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Indium Corporation announces 13 summer interns in a program that has launched many careers
CLINTON — Indium Corporation recently welcomed 13 new interns to its summer internship program. The initiative serves as a launch pad for college students, providing a real-world business environment for participants along with feeding the company’s future employment pipeline. Each intern is immersed in work experience through assignments, working on projects and programs that align […]
SUNY Poly awards seed grants to 11 faculty-led projects
MARCY — Eleven faculty-led projects at SUNY Polytechnic Institute received a total of $440,675 in round one, seed-grant funds, the university announced. SUNY Poly’s associate provost for research office received the applications from faculty, which were reviewed by peers who determined which projects would be supported. The money comes from SUNY Poly’s $2.7 million share
YBR Casino & Sports Book to open new restaurant this summer
CHITTENANGO, N.Y. — A new restaurant, called Brickhouse Kitchen, will open this July at YBR Casino & Sports Book in Chittenango, the casino announced. The eatery will celebrate its grand opening on July 20, with reservations accepted starting July 6 via OpenTable. Brickhouse Kitchen will combine upscale comfort food with a laid back, yet lively
Work begins on Thruway bridge in the town of Schuyler
SCHUYLER, N.Y. — Work has started on a $4.7 million project to rehabilitate the New York State Thruway/I-90 eastbound and westbound bridges over Sterling Creek in the town of Schuyler, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. The bridges — located at mileposts 227.4 and 227.41, just west of the Schuyler travel plaza — are part of the
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,
Meeting set for June 26 to discuss reuse of former St. Luke’s campus of MVHS
UTICA, N.Y. — The third community meeting for the redevelopment master plan regarding the former St. Luke’s Hospital Campus is set for Wednesday, June 26 at the MVHS Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services, 1650 Champlin Ave., Utica. The community visioning workshop will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Soggs Room. The event
ANDRO lands $2 million contract for 5G test environment
ROME, N.Y. — ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC has been awarded a $2 million Direct-to-Phase II contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Washington, D.C. The pact will establish a federated fifth generation (5G) testbed ecosystem, called 5GTE, for advanced telecommunications experimentation, the company said. The award is highly competitive and part of
Broome County IDA to host June 25 webinar on proposed technology park
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Broome County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) will hold an informational webinar on Tuesday, June 25, at 6 p.m., to provide the pubic with an overview of the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) environmental-impact assessment process for the proposed Broome Technology Park in the towns of Maine and Union. The webinar will
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,
AFRL Rome lab’s economic impact topped $509 million in 2023
ROME, N.Y. — The economic impact of the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL) in Rome has decreased slightly but remained significant at $509 million for fiscal year (FY) 2023, the AFRL announced. The impact is down $1.2 million, or 0.2 percent, from the previous year. Both the Utica–Rome metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and
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