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CNY Community Foundation named lead intermediary for Micron workforce-development investment
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Micron has named the Central New York Community Foundation as the lead intermediary to help steward the investment of $65 million in
SUNY Poly professor receives nearly $400K in funding for research project
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Ahmed Abdelaal has been awarded $397,410 by the National Institute of Standards and
Phoenix housing complex serves as a pilot project for HydroPod systems
PHOENIX — A housing complex in Oswego County is one of the first properties to use a new, locally assembled heat-pump system. The effort targets Christopher Court, a 40-unit complex at 22 Maplehurst Drive in Phoenix that is home to 60 people. Christopher Court is a property of Rock Property Management Company (Rock PMC), also
ESD launches small business environmental- support office to help navigate regulations
Empire State Development (ESD) says it’s opened a new Small Business Environmental Support Office (SBESO), The SBESO is designed to help small businesses “understand and comply” with federal and state environmental regulations, ESD said in its Nov. 19 announcement. Those regulations involve air, water, solid, and hazardous waste, petroleum and chemical bulk storage, and other
En-Joie Golf Club irrigation system at center of a controversy
ENDICOTT — The En-Joie Golf Club is in the midst of controversy as Broome County looks to upgrade the course’s irrigation system to modernize it and improve its efficiency. The county began operating the course about 17 years ago but does not own it, Broome County Executive Jason Garnar tells CNYBJ. “It’s a municipal golf
NYISO names VP of market structures
RENSSELAER — The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that operates New York state’s power grid, recently announced it has promoted Shaun Johnson to VP of market structures, effective Dec. 1. Johnson is succeeding Rana Mukerji, who currently serves as senior VP of market structures and is retiring at the end of the
DEC announces nine new state forest rangers
ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar on Dec. 2 welcomed nine new graduates from the 24th Basic School for New York State Forest Rangers, including two from Onondaga County and one from Oneida County. As part of DEC’s Division of Forest Protection, New York forest rangers protect
State announces contracts for 23 large-scale, land-based renewable-energy projects
ALBANY — The state has announced contracts for renewable-energy projects located across upstate New York, including Central New York, the Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and the North Country. Altogether, 23 large-scale, land-based renewable energy projects will provide more than 2.3 gigawatts of clean energy, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Dec. 3. They represent enough to power
Friends of Kilmer Mansion honored for restoration efforts
BINGHAMTON — Friends of Kilmer Mansion (FKM) was recognized by the Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST) for its Kilmer Mansion restoration efforts with the Historic Preservation Award, presented Nov. 14 at PAST’s annual meeting. “It is a joy to work towards the restoration of such a magnificent, historic mansion,” FKM President Lisa Blackwell
Greek Peak works with National Grid on snowmaking upgrades
VIRGIL, N.Y. — Greek Peak Mountain Resort should enjoy a longer winter-sports season thanks to a new energy-efficient snowmaking process from National Grid, implemented in
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