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Growing Watertown firm offers digital ads on its vehicles
WATERTOWN — Runningboards Marketing is a young Watertown–based marketing firm that offers clients the chance to advertise on a digital screen on the sides of its trucks. The message could be an advertisement for a commercial product or service, a political ad, or a Happy Birthday message, the company says. Richard (Calvin) McNeely, III, president […]

Hamilton College awarded grant funding for campus arts and technology projects
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College will use a grant of nearly $500,000 to pay for projects related to technology and the arts. The Chevy Chase,

Cornell to help Ithaca College set up dining operations in-house
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University announced it has entered into an agreement with Ithaca College this summer to help its Ithaca neighbor transition to offering

Syracuse basketball to meet Oklahoma State in NIT Season Tip-off event
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — We previously knew the Syracuse University men’s basketball team would play in the NIT Season Tip-off event in Brooklyn in late November.

State Fair to hold job fair Friday and Saturday for positions at this year’s event
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair will hold a two-day job fair for short-term positions related to the Fair’s operations. The job fair

Del Lago promotes Young to GM after previous one leaves for Bahamas casino
Del Lago has promoted Lance Young to the vice president and GM role after the previous GM, Mark Juliano, departed the organization for a new job in the Bahamas, Del Lago announced July 2. Young becomes del Lago’s top official after Juliano departed the organization to become chief gaming officer at Baha Mar, a luxury
Broome County hotel occupancy rate slips nearly 2 percent in May
BINGHAMTON — Hotels in Broome County welcomed fewer guests in May than in the year-ago month, according to a new report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county fell 1.8 percent to 62.9 percent in May from 64 percent a year earlier, according to STR, a Tennessee–based

City of Syracuse begins converting streetlights to LED lights
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says a contractor has started changing the city’s current streetlights to “more efficient streetlights that deliver better quality

Del Lago names new GM after previous one leaves for Bahamas casino
TYRE, N.Y. — Del Lago Resort & Casino has named a new general manager after the previous GM, Mark Juliano, left for a new job

Village of Endicott makes DRI finals in Southern Tier region
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The Village of Endicott says it has made the finals with its application for the fourth round of New York’s Downtown Revitalization
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