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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — National Grid employees were knee deep in Onondaga Lake Tuesday to preserve a piece of local history that had faded from memory. More than 40 company volunteers spent the day unearthing the stairs at Jesuit Landing, near the Butterfly Garden of Hope on the Onondaga Lake Parkway, as part of National Grid’s Project C Week of Service.

ALBANY, N.Y. – National Grid’s eastern New York crews have restored service to more than 29,500 of the 42,800 customers impacted by severe thunderstorms Thursday evening and Friday morning.

National Grid’s Project C community commitment initiative kicks off its third year by expanding the company’s annual day of service to a week of service with more than 2,000 company employee volunteers engaging in 200 events taking place in neighborhoods across New York.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk (CCE Suffolk) held the unveiling of a new, interactive walkway at its 272-acre Suffolk County Farm and Educational Center in Yaphank as well as the announcement of a new visitor center.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – National Grid joined NYC First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, alongside Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Kim Council, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Keith Howard, Medgar Evers College President Dr. Patricia Ramsey, members of the African American Clergy and Elected Officials (AACEO), and other leaders and members of the Brownsville community to celebrate the ribbon cutting of a new computer lab located in the Van Dyke Community Center.

The Suffolk County Veterans Services Agency in partnership with the Long Island Veteran Suicide Prevention Coalition hosted the 5th annual Veterans Resource and Stand Down Event.

Community Offshore Wind is the first offshore wind developer to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Jersey AFL-CIO to negotiate a Labor Harmony Agreement for long-term, non-construction jobs in the industry if the project is selected.

ROME, N.Y. — Dozens of Rome children will return to school this fall with new school supplies and fresh haircuts thanks to a recent event by the NAACP Rome Branch that was funded, in part, by National Grid.