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People news: FLH Medical adds Morabito to urgent care team
GENEVA, N.Y. — FLH Medical, P.C. announced it has added Lauren Morabito, a family nurse practitioner, to its FLH Medical, P.C. Urgent Care team. Morabito

Community Bank System to pay fourth- quarter dividend of 41 cents a share
DeWITT— Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 41 cents a share on its common stock.

Shineman Foundation awards $593K in final grant round of 2019
OSWEGO — The Richard S. Shineman Foundation of Oswego recently announced that it has awarded 12 not-for-profit organizations grant awards totaling $593,000 — in the

Echo Motors opens auto repair and sales shop in Cicero
CICERO — Echo Motors, LLC recently leased 6,528 square feet of industrial warehouse space located at 6263 E. Taft Road in Cicero. Echo Motors is

NYSTEC formally opens new corporate HQ at Griffiss Park
ROME — NYSTEC in mid-October formally opened its new corporate headquarters at 99 Otis St. at Griffiss Business and Technology Park. NYSTEC executives, partners in

Ithaca startup wins $50K in FuzeHub commercialization competition
An Ithaca startup won $50,000 in prize money in FuzeHub’s commercialization competition held Nov. 18-19 in Albany. FuzeHub is an Albany–based nonprofit organization that works
New York milk production rises almost 2 percent
New York dairy farms produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk in October, up 1.8 percent from 1.24 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s

Community Bank System appoints MacPherson as new independent director
DeWITT — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Kerrie D. MacPherson as a new independent director.

ConMed to pay Q4 dividend of 20 cents a share in early January
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20