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Work begins on veterans center and tiny homes in Broome County
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Veterans Resource Center and Tiny Homes project broke ground Feb. 21 in Binghamton. Federal, state, and local officials along with veteran service organizations and community members gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony, according to a press release from Broome County. The project, located at 530 State St., includes 10 accessible tiny homes […]
SU’s new housing strategy has plans for two new residence halls, demolishing two existing dorms
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) has plans to build a new residence hall at 700 Ostrom Ave. and to demolish the existing Marion and
SU honors Boeheim with scholarship, banner, and name on entry to the Melo Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) on Saturday afternoon honored long-time former men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim with a new scholarship and a banner in the JMA Wireless Dome. The university also plans to name the entrance to the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center after Boeheim, who concluded his 47-year coaching career following the
People news: Wheeler joins SWBR as project designer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SWBR announced that it recently hired Andrew Wheeler as a project designer in its Syracuse office. Wheeler is responsible for building–information modeling,
Rome Health readies for construction of new surgical center, ICU addition
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health says crews have started the site work to build the addition for the new intensive care unit (ICU) and Kaplan
City of Syracuse to host open houses for community-grid vision plan
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says the City of Syracuse will host two open houses to introduce the vision plan for the upcoming community grid. The plan is a multi-decade look ahead at how Syracuse can “maximize the positive impact” of the Interstate 81 (I-81) viaduct-replacement project on neighborhoods and mobility. The city
Black River Systems wins $12M U.S. Air Force contract modification
UTICA — Black River Systems Company Inc. was recently awarded a nearly $12 million cost-plus-fixed-fee completion engineering change proposal modification to a previously awarded U.S. Air Force contract for Cognitive Algorithms for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Contested and Degraded Environments software and hardware. The contract adjustment is to expand signal-processing libraries to include updated signal of
Syracuse aiport posts record passenger numbers
Also plans two new eateries SYRACUSE — Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) had the “busiest year in the airport’s history” in 2023 with nearly 3 million air travelers passing through the facility. The 2.86 million passenger figure at SYR surpasses 2019 traffic levels, which produced a 30-year record for the airport, by 11 percent. The
State Route 34B bridge in Tompkins County receives national award
LANSING — The State Route 34B bridge over Salmon Creek in Lansing in Tompkins County was nationally recognized with the American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance’s 2024 Prize Bridge Merit Award, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Feb. 7. The awards program, held every two years, honors significant and innovative steel
Memory special-care unit now open at Loretto’s The Commons on St. Anthony
AUBURN — The Commons on St. Anthony in Auburn, which is part of the Loretto system, now offers a memory special-care unit (MSCU). Loretto’s fourth MSCU is the “first facility of its kind dedicated to dementia care in Auburn,” and seeks to “to help meet significant, continuously growing demand for memory-care services in Cayuga County,”
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