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Sciencenter executive director Trautmann announces retirement
ITHACA, N.Y. — Charlie Trautmann, executive director of the Sciencenter — a nonprofit hands-on science museum in Ithaca, has announced his retirement from the organization, effective

People news: Seward House Museum names four trustees
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Seward House Museum in Auburn announced that its board of trustees has elected four new trustees. They are: Alex Schloop, brand

CNY region unemployment rates decline in June compared to a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in June, compared to a year earlier, according to the latest

SRC names Crouse CEO Boynton to board of trustees
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC Inc. announced that Kimberly Boynton, president and CEO of Crouse Health (which operates Crouse Hospital) has joined the organization’s board of

Labor report: All CNY regions add jobs, except for Binghamton
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Ithaca regions all gained jobs in the past 12 months, while the Binghamton area lost jobs in the same

THOMAS J. FLYNN has joined Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc. as VP, director in the firm’s Group Benefits Division. He comes to Haylor, following two decades of leading group benefits work in the Northeast with companies such as Marsh, Fortis, Mass Mutual, and most recently, Mercer Health & Benefits. Flynn has had success in innovating

Binghamton University to use federal grant to train nurses for work in rural areas
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing will use a federal grant of $350,000 to “fully fund” the training of nurses for work

People news: Security Mutual elects new director
BINGHAMTON, N.Y — Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York announced it has elected Carol Baldwin Moody to its board of directors. Moody is

TJM Properties names Gallagher general manager of Crowne Plaza Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — TJM Properties has appointed Tiffany Gallagher as general manager of the Crowne Plaza Syracuse hotel. The Crowne Plaza is the cylindrical hotel

Tompkins Trust hires Caezza for new Syracuse–area financial center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tompkins Trust Company announced it is expanding its financial-services team in the Syracuse market with the addition of business banking officer Sharon
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