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Oneida County, Mohawk Valley EDGE announce grant program for microenterprise businesses
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County and Mohawk Valley EDGE announced that they will administer a new micro-grant program to assist existing and startup micro companies.

Utica accounting firms to merge
UTICA, N.Y. — Feldman & Company CPAs, LLP, a Utica–based accounting firm, plans to merge with D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP in a deal that will

Madison County warns of potential COVID-19 exposure at two businesses
CANASTOTA, N.Y. — The Madison County Health Department has confirmed that an employee at the Fastrac at 3388 Seneca Turnpike in Canastota has tested positive
Afraid to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone? Then You Can’t Lead in the Age of COVID
COVID-19 has disrupted the business world, and the “normal” of a few months ago may never return. In this new landscape, how business leaders process and react to new challenges will be crucial. Using critical-thinking skills to make sound business decisions in a complicated, constantly changing world has never been more important. Critical thinking in

Masonic Medical Research Institute promotes Kontaridis to executive director
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) on Friday announced that Dr. Maria Kontaridis is now serving as its executive director. Kontaridis, who

Barclay Damon lawyers, staff have option to keep working from home
SYRACUSE — Even with most of its Northeast offices reopened, the attorneys and staff of Barclay Damon, LLP have the option to continue working from home for all or part of a given week. The firm has reopened most of its offices, with the exception of its location in New York City, says Connie Cahill,

MVHS sets policies for allowing visitors again
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) is again allowing its patients to have visitors. MVHS said it made the decision “now that the

SUNY Poly instructor and partners to use $600K grant for work on community maintenance efforts
“I see a lot of opportunity to connect the work of the Maintainers with existing workforce-development efforts in the Mohawk Valley, including the engineering technology

More than 30 Onondaga County small businesses awarded COVID-19 stabilization grants
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A total of 31 small businesses in Onondaga County that were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions are sharing in $150,000 in

FuzeHub awards Finger Lakes Textiles $15K grant for face-mask production
WATERLOO, N.Y. — Finger Lakes Textiles (FLT), a Waterloo–based textile and knitting factory and a division of Mozaic, is using a $15,000 grant from FuzeHub
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