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Oneida County announces two new business-grant programs
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County will be making $200,000 in microenterprise grants and $750,000 in Cares Act grants available to area small businesses and startups

MMRI to use $25,000 donation to continue lupus research
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) will use a $25,000 donation to continue its research into systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Lupus and

Carrols chairman and CEO Accordino to retire by mid-year 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) on Thursday announced that Daniel Accordino — the company’s chairman, president, and CEO — will be

Ithaca man busted for credit-card theft topping $7,000 in Capital Region
SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. — New York State Police in Saratoga County announced they recently arrested an Ithaca man for stealing multiple credit cards and using

Syracuse University, MEAC sign agreement involving athletics, seminars, conferences
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) on Thursday announced an agreement that will involve Syracuse playing MEAC schools in sports,

Cliff’s Local Market opens revamped convenience store in New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Cliff’s Local Market formally opened its newly rebuilt and expanded convenience store at 17 Genesee St. in New Hartford earlier this summer. After undergoing a complete rebuild and expanding into the adjacent property, the New Hartford Cliff’s offers an extended food menu with pizza, subs, salads, melts, wraps, and more, the
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NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Cliff’s Local Market formally opened its newly rebuilt and expanded convenience store at 17 Genesee St. in New Hartford earlier this summer.
After undergoing a complete rebuild and expanding into the adjacent property, the New Hartford Cliff’s offers an extended food menu with pizza, subs, salads, melts, wraps, and more, the business said in a release.
Open 24/7, the new store also features Utica Roasting Coffee, cold-brew coffee, a beer cave, and a larger seating area. Cliff’s said it has continued the prior CITGO gas program, offering fuel discounts with the use of the CITGO app and gift cards.
Cliff’s Local Market hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the New Hartford Chamber of Commerce on July 28 to celebrate the grand reopening.
Cliff’s Local Market, locally owned and operated, is a chain of 19 convenience stores located across the Central New York region. The business is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

OneGroup’s Green receives ATD Up & Coming recognition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — ATD, the Association for Talent Development, recently selected Cheri Green for ATD “Up & Coming” recognition, which spotlights rising stars and outstanding young professionals working in talent development. Green is a learning and development manager with OneGroup, a risk management, insurance brokerage, and employee-benefits firm with an office in Syracuse and locations
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — ATD, the Association for Talent Development, recently selected Cheri Green for ATD “Up & Coming” recognition, which spotlights rising stars and outstanding young professionals working in talent development.
Green is a learning and development manager with OneGroup, a risk management, insurance brokerage, and employee-benefits firm with an office in Syracuse and locations throughout Central New York. The company is part of Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU).
ATD describes individuals recognized as “Up & Coming” professionals as “leaders among peers and colleagues with demonstrated professional achievements, such as leading successful projects, managing teams, displaying excellent leadership capabilities, or mentoring others.”
Green was profiled in the August 2021 issue of TD magazine, which is produced by ATD.
ATD says it is the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. CNY ATD is the affiliate chapter of ATD .
New York’s 2021 corn production is forecast to rise to 83.5 million bushels
New York farms are forecast to have produced 83.5 million bushels of corn for grain this year, up 4 percent from 2020. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office forecast issued on Sept. 10, based on field conditions as of Sept. 1. The total yield per acre in
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New York farms are forecast to have produced 83.5 million bushels of corn for grain this year, up 4 percent from 2020. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office forecast issued on Sept. 10, based on field conditions as of Sept. 1.
The total yield per acre in the Empire State is expected to average a record-high 167 bushels per acre, up 10 bushels per acre from 157 bushels last year.
Area harvested for grain corn is forecast at 500,000 acres this year, down 2 percent from 510,000 acres in 2020, the USDA NASS said.
Production forecasts are released monthly and do not reflect final production estimates, the agency said. The next production forecast will be issued on Oct. 12.
New York soybean production is forecast to rise 7 percent this year
New York farms are forecast to have produced 17 million bushels of soybeans in 2021, up 7 percent from last year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office recently reported. Based on field conditions as of Sept. 1, the total yield is forecast to average a record-high 53 bushels per acre
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New York farms are forecast to have produced 17 million bushels of soybeans in 2021, up 7 percent from last year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office recently reported.
Based on field conditions as of Sept. 1, the total yield is forecast to average a record-high 53 bushels per acre this year, up two bushels from 2020. New York farms are expected to harvest 320,000 acres of soybeans in 2021, up from 312,000 acres the prior year and 225,000 acres in 2019, per the USDA NASS.
Production forecasts are released monthly and do not reflect final production estimates, the agency said. The next production forecast will be issued on Oct. 12.
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems in Salina has been awarded an $8.3 million fixed-priced-incentive fee contract for Navy systems and associated equipment. The pact includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $117 million, according to a Sept. 16 Department of Defense contract announcement. Work
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SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems in Salina has been awarded an $8.3 million fixed-priced-incentive fee contract for Navy systems and associated equipment.
The pact includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $117 million, according to a Sept. 16 Department of Defense contract announcement.
Work will be performed in Salina (70 percent) and Oldsmar, Florida (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 2026.
Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds totaling $6.3 million (or 76 percent of the contract) and fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy) funds of $2 million (24 percent) will be obligated at time of award. The $2 million funding portion will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, according to the contract announcement.
This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with one offer received. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. is the contracting authority.
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