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Tompkins Financial names director of marketing
ITHACA — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) — parent company of Tompkins Community Bank, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc., and Tompkins Financial Advisors — recently promoted

New York soybean production forecast to have jumped nearly 16 percent this year
Farms in New York state are estimated to have produced nearly 20.1 million bushels of soybeans in 2024, up 15.8 percent from more than 17.3

Anthony House holds fundraiser for new hospice-care facility in Hannibal
OSWEGO — Anthony House by Wellhouse Ministries in Oswego has plans for a new hospice-care facility in Hannibal. The organization on Nov. 9 hosted a

State comptroller audit finds Albion supervisor didn’t keep complete, accurate accounting records
ALBION — A recent audit of the Town of Albion, in Oswego County, by the Office of New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found
Onondaga County hotel business indicators post modest improvement in October
SYRACUSE — Onondaga County hotels generated improvement in three key benchmarks of business performance in October. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of
Broome County hotels register decline in guests in October
BINGHAMTON — Broome County hotels saw a drop in occupancy in October, as two other key indicators of business performance were mixed in the month.

Lockheed’s Salina plant wins nearly $9M Navy contract modification
SALINA — The Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) facility in suburban Syracuse has recently been awarded an $8.66 million modification to a previously awarded contract

Five Star Bank appoints chief information officer
Christopher Campise brings more than 25 years of tech leadership WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, recently

Rome Health names medical director of robotics program
ROME — Rome Health recently announced it has appointed Po Lam, M.D., as medical director of the health system’s robotics program. In this role, Lam,

ROME — Assured Information Security (AIS) now has 24 issued patents, with the issuing of two new patents in October by the U.S. Patent and