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Jefferson County hotels post double-digit drop in occupancy in June
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County hotels registered a nearly 13 percent decline in overnight guests in June, but two other indicators of business performance were mixed.

MATHEW MILNE has joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers as electrical engineer I in the firm’s Auburn office. He is a 2018 graduate from Clarkson University

GREGORY HOFFMAN-FRAGALE was recently named associate chief nursing officer at Finger Lakes Health. Most recently, he served as the director of nursing operations for imaging

Special Collections Research Center
NICOLETTE A. DOBROWOLSKI was promoted to director of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Libraries effective July 1. Dobrowolski had been serving

Vera House recently named DAQUETTA P. JONES as its next CEO, following a nationwide search. She will be relocating to Central New York and will

JAMES (JIM) MAHLER has been promoted to director of food & beverage at Loretto Housing. He previously managed food and beverage operations at The Nottingham’s

Tops Friendly Markets, a grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont, has promoted COLE BICKAL to produce/floral specialist in the East Region for

NBT finances housing projects at historic buildings in Utica
UTICA — NBT Bank officials say that many transformative revitalization projects are making their mark on the Mohawk Valley region, and the bank is supporting

MATTHEW LUMMIS has joined the FustCharles certified public accounting firm as an associate. He will provide performance audit services to health care and not-for-profit organizations.
Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired ITING CHRISTINA TROUT, of Syracuse, as a senior art director and MEGAN RUFFALO, of Whitesboro,