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Regional small businesses win New York SBDC awards, “Roadshow” presentations scheduled
ALBANY, N.Y. — Businesses in Lowville, Utica, Oneonta, and Hogansburg in Franklin County are among those that will be recognized in the weeks ahead as
Naturally Lewis accepting applications for $100K Building Business Fund grant program
Millions in JUUL settlement money making its way to New York counties and BOCES
Millions of dollars are flowing into the North Country, Mohawk Valley, and Southern Tier as part of the $462 million multistate settlement with JUUL Labs Inc. for its role in the youth-vaping epidemic. New York will receive a total of $112.7 million through the settlement, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James, who announced
NNY Community Foundation offers $30K grant for Food Bank of CNY distribution center expansion
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The Northern New York (NNY) Community Foundation says it’s providing a $30,000 grant to the Food Bank of Central New York to help pay for the expansion of its distribution center on Interstate Island Road in Van Buren in northwest Onondaga County. The Food Bank of CNY has an 11-county service area,
Operation Oswego County annual meeting reviews 2023 projects, honors Onondaga SBDC
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County (OOC) and the County of Oswego IDA (COIDA) in 2023 assisted on projects that resulted in the creation or retention of 630 jobs with more than $130 million in capital investment. The projects were associated with 33 new, expanded, or retained facilities in the targeted industry clusters of manufacturing,
Children’s Home of Jefferson County appoints finance director
WATERTOWN — The Children’s Home of Jefferson County (CHJC) appointed Rosemary Poindexter as its new finance director, the organization recently announced. Poindexter brings a wealth of experience and a diverse background to her new role, including serving for five years in the Army as a light-wheel vehicle mechanic and as controller of Catholic Charities of
SUNY Oswego, three area community colleges partner on Central New York Transfer Collaboration
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego and three regional community colleges are partnering on the Central New York Transfer Collaboration (CNYTC). The effort seeks to work on “improving the transfer experience,” SUNY Oswego said in its Thursday announcement. CNYTC also includes Onondaga Community College (OCC), Jefferson Community College (JCC), and Cayuga Community College (CCC). SUNY is
Former North Country housing authority director and her mother plead guilty to theft
WEST CARTHAGE, N.Y. — A former West Carthage Housing Authority (WCHA) executive director recently pled guilty to stealing more than $48,000 from the organization, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has announced. Jan Hoffman, who served as executive director of the government-funded apartment complex for low-income senior citizens and individuals with disabilities from 2016-2021,
Jefferson County hotels see business gains in April
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County hotels registered a more than 1 percent rise in overnight guests in April, while another key business indicator posted a big increase. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the North Country’s largest county edged up 1.1 percent to 49.8 percent in the fourth month of
Kraft Heinz plant in Lowville to use federal grant to cut emissions
LOWVILLE — The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) plant in Lowville plans to upgrade, electrify, and decarbonize its heating process to significantly cut carbon-dioxide emissions. It’ll use an estimated $22 million federal grant award to help pay for the effort. The Lowville facility in Lewis County is among 10 Kraft Heinz sites across the country
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