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MVHS to transition all laboratory services to MVHS-operated labs
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) plans to transition all laboratory services at the Faxton and St. Luke’s campuses to MVHS-operated labs

Cathy’s Cookie Kitchen plots growth after WBE certification
SYRACUSE — Cathy Pemberton expects to generate about 35 percent revenue growth at her homemade baked-cookie business this year. The business owner also has her eye on more growth in the future thanks to a recent certification and other initiatives. Cathy’s Cookie Kitchen, Inc. on Oct. 29 was certified by New York State as a

New York manufacturing index dips 1 point in November
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business conditions index declined to 2.9 in November from 4.0 in October. The November reading, based on firms responding to the survey, indicates “business activity was little changed in New York,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its Nov. 15 report. A positive number indicates expansion

New York state, CNY home sales fall in October
New York realtors sold 12,408 previously owned homes in October, down 4.1 percent from the 12,937 homes they sold a year prior, as the inventory of homes for sale fell. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR)’s October housing-market report issued Nov. 21. Sales data The declining inventory of homes helped push

People news: FLH Medical adds Morabito to urgent care team
GENEVA, N.Y. — FLH Medical, P.C. announced it has added Lauren Morabito, a family nurse practitioner, to its FLH Medical, P.C. Urgent Care team. Morabito
Central New York jobless rates rose in October
Regional jobs picture was mixed in the last year Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all rose in October compared to a year ago. The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released Nov.

Community Bank System to pay fourth- quarter dividend of 41 cents a share
DeWITT— Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 41 cents a share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable on Jan. 10 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 13. The dividend is the same amount that Community Bank paid last quarter, when it

Echo Motors opens auto repair and sales shop in Cicero
CICERO — Echo Motors, LLC recently leased 6,528 square feet of industrial warehouse space located at 6263 E. Taft Road in Cicero. Echo Motors is an auto repair shop and dealership, which says it specializes in customization, performance, and service, per its Facebook profile. William Evertz of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company exclusively handled the

Le Moyne College wants to help fill open jobs in cybersecurity
SYRACUSE — A professor at Le Moyne College says the U.S. has a lot of available jobs in cybersecurity and not enough people to fill them. James Enwright, professor of practice in cybersecurity, pointed to data on website Cyberseek.org, which indicated that the U.S. has more than half a million job openings in cybersecurity nationwide,

CMMI appraisal could boost AIS’s pursuit of bigger contracts
ROME — Assured Information Security (AIS) says its cross domain virtualization solutions (CDVS) group has been appraised at level 3 in the “maturity” of its software-development process. AIS is a cyber- and information-security firm founded and headquartered in Rome. It also operates offices in Syracuse and Rochester, and a few locations outside New York state
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