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Police charge local man with robberies at Lansing credit union and Ithaca bank
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca police said a local man was responsible for a December bank robbery in Ithaca and the robbery of a credit union
Tompkins Financial boosts dividend again
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced that it has raised its quarterly dividend for a second time in as many quarters. The

Harden Furniture assets to be auctioned off next week
“I don’t want to see it liquidated and I don’t think it will be,” he says. “It has more value as a going concern than

Tompkins County Sheriff’s office identifies man, no longer “person of interest” in robbery
1/22, 3:10 pm Update: LANSING, N.Y. — The Tompkins County Sheriff’s office says it has identified a man sought in connection with the Jan.

Ithaca–area credit union branch robbed at gunpoint
LANSING, N.Y. — Tompkins County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who robbed the Lansing branch of the Cornell Federal Credit Union Wednesday afternoon.

Two area banks boost worker pay, citing tax reform law
M&T Bank and Berkshire Bank, both major players in the Central New York banking market, have announced they will be increasing pay for some workers

The Agency formally opens new building in Dickinson
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The Agency on Wednesday formally opened FIVE South College Drive, a 17,500-square-foot, newly constructed economic and business-development center in the town of

Tioga State Bank CEO tells Congressional subcommittee to ease up on community banks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president and CEO of Tioga State Bank, of Spencer, N.Y., told a Congressional subcommittee this week that it was time for
CenterState CEO Economic Forecast report finds fewer members generated growth last year
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new report finds that 56 percent of nearly 200 CenterState CEO members surveyed generated growth in 2017, down from 67 percent

People news: Aikman joins board of directors at Generations Bank
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — Generations Bank announced that Cynthia Aikman of Auburn has joined its board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Aikman currently works as
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