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A $300,000 investment from New York state has paved the way for a new hops breeding program at Cornell AgriTech, which will grow and develop signature New York hops varieties in support of the state’s $3.4 billion craft brewing industry.

With cold coming, Tri-Cities warming center to reopen SOMERSWORTH — The Tri-Cities’ overnight warming center will reopen Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights due to “potentially life-threatening low temperatures” in the forecast for this weekend, the cities announced Wednesday morning. The emergency walk-in facility, located at 30 Willand Drive, will open at 5 p.m. each of those nights and close at 9 a.m. the morning after. Anyone seeking shelter may arrive any time between those hours t...