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People news: Syracuse mayor appoints director of neighborhood grants
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced the appointment of Tanya Eastman to director of neighborhood grants in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD). Eastman is responsible for providing leadership and strategic oversight of the department’s portfolio of federal, state, and local-sector grants aimed at increasing safe, quality affordable housing, and […]
Central New York communities win NY Forward, DRI funding
New York State has selected Brewerton/Hastings and Canastota as this year’s Central New York region NY Forward winners, each receiving $4.5 million for community-improvement projects.
Naturally Lewis offers more than $900K in grant funding in 2024
LOWVILLE — Naturally Lewis says $930,000 is available in the second round of its four grant programs. Naturally Lewis is the economic-development agency for Lewis County. The grant funds are for the Small Things, Big Impacts Fund; Community Connections Fund; Building Business Fund; and Vacant Property Revitalization Fund, according to a Naturally Lewis news release.
Generations Bank, FHLBNY grants help five area nonprofits
SENECA FALLS — Five nonprofit organizations in Union Springs are using grant funding from Seneca Falls–based Generations Bank. The bank announced it secured $50,000 in grant money from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY). The five grant recipients are the Springport Free Library, Frontenac Historical Society, Western Cayuga County Food Pantry, Union
Pathfinder Village names new top executive
EDMESTON, N.Y. — Karen M. Knavel has been appointed as the new president and CEO of Pathfinder Village, the nonprofit announced. Pathfinder Village is a livable community and service provider to provide people with Down syndrome and other disabilities an independent lifestyle through educational, day services, vocational/pre-vocational, and outreach programs. Knavel, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio,
Potter named to American Red Cross board of directors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The American Red Cross board of directors for the Central and Northern New York chapter has appointed Brian J. Potter of Dannible & McKee, LLP to the board. The nonprofit American Red Cross offers relief for victims of disaster, provides health and safety training, offers support for the military, helps maintain a
Excellus awards Oswego Health $10,000 for primary care at Lakeview
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced it will use a $10,000 Health and Wellness Award from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Central New York’s largest health insurer,
North Country volunteer fire department treasurer sentenced for stealing $50,000
CANTON, N.Y. — The former treasurer of the Morley Volunteer Fire Co. was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution and sentenced to five years of
People news: St. Luke Health Services names new director of rehabilitation therapy services
OSWEGO, N.Y. — St. Luke Health Services in Oswego announced it has appointed Chuck Besa as the new director of its Rehabilitation Therapy Department. He
Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown starts requiring masks again
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Medical Center announced it has reinstituted temporary masking requirements effective immediately as the number of Bassett employees testing positive for COVID
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