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Toys R Us Express opens at Destiny USA, other retailers move stores
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As the holiday shopping season rapidly approaches, Destiny USA has announced a new store, some store relocations, and an update on one
Cosmetics retailer Flormar to open Syracuse store later this year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Flormar, an international makeup retailer, will open a store at Destiny USA before the end of the year. The store will open
New York state egg production rises 9 percent in September
New York state farms produced 114 million eggs in September, up 9 percent from the year-ago period, according to a report from the USDA’s New
Sunrise Family Farms: Tasting ‘organic’ growth
NORWICH — The first goat was domesticated in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago. The warm climate formed a curd in stored milk, which one adventurous soul discovered was tasty. Thus began the making of yogurt. Fast forward 5,000 years. In 2000, America boasted 80 yogurt plants producing 2 billion pounds of the dairy product. A dozen
Middle Ages Brewery now open at Hancock Airport
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Hancock International Airport and Creative Food Group have announced that Middle Ages Brewery is now open in the South Terminal. Creative
People news: SBA Syracuse office hires lender-relations specialist
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Grace H. Conners is the newest employee at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Syracuse office. In her role as lender-relations specialist, she will
ESD awards COR Development, Oneida County organizations grant funding
COR Development Company, LLC will use a $3.6 million state grant for work on its Loguen Crossing project, a mixed-use commercial and residential-redevelopment project. That
Report: CNY metro areas post job declines in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Binghamton regions lost jobs in the last year, as the state unemployment fell from 6.4 percent to 6.2 percent in September,
New equipment, new contracts fuel growth at Bo-Mer Plastics
AUBURN — After a year filled with new equipment and new contracts, Bo-Mer Plastics, LLC is set to end 2014 on a strong note and keep that momentum going strong in 2015, its leader says. That momentum has actually been building since October 2001, says Thomas Herbert, company president. That’s when he purchased the Auburn–based
NFIB’s small-business optimism index slips in September
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported Tuesday that its index of small-business optimism fell 0.8 points in September to 95.3 and indicated that
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