Greek yogurt on a marathon-like growth spurt
SOUTH EDMESTON, N.Y. (AP) – The growth spurt for Greek yogurt is especially apparent in the heart of upstate New York, which has become a sort of Greek yogurt belt. The nation’s No. 1 Greek yogurt...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups rally for “fracking” bills
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Numerous health and environmental groups are calling for a legislative ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells, saying no amount of regulation can adequately safeguard...
View ArticleEducation is focus of 1st NY budget hearing
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Elementary and secondary education is the subject of the first joint legislative budget hearing. Education officials and representatives of school organizations from across the...
View ArticleSchumer continues push for Syracuse-area computer chipmaker
Sen. Charles Schumer holds up a bag of Syracuse-made Terrell's Potato Chips, and a prototype of a nano chip made by APIC, to illustrate the difference between the "chips." Ryan Delaney, SYRACUSE...
View ArticleBig food plant could be headed to western NY
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) – Officials say they’re hoping to entice a food company to open a mammoth processing plant in Batavia in western New York that could employ as many as 400 people. Sen. Charles...
View ArticleNY announced $30M in grants for flood aid
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York state is announcing $30 million in grants for communities and businesses struck hard by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. State officials say $9 million will be...
View ArticleGas driller to pay millions to landowner coalition
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) – Members of a Broome County landowners’ coalition are getting a huge payout on their gas leases this month. The Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin reports (http://press.sn/zLaxHe...
View ArticleBuffalo company snags $67 million medical research contract
Daniel Robison, BUFFALO A Buffalo-based company is poised to research threats posed by biological weapons and medication-resistant infections on behalf of the federal government. The contract could be...
View ArticleUpstate NY road to get repaved with porous asphalt
A sign explaining porous asphalt in Ann Arbor Michigan. This is what will be used on some roads adjacent to Lake George in New York state. LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) – A heavily traveled road in an...
View ArticleLandowners fight eminent domain in Pa. gas field
LAPORTE, Pa. (AP) – Federal regulators who approved a 39-mile natural gas pipeline in northern Pennsylvania say they relied on the pipeline company’s assurances that it would minimize the use of...
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