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Chemung Canal Trust to close Towanda, Pennsylvania branch
TOWANDA, PA. — Elmira–based Chemung Canal Trust Company recently announced that it will be closing its branch office on Main Street in Towanda, Pennsylvania at

Oneida County hotel occupancy rate edges up in December
UTICA — Hotels in Oneida County were ever so slightly fuller in December than in the year-prior month, according to a recent report. The hotel

MICHELLE MUNDY, CPA, has been promoted to partner and executive VP in the Bonadio Group’s Syracuse office. She is a partner in the firm’s healthcare/tax-exempt

MAX VENUTI has joined Welliver as the company’s VP of business development and construction services. He returns to the Southern Tier with more than 30
Barton & Loguidice (B&L) has promoted four members of the firm’s Syracuse office. THOMAS R. LEROY has been promoted to engineer II. He received his

MANSOOR SHAHID has been named senior VP/COO at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). He will have system-wide responsibility for all clinical and support departments in

JODI HEAVNER-ORTIZ has been named nurse manager of Unit 1 at Geneva Living Center South in the transitional care program. She previously worked as a

NATHAN M. JERAULD has joined Bousquet Holstein PLLC’s litigation practice group, with a focus on estate litigation. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army,

THOMAS BEZIGIAN, JR. has been elected member (partner) at Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and

Barclay Damon has elected LIZ COMINOLLI to the law firm’s partnership. She is based in the Syracuse office and is a member of the firm’s