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American Red Cross names new regional CEO
ALBANY, N.Y. — The American Red Cross has named Kevin Coffey as the new regional CEO for the Eastern New York region, effective July 1.

Le Moyne outlines plan for fall semester on-campus instruction
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For its upcoming fall semester, Le Moyne College is planning an early start date for first-year students and preventive measures to ensure

Boilermaker road race canceled due to COVID-19 concerns; virtual event set for September
UTICA, N.Y. — Organizers have canceled this year’s Boilermaker road race in Utica “due to safety concerns related to COVID-19” and will instead hold a

HEALTH-CARE CAREER NEWS-JUNE 2020
FINGER LAKES HEALTH ROBERT E. HOSKINS, III has joined FLH Medical P.C.’s Keuka Health Care. He will be seeing patients in the Medical Arts Building

HCP EXEC TALK: Oswego Health’s Tull discusses its COVID-19 approach
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health near the end of May removed a respiratory triage tent that the organization had set up outside Oswego Hospital to
The ER is safe: Don’t delay medical care due to fear of COVID exposure
I’m an emergency medicine physician (an ER doc) and I have a message for you: It’s safe. Your ER is safe. For weeks — months, really — people were told to avoid hospitals. They were places where the COVID-19 virus lay in wait. Unless you were desperately ill you were better off riding it out at

SUNY Chancellor leaving to become Ohio State’s president
ALBANY — Departing SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson will continue her duties in the role to help campuses prepare for the fall semester until the SUNY board of trustees appoints an interim leadership structure. Johnson is stepping down to become the next president of the Ohio State University, effective Sept. 1, an announcement that initially left

Broome County Council of Churches to use federal funding to build food market
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Broome County Council of Churches will use $150,000 in federal funding for construction of a food market on the north side

Broome County playgrounds, courts, fields, and beaches reopen
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County playgrounds, basketball courts, and athletics fields reopened on Friday, June 12, after County Executive Jason Garnar lifted an emergency order

Cazenovia College to start fall semester early so it can end by Thanksgiving
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College on Thursday announced that it’s planning for a fall 2020 academic calendar that will begin a week earlier with in-person
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