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New York’s closed home sales climb in July as pending sales dip
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors 13,765 previously-owned homes in July, up nearly 33 percent from the 10,384 homes they sold in July 2020. However, pending sales in July fell by nearly 13 percent, indicating that the pace of closed home sales may moderate in the coming months. The data comes from the New York […]

Five Star Bank relocates its branch in Elmira
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Five Star Bank is now operating in a new 2,400-square-foot branch in Elmira, a community it has served since 2012. That’s when it acquired the former HSBC branch at 150 Lake St. The banking company has since relocated that branch to 100 West Water St. and formally opened the new location on

CPA firm formally opens new office in downtown Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC (KASH) — a Hudson, N.Y.–based firm that offers corporate accounting, tax advisory, and bookkeeping services — recently formally opened a new office in downtown Ithaca. KASH held a ribbon-cutting event with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick on July 22 at

Peter Coleman, Jr., long time owner of Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, dies at 84
For his efforts in marketing the pub and caring for the Tipperary Hill neighborhood, the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives honored Coleman with

Empower FCU, Horizons FCU in Binghamton to merge Oct. 1
Effective Oct. 1, the signage at the four current Horizon locations and the one Empower location in the Southern Tier will change and be known

Construction on Upstate Medical’s Nappi Wellness Institute is “nearly half complete”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Construction on the Nappi Wellness Institute across East Adams Street from Upstate Cancer Center is “nearly half complete,” Upstate Medical University said.

Five Star Bank formally opens its relocated branch in Elmira
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Five Star Bank on Monday formally opened its relocated branch in Elmira, a 2,400-square-foot office at 100 West Water St. Five Star

HOLT Architects appoints Apker as CFO
ITHACA, N.Y. — HOLT Architects, which has offices in Ithaca and Syracuse, announced it has recently promoted Christopher J. Apker from controller to chief financial

BV Nails to open new Fairmount location, its third in CNY
CAMILLUS — Crews are at work readying the new Fairmount location of BV Nails & Lounge. BV Nails & Lounge will be going into a corner space at the Fairmount Fair shopping center in the town of Camillus, near the town line with Geddes. The nail salon will be next to the Michaels store and

Digital design firm formally opens downtown Ithaca office
ITHACA — CTHDRL — which says it’s a digital design and experience agency focused on the intersection of community, culture, and commerce — has opened a new office in downtown Ithaca. CTHDRL held a ribbon-cutting event with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick on July 22 at its new office in
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