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Oneida County adds drive-thru COVID testing at Griffiss Airport
ROME, N.Y. — Precision Clinical Laboratories (PCL) has partnered with Oneida County to provide drive-thru COVID-19 testing at Griffiss International Airport Monday through Friday from

People news: Microscope names Conklin director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Microscope, a Syracuse–based health-care consultancy, announced it has promoted Colin R. Conklin to director. As a member of Microscope’s Reimbursement Consulting Services,

Binghamton professor to use NIH grant to explore serotonin’s role in Parkinson’s disease
VESTAL, N.Y. — A Binghamton University professor will use federal funding for research into serotonin’s role in Parkinson’s disease. When he came to Binghamton in

Brown to retire from Racker at mid-year
ITHACA, N.Y. — Dan Brown will retire from the Ithaca–based nonprofit Racker on July 1, after 27 years of leadership including time as a board

People news: Hedge joins Tompkins Financial Advisors
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Advisors announced it has hired Ithaca native Matthew Hedge as assistant VP and wealth advisor. In this role, Hedge is

Two Tioga County contractors arrested for not carrying workers’-compensation insurance
APALACHIN, N.Y. — Two Tioga County contractors are under arrest and facing charges for allegedly not having workers’-compensation insurance at three construction projects in Apalachin.

People news: Riger hires Whitaker as production coordinator
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Riger Marketing Communications has hired Katlynn Whitaker as production coordinator. She is tasked with producing digital and traditional work and driving client

Ulrich joins NBT agricultural banking team
April Ulrich has joined NBT Bank’s agricultural banking team as VP and senior ag banking relationship manager at the bank’s Capital Regional Financial Center on

ABR Wholesalers expands operations in Syracuse area
SALINA , N.Y.— ABR Wholesalers, Inc. announced that it recently expanded operations at a new location at the Salina Industrial Powerpark. This new location — at 1 General Motors Drive, Unit 11 — provides easier contractor access, a larger warehouse, and new offices, the company said in a Jan. 25 news release. ABR noted that

Binghamton, Cornell aim to attract international businesses to Southern Tier
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University and Cornell University are working together to entice international companies to bring operations to the Southern Tier and upstate New York. With a federal grant of $1.6 million, Binghamton is partnering with Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business on the effort, Binghamton University said in a news release. The
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