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SIDA approves funding for more than 50 small businesses, nonprofits to help with COVID-19 expenses
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) board of directors on Wednesday approved 52 grants and one loan to small businesses and nonprofits

New York manufacturing index rises in September
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index climbed 13 points to 17 in September, representing its third consecutive positive reading. The index fell 14

TCGplayer to hire more employees, adds Seamless co-founder to company board
TCGplayer, which is headquartered at 440 S. Warren St. in downtown Syracuse, is an online technology platform for the collectibles industry. Following the firm’s plans

TTM Technologies, 65 others to use state funding for workforce training
“We’re about 35 people down right now, so this additional grant that we’re looking at …$99,000 … we’re going to hire 15 people right away.

Griffiss Institute president to retire at end of September
ROME, N.Y. — William Wolf, president of the Griffiss Institute (GI), plans to retire at the end of the month as GI moves into its

Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York awarded $207K grant to help offer consumer-bankruptcy services
UTICA, N.Y. — The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc (LASMNY) will use a federal grant of more than $207,000 to provide access to

SUNY Oswego appoints Dixon as first executive director of enrollment management
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego has appointed Ebony Dixon as the university’s first executive director of enrollment management. Dixon begins her duties at the school

Bassett’s new leadership team includes COO, other members
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.— The new leadership team of the Cooperstown–based Bassett Healthcare Network includes Jeff Joyner as chief operating officer (COO) and other officials. Joyner has served as president of A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta since 2015. He will remain involved in the leadership of A.O. Fox Hospital as part of his broader responsibilities and officially

Dannible & McKee readies for virtual fraud prevention conference
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two representatives from insurance firm Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc. are among the presenters at a virtual fraud-prevention conference that Syracuse–based accounting firm Dannible & McKee, LLP is set to host on Sept. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The “uncertainty and disruption” that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused has also

OCRRA appoints two to board of directors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) recently announced it has appointed Corey Driscoll Dunham and Stephanie Pasquale to its board of directors. Driscoll Dunham has more than 10 years of experience, including roles in government and community relations at Syracuse University and Cornell University, as well as positions in public service
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