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Chemung Canal Trust and parent company prepare for CEO transition
ELMIRA — Chemung Canal Trust Co. of Elmira and its parent company are preparing a leadership transition with the announcement of an upcoming retirement and succession plan. Ronald Bentley, CEO of Chemung Canal Trust and Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), plans to retire on Dec. 31. Upon his retirement, Anders Tomson, Chemung Canal’s current president […]

TERACAI recently promoted NICOLE CAVALIER to general accountant. She has been with the company for nearly two years, previously serving as an accounting specialist. Cavalier holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in business administration at Columbia College of Missouri, which has a Syracuse campus at Hancock Airfield. Contact The
CXtec has promoted AMY BUCZEK and SARA MICHALSKI to accounting positions, and hired JACOB THURSTON as an account representative. Buczek has been promoted to senior accountant. Most recently, she was general accountant. Buczek has been with the company for 15 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. Michalski has been promoted

Haylor, Freyer & Coon’s MacDonald elected IIABNY vice-chair
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) recently elected Richard MacDonald to a one-year term as vice-chair and secretary-treasurer

People news: Zorich joins Preferred Mutual Insurance as marketing analyst
NEW BERLIN, N.Y — Erik Zorich has joined Preferred Mutual Insurance Company as a marketing analyst. He previously was a consumer-insights analyst for Tops Markets,

Bousquet Holstein forms drones practice group
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse law firm Bousquet Holstein PLLC has formed a new practice group that focuses on the legal issues surrounding the commercial and

Kost Tire to pay nearly $300,000 to settle state AG accusations over customer oil-change fees
Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. will pay the state of New York almost $300,000 to settle accusations that it collected a fee from consumers that state

Chemung Financial shareholders re-elect five board members
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), the holding company of Chemung Canal Trust Company and CFS Group, Inc., announced that its shareholders recently

DiNapoli: City of Syracuse not ‘fiscally stressed’
SYRACUSE — The fiscal-stress monitoring system of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has determined that the City of Syracuse isn’t considered “fiscally stressed,” based on its financial performance in 2015. That’s according to a news release that the office of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner issued May 9. It is the third straight year that
Gillibrand calls on HUD to designate Utica as federal promise zone
UTICA — The city of Utica should be a federal “promise zone,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand contends. She wants the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to designate Utica as such, according to a news release her office issued May 2. The designation would provide federal support to programs that focus on creating
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