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Syracuse area posts nearly 10% drop in manufacturing jobs in last year
The number of people employed in the manufacturing industry in the Syracuse metro area fell by 9.9 percent to 23,600 in November 2020 from 26,200

ERICA T. CLARKE was appointed by Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh to fill a vacant seat on the Syracuse City Court. A criminal-defense lawyer in Syracuse,

PETER FINNERTY has been appointed as acting Elmira city court judge, effective Jan. 1. He is a longtime local attorney and former Chemung County public

KeyCorp names Fiala head of corporate responsibility
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), parent of KeyBank, recently announced that it has appointed Eric Fiala as head of corporate responsibility. In this role, Fiala oversees the

Bell & Spina Architects-Planners
SCOTT JECEN has joined the Syracuse office of Bell & Spina Architects-Planners as intern architect/architectural designer. He has more than eight years of experience in
Murphy and Nolan, Inc. — a distributor of metal bar and tubing products that has offices located in Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester — has made
MICHAEL C. FEGLEY has been named director of materials management at the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). Fegley previously held positions in materials management at

JODY MACEDONIO has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) at Chobani. She will report to Chobani President & COO Peter McGuinness. To help support the

Schuyler Health Foundation elects board members
MONTOUR FALLS — The Schuyler Health Foundation board of directors announced it recently elected new members and officers to its board of directors for 2020-2021.

Corning trucking business receives NYS service- disabled veteran-owned business certification
CORNING — New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner RoAnn Destito recently announced that a business in the Corning area has been certified as