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Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum receives $45K grant to expand executive-director position
CHITTENANGO, N.Y. — Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum announced it has been awarded a $45,625 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s (EPF) Park and
People news: Cayuga Centers promotes Spieker to chief quality officer
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Centers president and CEO Edward Myers Hayes announced that he has promoted Nathaniel Spieker to chief quality officer on the nonprofit
Three First Niagara directors to join KeyCorp board; acquisition expected to close in Q3
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) on Friday announced that three members of the First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) board will join its board of directors once
Mohawk Valley Health System to host job fair on May 3 at Turning Stone Resort Casino
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) will host a job fair at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona on May 3 from
State, national unemployment claims drop in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits fell nationally and in New York State in the latest week, according to a U.S. Department

IIABNY CEO, Poppa, to retire at year’s end
DeWITT, N.Y. — Richard (Dick) Poppa, president and CEO of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY), will retire at the end of
CNY region unemployment rates decline in March
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in March, compared to a year ago, according to the latest

People news: Unity House promotes program manager to director position
AUBURN, N.Y — Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc. announced it has promoted Allie MacPherson to director of Grace House from program manager. Unity House

Upstate Medical University inaugurates Laraque-Arena in Friday ceremony at Oncenter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University on Friday inaugurated Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena as its 7th president during a ceremony in the Nicholas J. Pirro

Syracuse University names Boise new College of Law dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has named Craig Boise the next dean of the school’s College of Law. Boise will assume his new role on
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