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Taste of Syracuse again set for early June in and around Clinton Square
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Taste of Syracuse, described as Central New York’s largest food and music festival, is again set for the area in and
Broome County hotels post March business gains
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels registered increases in three key indicators of business performance in March. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 6.8 percent to 55.3 percent in the third month of 2025, compared to March 2024, according to a report from STR, a Tennessee–based

Central New York Defense Alliance names new executive director
ROME, N.Y. — The Central New York Defense Alliance (CNYDA) has appointed Nick Stewart as its new executive director. Stewart will succeed Mary C. Chruscicki, who has led the not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization since its creation in 2011. Stewart will oversee CNYDA’s mission of advocating for Central New York’s critical federal assets, including the Air Force

Cayuga Health clinics in Ovid and Montour Falls receive Rural Health Clinic designation
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health, an affiliate of Centralus Health, says its primary care clinics in Ovid and Montour Falls are now designated as Rural

CNY schools take part in key suicide-prevention training
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nearly 300 employees from 32 school districts across Central New York gathered at the Oncenter in Syracuse on March 31 for a landmark suicide-prevention training session. The event, which brought together educators, administrators, counselors, and support staff from Oswego, Onondaga, Cortland, Madison, and Oneida counties, marked a “pivotal moment in the region’s

Specialty offices now open at Guthrie Cortland Renzi Health Campus after move
CORTLANDVILLE, N.Y. — Several specialty offices have moved to and are now operating in the new Guthrie Cortland Renzi Health Campus at 4057 West Road in the town of Cortlandville. Their move marks the completion of the project’s second phase, bringing additional services to the Renzi campus. Guthrie Cortland OB/GYN as well as the general

Suicide-prevention efforts for veterans receive state funding
ALBANY, N.Y. — Regional organizations are among 18 that will use state grants to expand resiliency and suicide-prevention efforts among military veterans and uniformed personnel. That includes law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical service personnel, correction officers and emergency dispatchers, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on April 9. Administered through the New York Office

Upstate’s telestroke network now includes Oneida Health Hospital
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Dr. Jason Lorenc, chief medical officer at Oneida Health, believes joining the telestroke network of Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse will make a big difference. “This collaboration through telemedicine not only enhances the speed, quality, and effectiveness of treatment for patients experiencing strokes, but also marks a critical improvement in stroke care,”

Dot Foods offers on-site health center at Liverpool location
SALINA, N.Y. — The Liverpool distribution center of Dot Foods, Inc. now includes a new on-site family health center. The company on March 25 formally opened the new family health center on its property at 200 Monarch Drive in the town of Salina. The new center is “expanding access to low-cost, high-quality” health care for

ConnextCare now operating in new Oswego office
Location is more convenient for patients OSWEGO — ConnextCare is now operating in its new Oswego office, which it opened in late March after a construction project that lasted about eight months. ConnextCare sees the location of the new site as “much more convenient” and walkable to many of the
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