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Forsythe retires as chairman of NBT Bank, parent company boards
NORWICH, N.Y. — The former CEO of NBT Bancorp is retiring as chairman of the NBT Bank and NBT Bancorp boards of directors. Daryl Forsythe’s

People news: Cayuga Centers promotes Palin to chief fiscal officer
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Centers president and CEO Edward Myers Hayes announced he has restructured the agency’s executive team, promoting Elizabeth Palin to chief fiscal

Student teams from area schools win prize money in New York Business Plan Competition
ALBANY, N.Y. — Student-led teams from area colleges and universities won prize money during the New York Business Plan Competition. SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly)

MACNY selects Feldmeier Equipment’s Brown as Innovator of the Year
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Manufacturer’s Association of Central New York (MACNY) has tabbed Feldmeier Equipment’s director of engineering as its Innovator of the Year. MACNY

People news: Heather Finger joins St. Joseph’s Physicians Family Medicine in Clay
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health announced that Dr. Heather Finger has joined St. Joseph’s Physicians Family Medicine at its North Medical Center location in

People news: Kelberman Center hires Welchons as senior psychologist
UTICA, N.Y. — The Kelberman Center, an affiliate of Upstate Cerebral Palsy, announced it has hired Leah Welchons as senior psychologist. Dr. Welchons joins the

CNY Executive Q&A: A chat with Joni Walton of Danlee Medical Products
In this issue, I speak with Joni Walton, founder, owner, and president of Danlee Medical Products, Inc., a provider of medical and cardiology supplies based in DeWitt. Danlee sells supplies to more than 4,000 health-care professionals nationwide, as well as dealers and distributors. Walton founded the company in 1994. The business operates in a 12,800-square-foot

5 easy things to learn about analytics
SYRACUSE — Businesses can use web and social-media analytics for a host of reasons — identify strategies, measure how they’re doing, and figure out the best way to reach a market. The organization Social Media Breakfast Syracuse recently hosted an event, dubbed “All About Analytics.” The group, which is a local chapter of a national

Project Fibonacci converts STEM into STEAM
ROME — “Make your lives extraordinary … be individuals,” John Keating, played by Robin Williams, says to his high-school students in the 1989 movie “Dead Poets Society.” “Carpe Diem,” he continues: “Seize the day.” Williams’ character inspired his students through unorthodox teaching methods: standing on a desk to look at life differently, ripping out the
N.Y. Family Business Center offers programs, peer groups
SYRACUSE — The New York Family Business Center (FBC) seeks to connect local family businesses with one another using educational programs and peer groups. The FBC currently operates as part of the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity in Le Moyne College’s Madden School of Business. The organization offers generational peer groups and family-business
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