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Madison County Small Business Summit set for mid-January
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — Madison County Rural Equity will present the 2025 Small Business Summit on January 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Charlton
Ithaca–area fitness-equipment firm to be acquired
ITHACA, N.Y. — Advantage Sport & Fitness Inc. (ASF) — an Ithaca–area provider of fitness equipment and gym facility design, installation, and maintenance services —
CNYSME to honor area entrepreneur with 2025 Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) announced it has selected Jeff Knauss as the 48th recipient of its annual Crystal Ball Award. Knauss, 38, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who lives in Skaneateles, is the youngest Crystal Ball Award recipient since its inception in 1977. CNYSME will present
Syracuse Triple-A team to get new owner but stay here & with Mets
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York City firm will soon be the new owner of the Syracuse Mets, the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the New York Mets, but the team will continue playing its games in Syracuse. Syracuse will also remain the New York Mets’ top minor-league baseball affiliate. Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) on Dec.
Contractor bids for Superfield of Dreams in DeWitt can start Dec. 16
DeWITT, N.Y. — Contractors interested in submitting bids for construction of the Superfield of Dreams for Syracuse Challenger Baseball in DeWitt can do so beginning Dec. 16. The Superfield of Dreams is described as a “state-of-the-art, fully accessible sports facility that will be the largest of its kind on the East Coast,” per the organization’s
Oneida County Tourism board announces two new members
UTICA, N.Y. — Michael Lehr, VP of marketing and content for the Utica Comets, and Danny Frieden, co-owner of Copper City Brewing Co. in Rome, have recently joined the board of directors of Oneida County Tourism (OCT). Their combined expertise will strengthen OCT’s strategy and expand its insight into sports tourism and agritourism, the organization
JetBlue to keep twice-daily, nonstop flights from Syracuse to Orlando
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — JetBlue Airways’ (NASDAQ: JBLU) twice-daily, nonstop flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) directly to Orlando International Airport (MCO) will continue. The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced the extension on Dec. 9. JetBlue increased the frequency of its daily nonstop flights to Orlando to twice-daily earlier
Cornhill Project looks to revitalize Utica neighborhood
UTICA, N.Y. — A project spearheaded by the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties will create more than 100 apartments along with commercial and community space as part of an effort to revitalize Utica’s Cornhill neighborhood. The Cornhill Project — an initiative that also includes People First, Mid-Utica Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, Collective Impact Network,
FLLT acquires land near wildlife management area
CATHARINE, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) has purchased 30 wooded acres in the town of Catharine, located adjacent to the Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Located off Oak Hill Road, the property shares a boundary with a section of the Finger Lakes Trail that follows along Cayuta Creek. “This latest project
CNY closed home sales fall nearly 19 percent in October
But housing inventory, new listings increased SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Realtors closed on the sale of 716 previously owned homes in October in the six-county Central New York area, down 18.9 percent from the 883 existing homes they sold in the year-ago month, according to a recent housing report from the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors
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