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National Grid awards grant to Merchants Commons
SYRACUSE — National Grid (NYSE: NGG) will send a $300,000 grant to the Merchants Commons project under way in downtown Syracuse. The electricity and gas
Report on New York farming finds growth in smaller farms
New York state had an estimated 36,000 farms, covering 7 million acres, in 2012. That’s largely unchanged from a year earlier, according to a new
Power Engineers looks to tap local talent pool
SYRACUSE — Power Engineers launched and is growing its Syracuse office with the aim of tapping into the technical talent base present in the region. Power opened its office in Syracuse last May. The firm employs 16 people in a 7,500-square-foot space at 1 Dupli Park Drive. The site has room to grow to more
Greystone announces new office locations in Boston, NYC areas
FAYETTEVILLE — Greystone Envolutions, LLC, an environmental-engineering and consulting firm headquartered in Fayetteville, has kicked off 2013 with a pair of new offices and some
Local firm to handle cleanup at former GM site
MASSENA — An environmental services firm in Massena will handle the next phase of cleaning up the site of the former General Motors Powertrain facility
Eaton earnings fall in Q4 as Cooper acquisition wraps up
Eaton Corp. plc (NYSE: ETN) saw a drop in net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 as it closed on the parent company of
Southern Tier voters split on fracking
Southern Tier voters are torn on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, according to a poll released today by the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI) that
Binghamton gets $100K in grants to carry on energy-efficiency program
BINGHAMTON — The city of Binghamton has received $100,000 in grants to continue for a third year a program that retrofits homes and places of business to make them more energy efficient. The Energy Leadership Program secured a $50,000 grant from the Binghamton–based Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation. It also received a $50,000
Holt associate elected chairman of Green Building Council chapter
ITHACA — Andrew Gil, an associate at Ithaca–based Holt Architects, is the new chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council’s upstate New York chapter. The
New York strawberry production fell 11 percent in 2012
New York farmers produced 3.2 million pounds of strawberries in 2012, down 11 percent from 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) New York field
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