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Two Tioga County contractors arrested for not carrying workers’-compensation insurance
APALACHIN, N.Y. — Two Tioga County contractors are under arrest and facing charges for allegedly not having workers’-compensation insurance at three construction projects in Apalachin.

Binghamton, Cornell aim to attract international businesses to Southern Tier
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University and Cornell University are working together to entice international companies to bring operations to the Southern Tier and upstate New

OCC to create Meg O’Connell Center for Social Justice
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) will soon be home to the Meg O’Connell Center for Social Justice and Community Impact. OCC will use a
CNY jobless rates fall in December; regions add jobs
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica-Rome, Watertown-Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions continued to fall in December relative to year-ago levels amid the pandemic.

Cooperative Federal buys Erie Boulevard building for branch, headquarters
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union (Cooperative Federal) has purchased the building at 1816 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse, which will become the

Five Star Bank to offer digital bitcoin services
WARSAW, N.Y. — Five Star Bank, a subsidiary of Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), announced that it will become one of the first financial institutions

Visions CEO enters Credit Union Executives Society Hall of Fame
The top official of Endwell–based Visions Federal Credit Union has earned Hall of Fame recognition. Tyrone Muse, president and CEO of Visions, is now a

The Summit FCU donates $3,000 to Syracuse PAL
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Summit Federal Credit Union (FCU) on Jan. 14 donated $3,000 to the Syracuse Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL) in an event held

NBT Bank opens new permanent branch office in DeRuyter
DeRUYTER, N.Y. — NBT Bank recently marked the opening of its new permanent branch office at 750 Utica St. in DeRuyter. The bank began serving

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse will get additional federal help in dealing with patients as the COVID-19 “winter surge” continues. A U.S.