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SUNY Poly receives grant to help at-risk secondary students
MARCY — SUNY Polytechnic Institute was recently awarded more than $1.4 million from the New York State Department of Education through a Liberty Partnership Program five-year grant to serve at-risk secondary school students in the region. Using a mixed-model school and after-school based effort, the program will serve hundreds of students in grades 5-12 to […]
Carthage Area Hospital receives $9K for equipment
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — The Carthage Area Hospital Foundation recently awarded almost $9,000 to Carthage Area Hospital to support two equipment requests. The acute inpatient unit (AIU) needed a new ice and water machine. The hospital’s information-technology (IT) department also received five new computers for its education-training area. The hospital’s education-conference room had some “outdated” equipment.
PAR reports nearly 26 percent revenue rise in 2022
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) says it closed out 2022 with increased revenue that helped the company reduce its losses and end the year ahead of its 2021 performance. For the full-year 2022, the company reported revenue of $355.8 million, up 25.8 percent from $282.9 million in 2021. PAR posted a
Clarkson professors awarded 3-year project with Micron
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) has awarded a project to two Clarkson University professors that seeks to drive an industrywide shift toward sustainability in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) consumable manufacturing. Clarkson University Jihoon Seo, assistant professor of chemical & biomolecular engineering and Alan Rossner, associate director for education, are the instructors involved,
Syracuse, Binghamton airports to use federal money for projects
The federal government has awarded a total of $25 million in funding for renovation work at upstate New York airports serving Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Albany. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the money. It comes from the airport terminal program, created by the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs law, U.S. Senate
State awards grants to farmers’ market organizations
The state Farmers’ Market resiliency Grant Program has awarded $700,000 to 11 farmers’ market organizations across the state, including groups in St. Lawrence, Broome, and Onondaga counties, with funding included in the 2023 fiscal-year enacted state budget. “One of the biggest lessons that we learned from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic was the importance
Bahar Preserve, Carpenter Falls inducted into Old-Growth Forest Network
NILES, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Carpenter Falls Unique Area and the Finger Lakes Land Trust’s (FLLT) Bahar Nature Preserve are now part of the national Old-Growth Forest Network (OGFN). The OGFN’s mission is to “connect people with nature” by creating a national network of “protected, mature, publicly accessible,
Southwest Airlines to add daily, nonstop service from Syracuse to Orlando
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Southwest Airlines plans to launch daily, nonstop service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. The seasonal
Ithaca College to house some childcare programs during Coddington expansion project
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College will provide space for some of the Coddington Road Community Center’s childcare operations while the center undergoes a $4.8 million
People news: AmeriCU hires new financial center manager
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union has hired Heidi Stewart as manager of its Griffiss Financial Center in Rome. In her new role, Stewart will
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