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Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins $8.4 million Air Force contract

SALI NA — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in the town of Salina has been awarded an $8.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Rap Read More
Syracuse one-bedroom apartment rent prices decline over 2 percent in latest month, April Zumper report says

SYRACUSE — The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area fell more than 2 percent from the last month but was unchanged from a year ago, according to the April 2021 Zumper Nat Read More
Jefferson County hotel occupancy rate falls nearly 18 percent in February

WATERTOWN — Hotels in Jefferson County saw a decline in guests in February compared to the year-ago month, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued hindering travel and hospitality businesses, according to Read More
Lockheed Martin’s suburban Syracuse plant awarded $128 million Navy contract modification

SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in the town of Salina has won a $128.4 million modification to a previously awarded Navy contract. The pact will exercise options for full-rate prod Read More
Upstate Business Leaders Study finds guarded optimism

Upstate New York CEOs are “guardedly optimistic” that 2021 will be better — meaning “better than the depths of the pandemic” not better than conditions and expectations were prior to the COVID crisis. Read More
Rome firm to add jobs with new $5M manufacturing facility

ROME — Cold Point Corporation of Rome plans to create up to 15 additional jobs “in the near term,” following the completion of its new $5.1 million, 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. Read More
State starts bridge-replacement project on Route 48 in Granby

GRANBY — New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez on April 2 announced that work has begun on a $2.56 million project to replace the State Route 48 bridge over Tannery Creek in the town of Granby in Oswego County. Read More
Hamilton College’s new $2M boathouse in Rome should be ready in August

ROME — Hamilton College has plans for a $2 million boathouse project located on the Erie Canal in Rome’s Bellamy Harbor Park. Read More
Oneida County hotels again register smallest year-over-year occupancy decline since start of pandemic

UTICA — Oneida County’s hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county fell 13.8 percent to 42.3 percent in February, compared to a year ago, according to STR, a Te Read More

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Business Mentors

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People on the Move

LESTER BURT LESTER BURT recently joined Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC as a senior manager in the firm’s audit and accounting department. He has more than 11 years of experience in public accounting. Burt’ Read More
JENNIFER BRILLANTE JENNIFER BRILLANTE has been named partner at C & D Advertising. She has been with the firm for 10 years as VP of business development. Brillante has been instrumental in generating significant gro Read More
BLAKE PENN BLAKE PENN recently joined Colgate University as its first chief information security officer (CISO) and director of information security. He previously served as information security policy and compl Read More