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Utica College announces school’s largest ever endowed scholarship as it dedicates Wilcox Center
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College has its largest-ever endowed scholarship with a donation of $2 million from the estate of Francis A. Wilcox. Utica College

Southern Tier 8, Leadership Alliance announce regional recovery-to-work program
DICKINSON, N.Y. — Workforce-development organizations representing the Southern Tier have announced a program called CREST, short for Collaborative Recovery Empowerment of the Southern Tier. The

Lockheed seeks to hire more than 100 at its upstate New York plants
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) would like to fill more than 100 open positions at its upstate New York facilities in the

Memorial at State Fairgrounds honors highway workers killed on duty
GEDDES, N.Y. — Highway workers who were killed on the job are now honored with a new memorial at the New York State Fairgrounds in

Benefits provider BPAS opens Barry Kublin Learning Center
UTICA, N.Y. — BPAS on Aug. 24 dedicated its training center in Utica to former company CEO Barry Kublin. Kublin retired as company CEO on

Destiny USA to host job fair Sept. 15
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Destiny USA will hold a “Get Hired Job Fair” in the complex’s Canyon area on Sept. 15 between 3 p.m. and 7

New state laws tackle subcontractor wages, shared-work benefits
New state laws that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed on Labor Day make construction contractors liable for the wages owed to their subcontractors and extend shared-work

Welch Allyn to have new Chicago-area parent after sale
Welch Allyn, Inc. — a medical-sevice maker in Skaneateles Falls that has been in operation for more than a century — will have a new
Small group health-insurance premiums in NYS to rise over 7%
Insurers serving New York’s small-group market will raise their premiums, on average, 7.6 percent after requesting an average increase of 14 percent. That’s according to

Harris nominated as DFS superintendent
ALBANY — The New York State Senate will consider Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nomination of Adrienne Harris to lead the New York State Department of Financial