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MV regional economic development council finalizes action plan
The Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council (MVREDC) has approved its preliminary action plan for 2012 and expects to submit a finalized plan on Sept.
MicroGen to use $2.6M in funding to launch production
ITHACA — MicroGen Systems, Inc. will use $2.6 million in new funding to launch production of its chip-sized power generator. The device can transform subtle vibrations into energy. MicroGen’s initial markets will include commercial and industrial monitoring. The company’s generator will power sensor networks used to watch manufacturing processes or the health of roads and
Time Warner expands fiber access in Central New York
DeWITT — Time Warner Cable, Inc. (NYSE: TWC) plans to invest $6.5 million to expand its fiber-optic network in Central New York this year. The company will likely continue its investment in network improvements in the years ahead as well, says Fritz Ferrell, vice president for new market development and field operations. The 2012 expansion
Labor-law experts: Employers should consider anti-bullying policies
UTICA — Most people have been bullied at one point or another in their lives. For many, that sort of teasing and harassment takes place during the school years, and recent awareness of the pervasiveness of bullying at school led to the passage of the state’s Dignity for All Students Act on July 1. The
Syracuse-nonprofit-On-Point-for-College-expands-to-Utica
UTICA — Low-income, homeless, and other at-risk youth have new support on their side if going to college is a goal, now that On Point for College, Inc. has opened a location at 524 Elizabeth St. The Syracuse–based nonprofit hopes to send at least 50 Utica–area youth off to college by August 2013, says Executive
PAR pushes cloud-based hospitality product
NEW HARTFORD — Earlier this year, PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE:PAR) subsidiary PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. launched a new property-management system for hotels that company officials say puts PAR ahead of its competition and stamps the firm as an innovator. The Stowe, Vt.–based PAR subsidiary began work in 2009 to create a new property-management system for
Region unveils CNY Fresh marketing campaign
UTICA — Tourism and agriculture officials in Broome, Chenango, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie counties have collaborated on the development of a buy
UHS opens Vestal health-care facility
VESTAL — UHS has expanded its offerings in the Southern Tier with the opening of UHS Vestal, a new outpatient health-care facility, at 4417 Vestal
MV Chamber supports valley school merger
UTICA — Residents of three Herkimer County school districts have yet to vote on whether or not to merge those districts — a move the
Commerce Chenango updates economic-development plan
NORWICH — When Commerce Chenango last drafted an economic-development plan, the economy was doing great and nobody had ever heard of Chobani yogurt. Obviously, a
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