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First Niagara promotes Burton to senior vice president
ROCHESTER — First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. has promoted Craig Burton to senior vice president of commercial real-estate lending. Burton is the team leader for

First Niagara forms new Enterprise Program Management Office, names Kelly to lead it
BUFFALO — First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG) has formed a new Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) to oversee all its new products and
A La Carte Business Services owner receives Key4Women Achieve Award
SYRACUSE — Chris Belna, owner of A La Carte Business Services in Liverpool, recently received the Key4Women Achieve Award for outstanding business activity and growth

Gwen Z. Gou will be joining Bousquet Holstein PLLC in September as an associate attorney. She will be concentrating her practice in areas of business

Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C. announced that Karen Guyder Felter has joined the firm as a partner. She returns to Smith Sovik after a

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s (FSLH) Adirondack Community Physicians (ACP) has added Kevin J. Gehr to the ACP Orthopedic Group as a physician assistant. He completed
Paragon Environmental Construction Inc.
Paragon Environmental Construction Inc. (PEC) announced the newest addition to its corporate portfolio, Paragon Masonry LLC, a new concrete and masonry business based in Brewerton,

Upstate Venture Connect (UVC) has appointed Jonathan Grutka as its director of growth initiatives across the upstate New York region. UVC says it is an

Lisa Iannello has been named interim executive director at the Norwich campus of Morrisville State College. She will also continue in her role as grant
Binghamton University has named Linda Cimino as its new women’s basketball head coach. Cimino comes from Caldwell College (N.J.), where she was the school’s all-time