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Oneida County’s Oct. 21 job event seeks to fill 1,000 regional job openings
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. has announced a “first-of-its-kind, large-scale career event” that will seek to fill 1,000 regional job openings

SRC promotes Bessey and Lawrence to business-development roles
In his new role, Bessey is responsible for directing the company’s corporate business-development team — setting policy for all corporate business-development activities and growing SRC’s

Moravia man arrested for forging checks
HOMER, N.Y. — New York State Police in Homer say this week they arrested a Moravia man for presenting forged checks in exchange for cash.

People news: Pineau joins Rome Medical Practice Obstetrics and Gynecology
ROME, N.Y. — Dr. C. Nicole Pineau recently joined Rome Medical Practice’s obstetrics and gynecology practice, called All About Women, and located in the Beeches

MVHS starts assembling construction fencing around site of nearly $550 million downtown hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) says crews on Thursday began putting together the construction fence that will surround the site of

Oswego Health breaks ground on new behavioral health services facility
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health on Thursday broke ground on a project to renovate the former Oswego Price Chopper building into a 32-bed inpatient unit

State formally opens youth behavioral health outpatient clinic at Greater Binghamton Health Center
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) on Wednesday formally opened the new behavioral health outpatient clinic for children and

People news: MVHS names medical director for intensive care unit at St. Luke’s Campus
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named Dr. Ghassan Koussa medical director for the intensive care unit at its

Syracuse iSchool, City of Syracuse, Microsoft form Smart Cities collaboration
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (iSchool), the City of Syracuse, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Tuesday announced they planned

Syracuse has highest multiple-sclerosis diagnosis rate in U.S., report finds
The multiple-sclerosis diagnosis rate in the Syracuse area is higher than anywhere else in the country. That’s according to a new study of medical claims
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