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NBT Bancorp boosts quarterly dividend by more than 6 percent
NORWICH — The board of directors of NBT Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB), parent of NBT Bank, N.A., recently approved a first-quarter cash dividend of 34

LGS names three new board members
DeWITT — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS) has announced three new members of its board of directors: John Daniel of Usherwood Office Technology, Gina Rapasadi of

Ithaca Area Economic Development seats new board members, elects officers
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca Area Economic Development (IAED) announced it appointed its 2025 board of directors at the first quarterly meeting of the year in
Oneida County hotel business indicators were mixed in December
UTICA — Oneida County hotels had a mixed month of business performance in December, as measured by three key benchmarks. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold

ACCESS FCU names assistant VP of risk management
CLINTON — ACCESS Federal Credit Union (FCU), which serves eight counties in Central New York and Upstate, on Jan. 9 announced the promotion of Alyssa

CFCU Credit Union partners with Brandmint on marketing efforts
ITHACA, N.Y. — CFCU Community Credit Union recently announced a strategic partnership with Brandmint — a Rochester–based full-service marketing agency, which has an Ithaca office

KeyCorp to pay 1st quarter 2025 dividend in mid-March
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) — parent company of KeyBank, the No. 2 bank ranked by deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York region —
Jefferson County hotel occupancy falls more than 7 percent in December
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County hotels registered a drop in occupancy in December, as two other key indicators of hotel-business performance were mixed in the same

Brown & Brown Insurance to pay Q1 dividend of 15 cents on Feb. 12
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) — the Florida–based parent of Brown & Brown of New York, Inc., which has an office in Syracuse —

Dannible & McKee partner named to committee for national construction association
SYRACUSE — Dannible & McKee, LLP, a certified public accounting and consulting firm based in Syracuse, announced that Kenneth C. Gardiner, an audit consulting partner