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People news: Tompkins Financial hires Guarino as manager of retail & small business lending
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP), an Ithaca–based banking company, announced it recently added Charles Guarino as senior VP and manager of retail

PJ Green announces print shop expansion
UTICA — PJ Green, Inc., recently announced that is in the process of building a new press at its Utica facility and expanding the print
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New York milk production edges up in June
New York dairy farmers produced 1.279 billion pounds of milk in June, up 0.2 percent from 1.277 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s
New York egg production rises 2 percent in June
New York farms produced 138.2 million eggs in June, up 2 percent from 135.5 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics
Broome County hotel occupancy rate falls almost 2 percent in June
BINGHAMTON — Hotels in Broome County were less full in June than in the year-earlier month, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate
Onondaga County hotel occupancy rate falls more than 14 percent in June
SYRACUSE — Hotels in Onondaga County welcomed substantially fewer guests in June than in the year-ago month, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy

NIH awards Cornell $17.4 million for CHESS sub-facility
ITHACA — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cornell University $17.4 million for ongoing biomedical research at its MacCHESS sub-facility of its Cornell High

Pinckney Hugo Group announced it has promoted JOE MCCONNELL to senior digital developer. He was previously a digital developer and has been with the agency
Erie Materials has made several promotions and new hires. At the Syracuse corporate headquarters, STEVE SYRON has been promoted to senior VP for sales and