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Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards launches subsidiary, adds café, wine-tasting room
LAFAYETTE — Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, Inc., a destination for apple-picking Central New Yorkers for more than a century, is opening its 2013 season with a new look and a newly branded product. Beak & Skiff, with offices located at 4472 Cherry Valley Turnpike (U.S. Route 20) in the town of LaFayette, has […]
Hop & Goblet formally opens in Utica on Wednesday
UTICA — A new grocery store specializing in craft beer and home brew supplies formally opens in Utica tomorrow. Hop & Goblet, located at
ESD awards funding to CNY projects
The board of directors of Empire State Development (ESD) on Thursday approved funding for several projects, including three in the Central New York region.
Coworking space coming to Binghamton
BINGHAMTON — A local businessman has plans to launch a coworking space in downtown Binghamton. CoWork Binghamton, a startup by Shawn O’Hara, provides an office-like setting for creative professionals and entrepreneurs who normally work from their homes or in coffee shops. The 1,800-square-foot space will open in mid-September in the newly renovated Lackawanna
Ithaca firm wins Navy contract to improve software security
ITHACA — The U.S. Navy has awarded Ithaca–based GrammaTech, Inc. a contract to develop a tool that will enable computer systems to understand and react
Feldmeier Equipment to build new plant in Little Falls, create 80 new jobs
LITTLE FALLS —Feldmeier Equipment, Inc. of DeWitt, which specializes in the fabrication of stainless-steel storage and processing equipment, today began construction on a “significant” expansion of the company’s operations in Little Falls. Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced the project in a news release. The expansion will result in the creation of 80 new
VESTAL — “From 2008 until 2011, [our] sales averaged in the $50 million [a year] range,” says Kenneth (Ken) Elliott, the CEO of Matco Electric Corporation, Inc. “In 2012, we experienced a 50 percent jump.” The company, formerly located in a 17,000-square-foot building on N. Jensen Road, moved its headquarters in April to a
StartFast gears up for second annual Demo Day event
SYRACUSE — StartFast Venture Accelerator’s second Demo Day, set for Thursday, Aug. 22 at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse, promises to be bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event. The gathering, which features technology companies pitching themselves to investors after spending the summer participating in StartFast, sold out the Everson Museum auditorium last
Kishmish continues growth trend
SYRACUSE — With a newly created leadership position to head up the sales and marketing department, network and IT services provider Kishmish, Inc. is on track to generate double-digit growth this year. Founded in 1999, Syracuse–based Kishmish (www.kishmish.com) has produced steady growth yearly since its inception, averaging sales increases between 28 and 30 percent
NFIB: small-business optimism up ‘marginally’ in July
Small-business optimism “sighed” in July, with a monthly index that measures the optimism up 0.6 points for a reading of 94.1, according to the National
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