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Oneida County’s active COVID cases hit six-month high
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported that its number of active coronavirus cases has grown to 590, the highest level in about six

Syracuse airport offers pre-book parking option
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) and SP Plus Corporation (SP Plus) (NASDAQ: SP) on Monday announced a new pre-book parking service

Crews complete REDI project in Jefferson County
Crews have completed construction work on a $5.4 million project awarded to Jefferson County through New York State’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI). The

NBT appoints Mahoney president of wealth management
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) announced it has appointed Ruth H. Mahoney as its executive VP and president of wealth management. Mahoney,

Verrier to depart Cayuga County Chamber and CEDA
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Strategic Solutions, Inc. — the joint venture and umbrella organization of the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce and Cayuga Economic Development

Picente says Oneida County COVID-19 cases rising, points to concerning trends
UTICA, N.Y. — The number of COVID-19 cases are rising in Oneida County, reaching 97 on Thursday, the highest number recorded since Jan. 29. Oneida

UTICA, N.Y. — The man who founded PAR Technology of New Hartford and his wife have donated $1 million to “enhance and grow” a Utica

Lockheed Martin Owego wins $34M contract modification from Navy
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego plant was recently awarded a modification to a previous contract from the United States Navy that is worth up to $34.4 million. This modification adds scope to provide integration and installation of a Hellenic Navy System configuration on three USN8 time configuration remote sensors for aircraft, according
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OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego plant was recently awarded a modification to a previous contract from the United States Navy that is worth up to $34.4 million.
This modification adds scope to provide integration and installation of a Hellenic Navy System configuration on three USN8 time configuration remote sensors for aircraft, according to an Aug. 2 U.S. Department of Defense contract announcement. This contract adjustment also provides for efforts on three replace-in-kind aircraft to bring the aircraft into a USN8 configuration. Additionally it procures four airborne low frequency sonars in support of the MH-60R program for the Navy and foreign military sales (FMS) customers, the announcement stated.
Work will be performed in Brest, France (46 percent); Lockheed’s Owego facility (40 percent); Portsmouth, Rhode Island (9 percent); and Stratford, Connecticut (5 percent). It is expected to be completed in April 2025.
Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds of $1.3 million and FMS funds totaling nearly $11.9 million will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, according to the Department of Defense. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland is the contracting authority.
Jefferson County hotel-occupancy rate rises nearly 48 percent in July
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County were substantially fuller in July compared to a year ago, as the hospitality industry continues to recover from the pandemic, according to a recent report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county jumped 47.6 percent to 68.8 percent in July, according
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WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County were substantially fuller in July compared to a year ago, as the hospitality industry continues to recover from the pandemic, according to a recent report.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county jumped 47.6 percent to 68.8 percent in July, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, soared 77.1 percent to $84.10 in the seventh month of the year compared to July 2020.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, climbed an even 20 percent to $122.23 in July from the year-prior month.
The robust July 2021 hotel-occupancy report follows Jefferson County’s nearly 67 percent jump in occupancy in June, triple-digit percentage gains in both May and April, and more than 49 percent rise in March. These are the first five months in which the year-over-year comparisons are to a month affected significantly by the COVID crisis. The prior 12 reports each featured double-digit declines in occupancy as the comparisons were to a pre-pandemic month.
New York egg production edges down in July
New York farms produced 146.8 million eggs in July, down 0.3 percent from 147.3 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.7 million in July, up almost 1.1 percent from 5.64 million layers a year prior. July egg production
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New York farms produced 146.8 million eggs in July, down 0.3 percent from 147.3 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.7 million in July, up almost 1.1 percent from 5.64 million layers a year prior. July egg production per 100 layers dropped nearly 1.4 percent to 2,576 eggs from 2,612 eggs in July 2020.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced almost 784 million eggs during July, down 3 percent from nearly 808 million eggs a year before.
U.S. egg production totaled almost 9.39 billion eggs in July, up 0.8 percent from nearly 9.32 billion eggs in July 2020.
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