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State to host Thursday open house on I-81 contract focusing on Inner Harbor, North side areas
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will host an open house on Thursday evening, June 27, discussing the third construction
Le Moyne College to host construction academy beginning July 1
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College says it will host an eight-week, hybrid construction-training program starting on July 1. The program seeks to place participants into construction jobs to help with an ongoing shortage of workers in the field, per the college’s announcement. Le Moyne is the only site in Central New York that will
SRC wins $60 million U.S. Air Force contract for cyber, electronic-warfare technologies R&D
CICERO — SRC, Inc. announced on June 10 that it has been awarded a $60 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Sensors Directorate, Spectrum Warfare Systems Engineering Branch. Under the pact, Cicero–based SRC will explore new and emerging concepts related to the development, integration, assessment, evaluation and demonstration of cybersecurity, open-system architecture,
Meyda Lighting designs its future
YORKVILLE — Fifty years after its start by Meyer and Ida Cohen, Meyda Lighting is still going strong with the third generation hard at work at the business. The business got its start in 1974 when Ida asked her husband Meyer to build a stained-glass lamp for their kitchen window to block out the neighbor’s
Indium Corporation announces 13 summer interns in a program that has launched many careers
CLINTON — Indium Corporation recently welcomed 13 new interns to its summer internship program. The initiative serves as a launch pad for college students, providing a real-world business environment for participants along with feeding the company’s future employment pipeline. Each intern is immersed in work experience through assignments, working on projects and programs that align
N.Y. manufacturing index improves in June, but still shows contraction
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose 10 points to -6.0 in June, an improvement but still indicative of contraction in manufacturing activity in New York state. The general business-conditions index is the monthly gauge of New York’s manufacturing sector. Based on firms responding to the survey, the June reading indicates manufacturing business
Oswego County Micron strategy steering committee holds inaugural summit
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Progress reports and a focus on future goals were part of the agenda as SUNY Oswego hosted the inaugural annual summit of the Oswego County Micron strategy steering committee. The Oswego County Micron strategy steering committee includes nine work groups drawing upon the talents of more than 100 community leaders. The work
Work begins on Thruway bridge in the town of Schuyler
SCHUYLER, N.Y. — Work has started on a $4.7 million project to rehabilitate the New York State Thruway/I-90 eastbound and westbound bridges over Sterling Creek in the town of Schuyler, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. The bridges — located at mileposts 227.4 and 227.41, just west of the Schuyler travel plaza — are part of the
MACNY, PEB honor achievement in workforce development at award ceremony
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was an event that included recognition for registered apprentices and those supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers and education as well as scholarships for students. They were all part of the 2024 Workforce Development Awards that MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, and Partners for Education & Business, Inc. (PEB) hosted
ANDRO lands $2 million contract for 5G test environment
ROME, N.Y. — ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC has been awarded a $2 million Direct-to-Phase II contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Washington, D.C. The pact will establish a federated fifth generation (5G) testbed ecosystem, called 5GTE, for advanced telecommunications experimentation, the company said. The award is highly competitive and part of
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