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First Niagara launches private insurance exchange
BUFFALO — First Niagara Benefits Consulting (FNBC), a division of First Niagara Risk Management, Inc., today announced its launch of a private insurance exchange. FNBC

SUNY announces new presidents of Potsdam and Canton campuses
The State University of New York (SUNY) board of trustees today announced the appointments of Kristin Esterberg as president of SUNY Potsdam and Zvi Szafran

OCC starts Spadafora Memorial Scholarship Endowment, with help from Ed Levine
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) has established the Vincent Spadafora Memorial Scholarship Endowment, to honor the memory of the professor emeritus. Spadafora served as

Upstate consumer sentiment falls in March
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York fell 5.3 points to 68.8 in March, according to the latest monthly survey the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI)

California firm acquires Salina’s Polaris Library Systems
SALINA — Polaris Library Systems, a Salina–based provider of automation software for public libraries, is under new ownership. Emeryville, Calif.–based Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a firm
NY State of Health says 812,000 have signed up
More than 812,000 New Yorkers had enrolled for health-insurance coverage through NY State of Health, the state’s health-insurance marketplace, as of 9 a.m. Sunday morning.

Five Star Urgent Care expands with new office in Fairmount
CAMILLUS — Five Star Urgent Care today announced it has opened a location at 3504 W. Genesee St. in the Fairmount area of the town

Presbyterian Residential Community appoints Cole as administrator
NEW HARTFORD — The Presbyterian Residential Community, Inc. in New Hartford has appointed Michelle Cole as administrator. The Presbyterian Residential Community is a member of

Fowler named Herkimer County College Foundation executive director
HERKIMER — Herkimer College has appointed Robert C. Fowler, of New Hartford, as executive director of the Herkimer County College Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit that

NUAIR pilots Northeast UAS test-site
SYRACUSE — Headlines around the world: “UN report calls for independent investigation of drone attacks”; “UN report reconstructs civilian death toll from drone strikes”; “Obama’s itchy trigger finger on drone”; “U.S. targets its citizens for drone attack.” Drones, technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), have earned a reputation for military action. The first UAV
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