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American Red Cross of the Finger Lakes names new board chair
CORNING, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes chapter of the American Red Cross announced it has appointed Tiffany Millerd of Elmira as the new chairman of

Crouse Health installs new, nearly $900,000 MRI unit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health has installed a new, $896,000 GE Healthcare system MRI unit in what the organization calls an “upgrade.” MRI is short

FuzeHub awards grants to Cornell University, Alfred University
ALBANY, N.Y. — FuzeHub has awarded Cornell University a $35,000 grant for its work with Ionica Sciences, a manufacturing firm that’s headquartered on the Cornell

Cuomo: Over 250 million people visited New York state last year, spending $115 billion
The tourism economic-impact figure of nearly $115 billion exceeds $100 billion for the fifth straight year, Cuomo’s office said in a Monday news release. In

New café coming to Township 5 in Camillus
CAMILLUS, N.Y. — Township 5 announced Thursday that Café Pastel has signed a lease to open in the mixed-use shopping center in Camillus. The café/coffee

Oneida County FreshStart program graduates 12 in first year
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s FreshStart work-training program recently graduated 12 unemployed young adults in its first class. The FreshStart program is a partnership between

OCC to use KeyBank’s $40K donation for college-connection coach
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) announced it will use a $40,000 donation from KeyBank to create a college-connection coach position for the OCC

DiNapoli announces no change in state pension fund employer-contribution rates for next fiscal year
Employer-contribution rates in the state pension fund for fiscal year 2020-21 will remain the same for the employees’ retirement system (ERS). Rates for the police

American Red Cross renews lease in Clay
CLAY — The American Red Cross recently renewed its lease of 18,900 square feet of space in the building at 7359 Oswego Road (Route 57) in Clay. The building, home to the American Red Cross Blood Donor Center, is located in the Glenn Crossing Plaza. Brian Balash, of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company facilitated this

Del Lago’s DraftKings sportsbook starts taking bets
TYRE — DraftKings Sportsbook at del Lago has begun taking the bets of sports fans on all major professional U.S. sports. The del Lago location, which opened Aug. 23, represents DraftKings Inc.’s third retail sportsbook location in the U.S., per a joint news release. The 6,000-square-foot space offers sports fans a retail sports-betting venue with
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