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People news: Tioga State Bank promotes Brockner to CFO
SPENCER, N.Y. — Tioga State Bank announced it has promoted Jennifer Brockner to chief financial officer and senior VP. She now has oversight for all

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Bonadio Group, a Rochester–based accounting firm with a large Syracuse presence, has appointed John G. Roman, Jr. as its chief information

The Calls take top awards at AFRL commercialization academy
ROME, N.Y. — Justin Call, CEO of Go Figure, located in Utica, walked away with the $15,000 prize at the Air Force Research Lab Information

People news: MVHS promotes Fasolo
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named Joelle Fasolo director of IT financial and ambulatory applications. In this position, she
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ConMed to pay quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share in early July
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based medical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20
Papa elected to three-year term on Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York board
Ronald J. Papa, president and CEO of National Fire Adjustment Company, Inc. (NFA), has been elected by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Upstate New
M&T Bank elects Pearson to board of directors
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) announced the election of Kevin J. Pearson to its board of directors and the board of its main banking subsidiary,

KeyCorp’s chief HR officer, Buffie, to retire this year; Fishel named as replacement
Key has named Brian Fishel to take over the role of chief human resources officer. Buffie and Fishel will work together over the next several
New York milk production dips more than 2 percent in April
New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.24 billion pounds of milk in April, down 2.4 percent from 1.27 billion pounds in the year-ago period, the