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Fort Drum, base in Germany selected to house U.S. Army’s multi-domain task force
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Fort Drum has been selected to house the U.S. Army multi-domain task force (MDTF) #2, along with the Army base in
Crouse Health to expand into well-known building in town of Salina, create jobs
SALINA, N.Y. — A well-known building in the town of Salina not far from Syracuse Hancock International Airport will soon have a new occupant. Local
SUNY Oswego graduate donates $2 million to the university
OSWEGO, N.Y. — A 1958 graduate of SUNY Oswego has donated $2 million to the school. The gift from Frank Maraviglia is “in recognition of
People news: AmeriCU names new manager of Rome branch
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union has named Kelly Gerrard-Smith as the new manager of the credit union’s Griffiss financial center in Griffiss Business and
Deadline extended to register for Syracuse Fire Department firefighter-entrance exam
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Fire Department says it has been granted an extension of the deadline to register for the upcoming civil-service exam for
NYS gets $24 million in federal funds for electric grid
New York is one of nine states and five tribal nations that were awarded a combined total of $125 million as the seventh cohort of Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula grants and will provide 15 percent matching funds through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as part of DOE’s grant requirements. “NYSERDA is pleased to
Utica appoints new members to St. Elizabeth campus reuse steering committee
UTICA — The City of Utica has made a number of new appointments to the steering committee that is guiding the development of a master plan for the reuse of the former St. Elizabeth Medical Center campus, according to a news release from Mayor Robert M. Palmieri. The campus was vacated in October when Mohawk
Southern Tier researchers, companies lead the way to greener concrete
The average New Yorker probably doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about recycling or about concrete — or about how those two things could possibly go together. However, a group of dedicated researchers and entrepreneurs in the Southern Tier have been thinking about all of those things — and doing something about it. Their
Herkimer County IDA receives $270,000 grant for brownfield inventory
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The New York State Department of State has awarded $270,000 in Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) funding to the Herkimer County Industrial Development Agency (HCIDA), the agency announced. Herkimer County contains an estimated 150 brownfields, including 52 documented contaminated sites, impacting more than 450 acres in the county’s urban centers, according to HCIDA.
Empire Center fellow says N.Y.’s electric-heat push faces cold reality
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s plan to steer homeowners and landlords toward electric heat could backfire due to high costs and practical concerns, according to a recent study from the Empire Center for Public Policy. In the report “Cold Reality: The Cost and Challenge of Compulsory Home Electrification in New York,” Empire Center fellow
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