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Pathfinder Bank COO Miller retires after 40-year career
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Melissa Miller, chief operating officer (COO) of Pathfinder Bank, has retired after a career of more than 40 years with the bank,
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Seventeen students explore health-care careers at Rome Memorial Hospital
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital’s three-day Health Care Academy (HCA) program last month introduced 17 campers from nine different schools to a broad array
New York home sales fall in July on low inventory
CNY numbers mixed New York realtors sold more than 1,500 previously owned homes on uly, down 7.4 percent from the nearly 12,500 homes sold in
ConMed to pay quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share in October
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 20 cents
PAR Technology subsidiary wins $7.4 million U.S. Air Force subcontract award
NEW HARTFORD — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) recently announced that its subsidiary, Rome Research Corp. (RRC), has been awarded a five-year, $7.4 million subcontract

Solar project at Binghamton’s Art Mission & Theater is complete
BINGHAMTON — On Sept. 7, area dignitaries gathered to celebrate the first clean-energy project financed through Broome County’s new Energize NY Commercial PACE financing program.
AGC study: Nearly 3/4 of contractors struggle to find qualified craft workers
Seventy percent of construction firms report they are having a difficult time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according
Fust Charles Chambers LLP has hired NORA J. LEE-DEMING as a manager in the firm’s Healthcare Consulting Department. Lee-Deming joins the firm after holding several
MING ZHOU has joined Grossman St. Amour CPAs as a staff accountant. He practices in the areas of accounting and auditing, bookkeeping, and tax preparation