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Regional organizations awarded state tourism-grant funding
CNY Arts, Inc., ICAN, the Town of Massena, and Opera Ithaca are among the organizations receiving state funding through the Market New York program and
North Country businesses in transition receive boost from National Grid grant
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) will use a $100,000 grant from National Grid (NYSE: NGG) to support the regional nonprofit’s
Usherwood Office Technology acquires Vermont firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Usherwood Office Technology on Monday announced it has acquired Reprographics of New England (Repro), a privately owned, office-technology provider in Winooski, Vermont.
Kentucky firm, principal admit to illegal disposal of hazardous railroad ties in Chenango County
A Kentucky company and a principal have admitted to illegally dumping contaminated railroad ties in Chenango County and creating fake receipts to conceal the illegal
Former Rosie’s Pub property in Syracuse sold for $750,000
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The property at 1443 West Genesee St. in Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill area, which was formerly home to Rosie’s Sports Pub & Grille, was recently sold. Great Bear Industries, of Oswego, purchased the property for $750,000, according to Matt Funiciello, a real-estate salesperson with JF Real Estate. Funiciello represented the seller, 1443 W.
Onondaga County hotels post nearly 18 percent occupancy increase in October
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels welcomed substantially more guests in October than in the year-ago month. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county jumped 17.6 percent to 68.3 percent this October from the year-earlier month, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. The October
New York home sales dive nearly 23 percent in October
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 11,105 previously owned homes in October, down 22.8 percent from the 14,379 homes they sold in October 2021. Pending sales in October fell 18 percent, likely foreshadowing further declines in closed home sales in the next couple months. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors
Crockett selected for CNYSME Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Stephanie Crockett, president and COO of Mower, will be the 46th recipient of the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) annual Crystal Ball Award. Mower is an advertising, marketing, and public-relations agency headquartered inside the Jefferson Clinton Commons at 211 W. Jefferson St. in Syracuse. The agency has offices across
Seneca Foods’ net sales rise more than 18% in latest quarter
FAIRPORT, N.Y. — Seneca Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: SENEA, SENEB) recently reported that net sales for the three-month period ending Oct. 1 increased 18.1 percent to nearly $440 million from more than $372 million in the year-prior quarter. The company — a Finger Lakes–based provider of packaged fruits and vegetables, with facilities across the U.S., including
Australian company, four Upstate firms win Grow-NY funding
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An Australian firm and four Upstate startups were among the businesses winning funding in this year’s Grow-NY business competition. Judges awarded the $1 million grand prize to ProAgni of Lavington, Australia during the two-day summit held Nov. 15-16 at the Oncenter Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in downtown Syracuse. Grow-NY is a
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