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Store clerk charged with grand larceny for more than $1K in missing ATM cash

RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N.Y. — New York State Police at Richfield Springs last Thursday arrested Read More

DiNapoli: State agency overtime pay hit $787M in 2018, highest amount in a decade

ALBANY, N.Y. — Overtime earnings and hours in 2018 were at the highest levels of any year “within the past 10 years,” rising to $787 million. Read More

Syracuse VA Medical Center director, Hayman, leaving for job in Montana

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the appointment of Judy Hayman, director of the Syracuse VA Medical Center, as the new director of the VA Montana Healthcare System. Read More

Colgate University says it has reached carbon neutrality

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University announced Monday it has achieved carbon neutrality after a 10-year initiative in which the private university cut its emissions by 46 percent. Read More

Terreri named new director of Syracuse Hancock International Airport

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) on Friday announced it has selected Jason Terreri as the new executive director of Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Read More

Utica Zoo to use grant funding for STEAM program for girls

UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica Zoo will use a $4,500 grant to develop and operate a STEM/STEAM program for girls aged 12 to 15 beginning in May. Read More

CNY Psych Center employee charged with stealing nearly $6K in workers’-compensation fraud case

MARCY, N.Y. — A New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) employee has been arrested on multiple felony charges that he defrauded the workers’-compensation system and stole benefits by claiming he wasn’t working due to injury when he was in fact operating a business. Read More

Syracuse Crunch forward, Barre-Bouley, named AHL rookie of the year

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The American Hockey League (AHL) announced that Syracuse Crunch forward Alex Barre-Boulet has been voted the winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding rookie for the 2018-19 season. Read More

JPMorgan Chase awards Syracuse $3 million to help people in “vulnerable populations” find jobs in high-tech industries

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) on Thursday awarded Syracuse $3 million to help local officials connect “talent from vulnerable populations” to jobs in high-tech industries. Read More