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Robert Wilmers, chairman and CEO of M&T Bank, dies at 83
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Robert Wilmers, chairman and CEO of Buffalo–based M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), died Saturday night at the age of 83. Wilmers had held
Greater Utica Chamber honors 2017 Business of the Year Award winners
UTICA, N.Y. — First Source Federal Credit Union and the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory are among the five 2017 Business of the Year Award winners

Cayuga Museum announces new board members
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Cayuga Museum of History and Art announced it has elected three new trustees to its board of directors. The new board

CEO TALK: Crouse Health’s Boynton chats about affiliation with North Country hospitals
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health started affiliation discussions with hospitals in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties “independently” during the spring of 2017, says Kimberly Boynton, president and CEO of Syracuse–based Crouse Health. The hospitals included Carthage Area Hospital in Jefferson County, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County, and River Hospital in Alexandria
Health-Care Career Moves – December 2017
UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITYTAMMY L. AUSTIN-KETCH, clinical professor and assistant dean of the MS/DNP programs at the University of Buffalo’s (UB) School of Nursing, has been

New York manufacturing index slips in December
The results of the December survey indicate that business activity “continued to grow at a solid clip” for New York manufacturers, the Federal Reserve Bank

Galanis to step down as president and CEO of Healthlink NY, take position in NYC
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Christina Galanis, president and CEO of HealthlinkNY with an office in Binghamton, plans to leave the position Dec. 31 to become president

Generations Bank announces changes to its board of directors
Kernan has served the organization for nearly 30 years — as VP, treasurer & CFO from 1988 to 1991 and as president & CEO and

MVHS names Furner facilities plant operations manager at St. Elizabeth campus
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named John Furner facilities plant operations manager at its St. Elizabeth Medical Center

State awards $300 million to CNY, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and North Country for REDC projects
New York State awarded Central New York, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and the North Country a total of more than $304 million in the seventh
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