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JCC to expand program awarding credits for learning outside class
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson Community College (JCC) says it will build on its prior learning assessment (PLA) program of granting college credits for demonstrated learning outside the traditional classroom. That could include military experience, on-the-job training, apprenticeships, and industry certifications, SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr. said in a Feb. 15 announcement at Jefferson Community College. […]
New York cabbage production declined 9 percent in 2022
New York farms produced an estimated 4.24 million cwt (hundredweight) of cabbage in 2022, down 9 percent from the 2021 estimate. That’s according to a Feb. 15 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office. The average yield per acre was estimated at 400 cwt last year, down 7 percent
New York onion production fell 7 percent in 2022
A recent government report found that New York onion production fell an estimated 7 percent to 2.52 million cwt (hundredweight) last year from the 2021 production estimate. That’s according to a Feb. 15 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office. The average yield per acre was estimated at 400 cwt
New York milk producer prices fall 4 percent from prior month
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month but prices tempered from previous months. New York dairy farms were paid an average of $24.90 per hundredweight of milk in December, down 4.2 percent from $26 in November, but were still 13.2 percent higher than the $22 average in December
State awards $19 million in revitalization funding to Mohawk Valley communities
The Town of Kirkland and Village of Clinton will receive a shared $10 million in funding from the sixth round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)
Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks are underway, continuing through March 15
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 19th annual Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks are underway and will continue for two weeks through March 15. This event features lunches
People news: Ongweoweh promotes Haddock to director of global operations
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ongweoweh Corporation, a Native American-owned pallet-management company, announced it has promoted Matt Haddock to director of global operations. In his new role,
People news: Fust Charles Chambers adds audit associate
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fust Charles Chambers LLP, a certified public accounting (CPA) firm based in Syracuse, announced it has hired Madison Rice as an audit
Syracuse University appoints committees as Falk College, iSchool search for new deans
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has announced committees that will help search for the next deans of the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Tompkins County man arrested for HVAC installation scam
ITHACA, N.Y. — New York State Police and the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a Tompkins County man for allegedly defrauding people into paying for HVAC installations he never performed. Orion C. Parker Megivern, age 44, of Tompkins County, was taken into custody on Feb. 8 and charged with the felonies of second-degree grand
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