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Leahy Scott said in a news release that Gregory Jones, 42, of Utica, pleaded guilty Monday in court to a charge of criminal possession of

Tops Friendly Markets files for bankruptcy, says it has temporary financing in hand
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Tops Friendly Markets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday and said it had arranged financing to get it through the process.
Syracuse police seek to identify two who stole $2,000 in cosmetics from Sephora Store at Destiny
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse police are looking for help identifying two women they said stole $2,000 worth of cosmetics from the Sephora Store at Destiny

Syracuse corporation counsel Price steps down, replaced by Smith
Price was appointed to the role of corporation counsel at the end of December after a 40-year career practicing business and corporate law. According to

Motorcycle shop owner sentenced to three to six years for failing to pay state taxes
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The owner of a motorcycle repair shop on Syracuse’s North Side has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for

Onondaga County Correction Department K-9s get protective vests
DeWITT, N.Y. — The dogs of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit have a new layer of protection, thanks to an anonymous donor. The

People news: Dermody’s de Silva appointed chairman of committee for Board of Examiners
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — David de Silva — CPA and member/owner at Syracuse–based Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC — was appointed chairman of the State
Clinton orthopedic surgeon charged with workers’-compensation fraud
CLINTON, N.Y. — A Clinton surgeon faces more than 20 felony counts for allegedly billing the state workers’-compensation system for office work when he was

People news: Powers joins Mackenzie Hughes
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New lawyer Christopher Powers has joined the litigation and business departments of Mackenzie Hughes LLP and will concentrate his legal practice in

Dannible & McKee acquires Binghamton–area CPA firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dannible & McKee, LLP, a Syracuse–based accounting firm, on Tuesday announced it had acquired an Endicott accounting firm in a deal that
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