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Family & Children’s Society elects board of directors
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Family & Children’s Society announced the following people were elected to its board of directors at the nonprofit’s annual meeting held
Kinney Drugs opens new, larger Chittenango store
CHITTENANGO, N.Y. — Kinney Drugs opened its newly relocated Chittenango store Wednesday morning. The new and expanded store is situated in a shopping plaza at
DiNapoli: state pension fund generates nearly 7.2 percent return in latest year
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Common Retirement Fund reached an estimated value of $183.5 billion and produced a 7.16 percent rate of return
Schumer: defense-spending bills include money for Ft. Drum training facility
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Funding for a non-commissioned officer (NCO) training academy at Fort Drum is “incorporated” into military-construction bills in both the U.S. Senate
Vernon Downs formally opens new parking garage
VERNON, N.Y. — Vernon Downs Casino, Hotel, Racing & Entertainment last Friday formally opened a new parking facility. The $7.2 million parking garage offers visitors
The Non-Techie’s Guide to Google’s Mobile-Friendly Update
April 21 is a day that lived in infamy (or glory) for many websites, as Google updated its criteria and began ranking mobile-friendly websites higher.
Oneida Savings Bank to cut 61 jobs in July after sale to Community Bank closes
ONEIDA — Oneida Savings Bank, a unit of Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC), will eliminate 61 back-office positions from its offices in Rome and Oneida between July 17 and July 30. The job cuts are a result of the impending acquisition of Oneida Financial by DeWitt–based Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU), parent of
St. Joseph’s starts work on transition to join Trinity Health
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and Livonia, Michigan–based Trinity Health are working on the transition phase after the two organizations on April 28 signed an agreement to have the Syracuse hospital join the Catholic health system. Trinity Health on its website describes itself as “one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health-care delivery
Report: CNY job growth mixed in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Watertown-Fort Drum regional economies added jobs between April 2014 and this past April. But, the Binghamton and Ithaca regions lost jobs
SRC launches new subsidiary FourV Systems
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. has announced the formation of FourV Systems, LLC, a new wholly owned subsidiary based in Baltimore, Maryland. The new venture
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