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People news: Harshbarger elected to Onondaga County Bar Foundation board
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC announced that Laura H. Harshbarger, a member (partner) in the firm’s Syracuse office, has been elected to

State comptroller, Syracuse mayor say the city is not “fiscally stressed”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse isn’t considered “fiscally stressed.” That’s according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s fiscal-stress monitoring system, which gave

NBT Bancorp elects new chairman, announces succession plan
NORWICH, N.Y. — The board of directors of NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) elected president and CEO Martin Dietrich as board chairman following Tuesday’s announced

People news: Tompkins Trust Company hires Peterson for marketing position
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Trust Company announced it has hired Abby Peterson for a position entitled, marketing communications business partner. Her job responsibilities include coordinating

Forsythe retires as chairman of NBT Bank, parent company boards
NORWICH, N.Y. — The former CEO of NBT Bancorp is retiring as chairman of the NBT Bank and NBT Bancorp boards of directors. Daryl Forsythe’s

People news: Cayuga Centers promotes Palin to chief fiscal officer
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Centers president and CEO Edward Myers Hayes announced he has restructured the agency’s executive team, promoting Elizabeth Palin to chief fiscal

Project Fibonacci converts STEM into STEAM
ROME — “Make your lives extraordinary … be individuals,” John Keating, played by Robin Williams, says to his high-school students in the 1989 movie “Dead Poets Society.” “Carpe Diem,” he continues: “Seize the day.” Williams’ character inspired his students through unorthodox teaching methods: standing on a desk to look at life differently, ripping out the
N.Y. Family Business Center offers programs, peer groups
SYRACUSE — The New York Family Business Center (FBC) seeks to connect local family businesses with one another using educational programs and peer groups. The FBC currently operates as part of the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity in Le Moyne College’s Madden School of Business. The organization offers generational peer groups and family-business

Generations Bank to renovate Seneca Falls office in $1.2 million project
SENECA FALLS — Generations Bank plans to renovate its “flagship” branch office located at 19 Cayuga St. in Seneca Falls. The first phase of this two-phase project was slated to begin April 25, Generations Bank said in a news release. Geneva–based Mittiga Construction Co. is handling the $1.2 million project, Katie MacIntyre, assistant VP and
Visions FCU partners with Glen Wood Financial Group
ENDICOTT — Visions Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Endwell, recently announced a partnership with The Glen Wood Financial Group, Inc. in Binghamton, which is led by Glen Wood, president. Wood will provide Visions clients with financial advice. Visions contends that the synergies between these two LPL Financial broker-dealer platform groups will help the credit union
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