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State’s annual minority and women-owned business enterprise forum set for early October
ALBANY, N.Y. — Those interested can register for the 12th annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Forum that is set for Oct. 6-7 at

Syracuse Community Health holds beam-raising event at construction site of upcoming office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Community Health (SCH) on Thursday held a beam-raising ceremony as construction continues on the organization’s upcoming new location at 930 S.

GEDDES, N.Y. — Work is underway on a $34.7 million project to improve agricultural facilities at the State Fairgrounds in Geddes. The project represents the

Cayuga Health formally opens new physical-therapy location in downtown Cortland
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Cayuga Health on Wednesday formally opened a new Cayuga Physical Therapy (PT) facility at 2 North Main Street in downtown Cortland. The

Herkimer County HealthNet to use Excellus funding for diabetes-prevention workshops
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is providing Herkimer County HealthNet with $2,500 in funding to provide diabetes-prevention workshops in Herkimer County. In recent years,

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two neuroscientists at Upstate Medical University will use a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the

People news: FLH names Jackson new supply chain manager
GENEVA, N.Y. — Finger Lakes Health (FLH) announced it has appointed Clarance Jackson as its new supply chain manager. With almost 20 years of supply

Rome Health names director of preparedness coordinator
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health has appointed Brandon Pugh as its director of preparedness coordinator. He is responsible for the coordination and implementation of emergency

New York awarded $500 million in ARPA funding to support small businesses
The federal government has awarded New York State just over $500 million in funding to support small businesses through the State Small Business Credit Initiative

Upstate Medical’s COVID hotline renamed, handling questions on additional health matters
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has renamed its COVID information hotline as the public-health hotline. It made the change “as more and more questions
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