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Oneida County and MVCC offer employment program for young adults
ROME, N.Y. — Oneida County and Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) are partnering to offer a Rome–based employment program to build the job skills of

People news: Samaritan Health names new VP of long-term care
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Samaritan Health says it has selected Patrick Calli as its next VP of long-term care. The position is responsible for oversight of

New York State ends indoor mask mandate, but not for schools
ALBANY, N.Y. — After nearly two months of being in place, the statewide indoor business mask-or-vaccine requirement will be lifted in New York state starting

Southern Tier businesses, residents urged to take New York broadband survey
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Residents and businesses across the Southern Tier and throughout New York can take the Empire State Broadband Assessment Survey by Feb. 28.

Tuthill named chef de cuisine for 7 Kitchens buffet at Turning Stone
VERONA, N.Y. — Turning Stone has appointed Dustin Tuthill as chef de cuisine of 7 Kitchens, the resort’s reimagined buffet restaurant opening in April. Formerly

Griffiss Institute seeks participants for defense startup accelerator program
ROME, N.Y. — The Griffiss Institute is looking for 10 teams to take part in a 12-week defense-innovation program, The HUSTLE Defense Accelerator, beginning in

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
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