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Oneida Indian Nation announces Turning Stone expansion project
VERONA, N.Y. — A new 250-room hotel is part of an extensive multi-year expansion project at Turning Stone Resort Casino expected to break ground next
Tri-County Medical joins MVHS Medical Group
UTICA, N.Y. — Tri-County Medical, PC, is now part of MVHS Medical Group. The practice includes locations in Little Falls, Herkimer, and Rome. Drs. Deepak
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area was unchanged in August compared to July but was significantly higher than a year ago. That’s according to the latest Zumper National Rent Report, issued on Aug. 29. The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region was
Broome County hotel occupancy rises nearly 4 percent in July
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels welcomed more overnight guests in July than the year-prior month, but the increase was below the gains seen earlier in the year. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 3.7 percent to 69.9 percent in July, according to STR, a Tennessee–based
Onondaga County hotels post nearly 23% occupancy rise so far in 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels hosted substantially more guests in the first seven months of 2022 as the hospitality and travel and leisure industries fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 22.7 percent to 56.5 percent year
Cayuga Physical Therapy operating in new location in downtown Cortland
CORTLAND, N.Y. — A new Cayuga Physical Therapy (PT) facility has started operations at 2 North Main St. in downtown Cortland. Cayuga Health on Aug. 24 formally opened the new, 2,000-square-foot office that replaces its previous PT facility that was located on Commons Avenue. Officials from the Cortland Area Chamber of Commerce and the Cortland
New York state home sales slide 14 percent in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,291 previously owned homes in July, down 14.1 percent from the 14,302 homes sold in July 2021 as the housing market continued to cool off. Pending sales fell more than 9 percent in the month, possibly foreshadowing further declines in closed sales in the next couple months. The
Flood-resiliency project work begins in Jefferson County
Construction has started on four flood-resiliency projects in the town of Alexandria and village of Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County. Construction has also begun on a series of flood-resiliency projects in the village of Clayton in Jefferson County. Alexandria Bay area The Alexandria Bay–area projects were awarded more than $3.8 million in grant funding through
Marcy solar-energy project granted USDA loan
Green Street Power Partners, LLC (GSPP) will use more than $6 million in loan funding to provide permanent debt financing for a 6.751-megawatt, ground-mounted, solar project in Marcy, near Utica. It’s among nine projects seeking to combat climate change across rural parts of New York to which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding
Jefferson County hotel- occupancy rate rises more than 6 percent in July
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson County hotels registered another increase in overnight guests in July compared to the same month a year ago. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 6.2 percent to 73.1 percent in the seventh month of the year, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel
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