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MVHS selects firms to handle appraisals of downtown properties impacted by hospital project
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has selected three companies to begin the appraisals of the downtown properties that the new hospital
Cuomo: CNY, Southern Tier communities to use state grants for water-improvement project
Syracuse and neighboring communities across Central New York will use more than $14 million in grants for 12 municipal-water infrastructure projects in the five-county area.
North Country communities to use $30 million in state grants for water-improvement projects
Communities in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will use a total of nearly $30 million in state-grant funding for water-infrastructure projects. The 18 grants
Smith Market wins $25,000 prize in Community Foundation’s Impact Opportunity Challenge
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. has selected Smith Market as the winner of its $25,000 Impact Opportunity Challenge.
Exelon’s acquisition of FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant to close in 2017
SCRIBA — Exelon Generation’s (NYSE: EXC) acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant in Scriba should close in the second quarter of 2017. Under the deal totaling $110 million, New Orleans, Louisiana–based Entergy would transfer FitzPatrick’s operating license to Chicago, Illinois–based Exelon, according to a joint news release that Entergy issued Aug. 9. Exelon
New York is investing $5 million to help create hub for upstate drone industry
New York will make an “initial” $5 million investment to help ongoing efforts to create a hub for unmanned-aerial system (UAS) “innovation” and manufacturing in upstate New York. The funding seeks to “support and grow the emerging” UAS industry in the upstate region, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Aug. 2. Unmanned-aerial systems are
The business unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) that operates locations in Salina and Owego will have a new name in early September. The unit, which is currently called mission systems and training, will soon become Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems (RMS) business area, the Bethesda, Maryland–based defense contractor said in a news
NICOLE CARFI has joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers as intern civil engineer. She is a recent graduate of Clarkson University with an EIT degree and is LEED-certified. At Beardsley, Carfi is currently working on site-improvement projects for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com
Empire Crane Company has added to its sales force in the Northeast with four new hires, based at its headquarters office in Syracuse. MIKE ANDREWS brings to Empire Crane more than 20 years of experience in the heavy equipment industry in addition to an extensive background in account management. He will be the territory sales
LeChase Construction Services, LLC has hired DANIEL CHRISTOFFERSEN as a project engineer in its Binghamton office. He graduated from the Alfred State SUNY College of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in construction-management engineering technology. Christoffersen previously interned with Welliver McGuire Inc. in Montour Falls and Keystone Material Testing, Inc. in Binghamton. Contact The Business Journal News
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