimedia-license agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) and IMG College on Tuesday announced a new multi-year license agreement for IMG to serve as the multimedia-license partner

Broome County hotel occupancy rebounds
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hoteliers have been filling more of their rooms in recent months, according to STR, Inc., a Hendersonville, Tenn.–based provider of

People news: MACNY taps Rowland as controller
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) has announced that Mary Rowland has joined the organization as its controller. Rowland began

USDA: New York crop production primarily projected to increase this year
Farm crop-production prospects for New York state in 2014 are mostly higher compared with a year earlier, according to Blair Smith, state statistician of the
Remington attributes 105 layoffs to strategic decision, softening market
ILION, N.Y. — The Remington Outdoor Company, Inc. (ROC), parent of Remington Arms, on Monday announced the layoff of 105 people from its plant in

USDOT awards Syracuse Airport Authority $1.7M grant for storage improvements
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority a grant of more than $1.7 million for storage
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