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Projects in Oswego, Elmira to benefit from $10M DRI prizes
The office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 6 announced the 12 projects for which the City of Oswego will use its $10 million award in the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). That came a day after the governor’s office announced the nine winning projects selected for the City of Elmira in the DRI. Both cities […]
Upstate Medical students gain exposure to rural health care
OSWEGO, N.Y. — It’s no secret that it’s difficult attracting doctors to practice in rural areas. Though about 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural communities, less than 10 percent of physicians practice in these areas, according to a Stanford University Medicine rural health fact sheet entitled, “Healthcare Disparities & Barriers to Healthcare.”
Carthage Area Hospital nears closure of skilled-nursing unit
Most residents moved to other facilities within 3 weeks after closure announcement CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Just three weeks after announcing the planned closure of its skilled-nursing unit, Carthage Area Hospital said it had already moved 18 of the unit’s 23 residents to other facilities in both Jefferson and Lewis counties. As of July 7, five
Oswego Health formally opens new physical-therapy office on Route 104 in Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health and the Greater Oswego and Fulton Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting event to formally open the health system’s new physical-therapy office inside the Lake Ontario Prompt Care Building. The organization’s sixth physical-therapy site is located at 300 State Route 104 in the city of Oswego. The new site
JMA Wireless completes $34 million Clay expansion, adding nearly 300 jobs
CLAY, N.Y. — JMA Wireless has finished a $34 million expansion at its headquarters in the town of Clay and added almost 300 jobs. The
GEDDES, N.Y. — Christopher Community Inc. and the Centers at St. Camillus are co-developing the Harborbrook Apartments, a new $12.6 million project adjacent to the
Oswego to use $10 million DRI award on a dozen projects
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the 12 winning projects selected for the City of Oswego’s $10 million prize
SDMI invests nearly $2M in tube laser for work on metal parts
MARATHON — Square Deal Machining, Inc. (SDMI), a Marathon–based manufacturer of precision parts, has purchased its first tube laser for engineering, designing, and producing custom metal parts. SDMI manufactures parts from carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum for original-equipment manufacturers, says Joseph (Joe) Morgan, CEO and sole owner of the company located in southern Cortland
SRCTec readies move into electronics-manufacturing services
CICERO — SRCTec LLC is planning to offer services in the electronics-manufacturing services (EMS) market. The firm in May announced the hiring of Mathew Nearpass as a program director to “steward the company’s launch” in the EMS market. “That formal launch is still to come,” says Nearpass. “It will happen this calendar year.” Nearpass, who
State of Downtown report documents downtown Syracuse’s transformation
SYRACUSE — Downtown Syracuse is now home to 3,500 residents and 28,000 company employees in what has become a “neighborhood.” That’s according to the “State of Downtown” report that Merike Treier, executive director of the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. delivered during the organization’s annual meeting held June 22 at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. In
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