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Greater Utica Chamber to host small-business roundtable on nanotechnology and QUAD-C project
UTICA, N.Y. — The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce will host a small-business roundtable on nanotechnology and the region’s QUAD-C project on Oct. 1 at
ACR Health names new leaders for board of directors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Suzanne Kondra-DeFuria has been elected chair of the board of directors of ACR Health. She is president of Potter Heating & Air Conditioning, and

USDA expects New York corn crop to increase 4 percent this year
New York farmers are expected to produce 99 million bushels of grain corn this year, up 4 percent from 2013 levels, according to the U.S.
Downtown Ithaca welcomes new eateries
ITHACA, N.Y. — On Wednesday, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick will hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies for three newly opened restaurants
People news: POMCO hires Egerbrecht as supervisor of operations services
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — POMCO Group has announced the hiring of John Egerbrecht as supervisor of operations services. He will oversee the daily operations of the
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority will host the 2014 New York Aviation Management Association (NYAMA) fall conference this Wednesday through Friday at

People news: Community Bank names Pedrotti VP of commercial banking for CNY
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced the hiring of Joseph Pedrotti as vice president of commercial banking for the Central New
SBA, Women’s Business Center to hold disaster-planning workshop in Utica
UTICA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Women’s Business Center of New York State have scheduled a disaster-planning workshop for Mohawk Valley

SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. inks deal to distribute its wind turbines in Colombia and other markets
GENESEO — SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. — a Finger Lakes–based company that designs, manufactures, and sells small wind turbines — recently announced that it has
Eric Mower + Associates (EMA) has hired Emily Bowe as associate content manager, public relations. She was previously a PR specialist at Polaris Library Systems.