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Think tank to local governments: Obey Supreme Court ruling, stop collecting agency fees
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Empire Center, a free-market think tank in Albany, has sent 1,700 letters to county, city, town, and village governments Tuesday telling
OCC weekend-college program adds three majors
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) has added three majors to its weekend-college program. When first announced in May, OCC indicated that the school

Upstate Medical University’s geriatrics division now operates as a new department
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has made its division of geriatrics into its own clinical department. Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that deals

Court suspends law license of former St. Lawrence County district attorney
ALBANY, N.Y. — A state appellate court has suspended the legal license of Mary Rain, the former St. Lawrence County district attorney and a former

New York Skin & Vein Center to distribute Sonostics’ HeartPartner product
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The New York Skin & Vein Center (NYSVC) will be the “exclusive distributor” of the HeartPartner, a product developed by Sonostics Inc.,

Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare rebrands as Helio Health
SYRACUSE — Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare (SBH) has changed its name to Helio Health as part of an organization-wide rebrand. “We’re really excited because this new name, this new identity … better reflects for everyone who we are and what we do,” Jeremy Klemanski, president and CEO of Helio Health, said in his remarks at the

Speach Family Candy Shoppe introduces new line of fruit and chocolate arrangements
SYRACUSE — The Speach Family Candy Shoppe — a 98-year-old candy company passed down through four generations — will launch a new line of fruit
Giggle Box Playhouse to formally open in Apalachin on July 6
APALACHIN, N.Y. — Giggle Box Playhouse LLC, a Southern Tier early childhood education and daycare center, will formally open on Friday, July 6 with a

Syracuse University says no layoffs planned elsewhere on campus after marketing-unit reorganization
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No layoffs are planned in other parts of Syracuse University this year following the reorganization of the school’s marketing and communication division.

St. Elizabeth Laboratory expands, opens pediatric “glow room”
UTICA, N.Y. — The St. Elizabeth Laboratory, an affiliate of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), has expanded its outpatient laboratory-services testing. It operates at
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