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AMANDA WILSON has joined MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, as a workforce-development specialist. In this role, she will support MACNY’s New York State Manufacturers Intermediary Apprenticeship
JOHN (JACK) FRANZ has been named director, engineering services at SRC, Inc. He started with SRC in 2012, most recently serving as a program administrator.
SCOTT HULIK has stepped into the role of director, quality at SRC, Inc. In his new role, he will lead both the design and program
DARREK (DJ) ISEREAU now assumes the role of director, autonomous information and multi-INT sensing at SRC. He first joined the enterprise in 1997 as an
LISA KENNEDY has been promoted to director, corporate controller at SRC, Inc. She joined SRC in 2015. As director, Kennedy will lead an effort to
NICHOLAS REPPARD has been appointed to director, collaborative sensors and effectors at SRC, Inc. He has been with SRC for 18 years, most recently as
SUNY Oswego dedicates Maraviglia Atrium in its School of Education
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego’s School of Education in Wilber Hall now includes the Maraviglia Atrium, which the school formally dedicated on Wednesday, May 8. The school named the atrium in honor of 1958 graduate Frank Maraviglia, in acknowledgement of a $2 million gift he made to SUNY Oswego last December. The donation established the
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OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego’s School of Education in Wilber Hall now includes the Maraviglia Atrium, which the school formally dedicated on Wednesday, May 8.
The school named the atrium in honor of 1958 graduate Frank Maraviglia, in acknowledgement of a $2 million gift he made to SUNY Oswego last December.
The donation established the Maraviglia Education Enrichment Fund in the university’s School of Education. It will support scholarship and engagement opportunities for students as well as academic programming from the faculty.
Maraviglia spent 35 years as a professor of architectural landscape at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.
In her remarks at the dedication, Laura Spenceley, dean of the SUNY Oswego School of Education, explained how the donation would impact the school and its students.
Spenceley said the fund will allow investment in students, faculty, and instructional equipment. The money will also help remove “barriers to students’ success and mitigate challenges that students experience on their pathway to their professional goals,”according to the school’s announcement.
The donation will also enhance instrumentation in the school’s 11 technical laboratories as well as spaces of learning that “haven’t been envisioned yet,” SUNY Oswego said.
In addition, Spenceley said the funding would support student-faculty collaborations and help with transportation to and from students’ off-campus “clinical experiences.”
“Frank, as you’ve demonstrated throughout your career, a SUNY Oswego education often serves as a catalyst to lifelong success that retains a focus on community and empowering others toward similar success,” Spenceley said to Maraviglia, per a SUNY Oswego news release. “Your gift, in honor of your wife, Gloria, with whom you shared more than 60 years of marriage, is transformational to our School of Education mission in offering innovative educational programs, built upon the wisdom of the past, the realities of the present and a focus on the future that prepare individuals who continually strive for personal growth and become socially conscious catalysts for change.”
Maraviglia — who lives in Jamesville, near Syracuse, and is a lifelong educator —gathered with members of his family for the ceremony. They included his brother Raymond of Port Orange, Florida, a 1961 SUNY Oswego graduate; and nephew, Mark Procopio of Warners, a member of the school’s Class of 1995.
American Airlines to provide daily service from Syracuse to Miami during Christmas break this year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — American Airlines says it will provide daily service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) directly to Miami International Airport (MIA)during Christmas break this year. American normally offers weekly, seasonal nonstop service SYR to MIA. Its seasonal Saturday-only service will begin this year on Nov. 9 and run through March 29, 2025. The
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — American Airlines says it will provide daily service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) directly to Miami International Airport (MIA)during Christmas break this year.
American normally offers weekly, seasonal nonstop service SYR to MIA. Its seasonal Saturday-only service will begin this year on Nov. 9 and run through March 29, 2025.
The airline will operate daily flights between Dec. 19 and Jan 6, 2025, on its 76-seat, E-175 aircraft in a two-class configuration to the South Florida hub, per the announcement.
Similar to the seasonal Saturday-only service, the daily flights are scheduled to departSyracuse at 7:00 a.m. and set to arrive in Miami at 10:42 a.m. Return flights are scheduled to depart Miami at 7:40 p.m. and set to arrive in Syracuse at 10:54 p.m.
“It may be mid-May, but we know now is the time families are looking at Christmas travel,” Jason Terreri, executive director of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority, said in a statement. “With this new daily service, family getaways to Latin America and the Caribbean will be easier than ever during this peak demand time.”
“American is delighted to announce expanded service between Syracuse Hancock International Airport and Miami International Airport for this winter,” Joe Sottile, director of shorthaul network planning at American Airlines, added in the announcement. “Joining year-round service to six destinations from SYR, American will offer customers access to more than 200 one-stop destinations across our comprehensive global network, now including even more convenient connectivity to American’s extensive service throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.”
