Month: August 2023

Fulton Daily News

Fulton Savings Bank Offers GRB Students A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Cybersecurity

August 24, 2023 Contributor
Fulton senior Jacob Atwater and junior Aiden LaBeef recently got a practical, firsthand look at cybersecurity thanks to a job-shadowing opportunity with Fulton Savings Bank. The experience was part of G. Ray Bodley’s Early College High School program which offers students a number of opportunities for hands-on career exploration.

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US Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver Largest Investment Ever Through The Northern Border Regional Commission For Upstate NY

August 23, 2023 Contributor
After delivering historic increase for the program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $10,858,128 in federal funding for twelve projects across the North Country and Upstate New York through the Northern Border Regional Commission’s (NBRC) the largest annual investment for Upstate NY in the programs history. Schumer and Gillibrand said these projects will help address critical needs across the region, including expanding childcare, fixing aging infrastructure, training workers for good-paying jobs, increasing access to high-speed internet, and accelerating the economic growth of Main Streets across the North Country and Upstate New York.

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News

State Labor Department Releases Preliminary July 2023 Area Unemployment Rates

August 23, 2023 Contributor
The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for July 2023. Rates are calculated using methods prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The State’s area unemployment rates rely in part on the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month. To recap last week’s statewide press release, New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held constant at 3.9% in July 2023.

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Racing News

Two More Race Nights to Decide Brewerton Speedway Modified And Sportsman Track Champions

August 23, 2023 Contributor
After a season long of late nights in the race shop and racing on Friday nights at the Brewerton Speedway, it all comes down this Friday, August 25 and Friday, September 1 to crown 2023 Track Champions in the DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman and Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds.

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