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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Small-business owners from Syracuse, Munnsville, Endwell, and Cooperstown are among the nine graduates of this year’s SBA THRIVE program in the upstate

SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund awards grants to Potsdam firm, three others
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Potsdam firm is among four companies awarded $10,000 in funding from the SyracuseCoE Innovation Fund to help commercialize their innovative products

Loretto to open new memory care unit Jan. 2
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Loretto plans to open a new memory special-care unit on Jan. 2 at Loretto Health & Rehabilitation at 700 E. Brighton Ave.

SUNY board designates Stanley as president emeritus of SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The SUNY board of trustees this week bestowed Deborah Stanley with the title of president emeritus of SUNY Oswego. Stanley, who retired

Syracuse Podiatry’s new Rome office is bustling
ROME, N.Y. — After almost a decade in business in the Syracuse area, Syracuse Podiatry, PLLC has expanded with a satellite office in Rome in cooperation with Rome Health. “We’ve been very busy, and we get a lot of referrals from the Utica–Rome area,” says practice owner Ryan D’Amico. The lack of surgical podiatry services

State comptroller faults Windsor CSD’s fuel-usage policies
WINDSOR, N.Y. — An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office found the Windsor Central School District (CSD) in Broome County did not have adequate internal controls over fuel credit-card purchases and fuel inventory. This resulted in 18,369 gallons of fuel, costing about $38,300, that are not accounted for, the comptroller said.

SUNY board votes to move nanoscale college to UAlbany, appoints new officer in charge at SUNY Poly
MARCY, N.Y. — Reunifying the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and appointing an officer in charge of SUNY Polytechnic Institute were two items

Upstate Medical’s outpatient pharmacy to offer locking prescription bottles for patients
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Medical University outpatient pharmacy plans to start using a new system to provide locking prescription bottles for controlled medications ordered

NYSERDA awards ANCA, partners funding for regional clean-energy hub program
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is among the organizations chosen to establish a regional clean-energy hub program. The New York

People news: Shah joins Slocum-Dickson Medical Group as internist
UTICA, N.Y. — Apurva Shah, MD, has joined the internal-medicine departmental at Slocum-Dickson Medical Group as an internist, providing a full spectrum of primary-care
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