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TSA checkpoint at Syracuse airport using new 3D scanners to improve explosives detection
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is using new technology for explosives-detection capabilities for screening carry-on items at Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
Laboratory Alliance names director of human resources
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, LLC announced it has hired Mark Jordan as director of human resources (HR). Jordan returns to
State’s ConnectALL initiative providing high-speed broadband service to four rural communities
SHERBURNE, N.Y. — Four rural upstate New York communities are part of the state’s ConnectALL pilot initiative, bringing broadband internet access to more New Yorkers
Madison County starts planning broadband project
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — Madison County officials held a kickoff meeting May 31 with their partners for the construction of a broadband project. The county received
NYSERDA launches 4th Commercial & Industrial Carbon Challenge
Makes $15 million available for clean-energy projects The fourth annual Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Carbon Challenge seeks to help to reduce carbon emissions at commercial and industrial businesses and institutions. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on May 13 launched the latest round of the C&I Carbon
City Center renovations continue as HII says it plans to move in
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — HII (short for Huntington Ingalls Industries) says it plans to create more than 80 new jobs when it becomes a tenant at City Center in downtown Syracuse, which is currently undergoing renovation work. The effort includes work on the building’s façade in downtown Syracuse in a structure that was once home to
MVCC offers free camps to high schoolers interested in cybersecurity field
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) will host free GenCyber Summer Camps for high-school students in the Mohawk Valley. The camps, funded by
Onondaga County, GMR partner on nurse-navigation program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Department of Emergency Communications/911 has partnered with Global Medical Response (GMR) on a nurse-navigation program. Under the program, some
ConMed to pay 2nd quarter dividend of 20 cents on July 5
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker with roots in the Utica area, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents a share for the second quarter of the year. The dividend is payable on July 5 to all shareholders of record as of June 15. ConMed
Bristol’s DeWitt facility sale to close later this year
DeWITT, N.Y. — Lotte Corporation of Seoul, South Korea anticipates the deal to purchase the DeWitt manufacturing facility of Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) will be complete by the second half of this year. It’s “subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other closing conditions,” Bristol Myers Squibb said in a
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