Picente honors economic-development leader, outlines initiatives in State of the County Address
VERONA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. discussed a number of issues in his 2024 State of the County Address, presented on Thursday, May 9 at Turning Stone Resort Casino, including recognizing a recently departed area economic-development legend. Picente started his address by honoring his friend and economic-development peerSteve DiMeo, the former
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VERONA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. discussed a number of issues in his 2024 State of the County Address, presented on Thursday, May 9 at Turning Stone Resort Casino, including recognizing a recently departed area economic-development legend.
Picente started his address by honoring his friend and economic-development peerSteve DiMeo, the former president of Mohawk Valley EDGE who passed away at the age of 69 on March 6.
“He was a giant in the field of economic development, a pillar of our community, and my friend for over 40 years,” Picente said. “Steve was a tireless advocate for this community. He was brilliant. His vision and legendary work ethic have been, and will remain, a cornerstone of the organization he left from its inception.”
Picente noted the Griffiss Business and Technology Park, a former Air Force base transformed into a now-thriving business park, as an example of DiMeo’s vision.
“He could see what it would become, but he also knew how to make it reality,” Picente said. “I’m truly honored to announce that going forward it will be known as Griffiss Business and Technology Park at the Steven J. DiMeo Campus.”
Picente cited recent successes in Oneida County that show the decades of economic-development work coming to fruition including Wolfspeed, Wynn Hospital, the planned evolution of Turning Stone, and the Utica University Nexus Center, which just hosted the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championship last month.
The hockey tournament sold more tickets than any other Women’s World Championship ever and twice broke the Adirondack Bank Center’s modern-day attendance record.
“Every single person involved who I spoke with told us over and over what an unbelievable two weeks it had been and how this was their most successful tournament to date,” Picente said.
And the county is poised to deliver again this September when it hosts the World Lacrosse Box Championships, he added. “Forty-eight teams. Nine days. The best players in the world. I have no doubt this will be another top-tier event.”
Looking ahead, Picente announced the county will invest $2 million with Mohawk Valley EDGE to create flexspace at the Marcy Nanocenter site aimed at supply-chain businesses essential to the semiconductor industry.
The county was also awarded $23 million to build a high-tech supply-chain campus at Griffiss International Airport in Rome to further support the growing industry in the county.
“We have had unbelievable successes in high-tech industry, especially in the semiconductor field,” he said. “Oneida County’s semiconductor industry currently employs over 2,100 people.”
Also in Rome, Picente outlined a proposal to “reinvigorate” the Fort Stanwix National Monument with more events and new programming while also looking at ways to minimize the site’s impact on traffic flow in the downtown corridor.
A planned retail and entertainment district around the fort never came to fruition, he noted, and its past time to develop the space around the fort to complement the historic site.
“Fort Stanwix can be rejuvenated by physical integration into the city it calls home, unique and engaging programming, and a plan for redevelopment in and around it that blends history, entertainment, and other opportunities.”
Picente also touched on other areas of economic opportunity including a dairy processing plant feasibility study to identify the county’s capacity and processing needs for the future and the redevelopment of the former St. Luke’s Hospital campus.
He also outlined initiatives to tackle issues such as mental health, lack of childcare, crime including illegal smoke shops, and youth violence.
“How can we do all of this?” he asked. “The simple answer is that we are the government that touches more lives and are looked to when the most complex and difficult of circumstances arise.”
Herkimer Downtown Revitalization Initiative plans May 21 public open house
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Herkimer Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) committee will hold a public open house May 21 from 4-7 p.m. — behind the Herkimer Library at 245 North Main St. — to provide information and collect input on the vision for the DRI project. The open house is one of several events planned for
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HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Herkimer Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) committee will hold a public open house May 21 from 4-7 p.m. — behind the Herkimer Library at 245 North Main St. — to provide information and collect input on the vision for the DRI project.
The open house is one of several events planned for the month as the local planning committee works to outline the project vision, solicits projects, and engages with the community as it plans what projects it will submit for a share of the $10 million in DRI funding the village will receive from the state.
An open call for projects informational webinar will take place May 16 from 1-2 p.m. and a DRI information booth will be located at the Herkimer Downtown Chowdown in Myers Park on May 20 from 4-7 p.m.
A DRI community survey will take place online from May 22 through May 27, and the second local planning committee meeting is set for May 29 from 4-6 p.m. at Herkimer College.
Herkimer’s DRI area spans 0.45 miles from north to south and 0.3 miles from west to east along and around North Main Street in the downtown core.
The state Downtown Revitalization Initiative provides state funding to communities to help foster vibrant downtown regions with an ultimate goal of funding projects that will help transform those downtown areas into lively communities where people want to live and work.
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