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NEW HARTFORD — Cathy Mary Newell, president and CEO of Mohawk Ltd., says there is a solution for everything. In 1959, Newell’s father, Gordon J. Newell, Jr., founded Mohawk Communications, Inc., a repair, calibration, and supply company that primarily served two U.S. Air Force bases: one in Rome and the other in Dayton, Ohio. This […]
ConMed completes acquisition of Connecticut firm
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) has completed its acquisition of SurgiQuest, Inc., a Connecticut–based surgical-device maker. SurgiQuest will become part of the ConMed
Volney Sunoco ethanol plant to use state grant in construction of barley-malting facility
VOLNEY, N.Y. — Sunoco’s ethanol-manufacturing plant in Volney will use a state grant of $700,000 to help pay for a new $9.1 million barley-malting facility.
Report: Growth of New York agricultural sales outpaces national average
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that growth of agricultural product sales in the state outpaced the national average, with cash receipts up
SUNY Oswego researchers share grant to monitor fish for pollutants
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego will use a $1.5 million share of a federal grant in a partnership that documents declines in older chemical pollutants in the Great Lakes. The school’s Environmental Research Center is using the funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the initiative. SUNY Oswego is working with Clarkson University
Oswego County IDA won’t give up on effort to keep FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant open
SCRIBA, N.Y. — Even though its owner has said it will shut down the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant in about a year, the Oswego
Entergy to close Fitzpatrick nuclear-power plant in Oswego County
SCRIBA, N.Y. — Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR) will close the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba in late 2016 or early 2017. The
U.S. Green Building Council awards WCNY LEED platinum certification
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the WCNY Broadcast and Education Center a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
St. Joseph’s lifts water restriction on emergency-services building after Legionella testing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has lifted the water restriction on its emergency-services building after test results “confirmed no presence of Legionella
Community rallies in support of FitzPatrick nuclear-power plant in Scriba
SCRIBA, N.Y. — More than 1,000 concerned employees, their families, community members, and area lawmakers gathered Monday evening to express support for keeping open the
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