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Chemung Financial declares dividend of 26 cents
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced Monday that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 26 cents a
The UPS Store to formally open Tuesday in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — A local franchise of The UPS Store will hold its formal grand opening at its location in the Mohawk Acres Shopping Plaza,
DEC acquires 87 acres of Tompkins County land from Finger Lakes Land Trust
DRYDEN, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has acquired 87 acres of land in the town of Dryden in Tompkins
People news: Upstate Shredding hires chief operations officer
OWEGO, N.Y. — Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling has hired James M. Land as its chief operations officer (COO) / chief security officer (CSO). Land
AT&T, local partners award prizes for local Civic App Challenge
SYRACUSE — Smart-phone applications (apps) focused on local tourism and finding available food banks claimed the grand prizes in the AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge. PocketSights and TXT2EAT, each created by Ithaca developers, earned prizes of $7,500. Other smart-phone apps, Play2Sign and Page Turner, captured second-place prizes of $1,500. Participants were competing for
New program, new clients spur growth
SYRACUSE — A little more than a year after creating a new sales and marketing position to help drive growth, IT services provider Kishmish, Inc. is reaping the rewards, says the man who fills that position. “We’ve had substantial growth,” says Mark Hollingshead, president of sales and marketing at the company. When he joined Kishmish
Popeyes franchise restaurant planned for Salina site
SALINA — A franchise location of the Popeyes restaurant chain, which specializes in Southern-style fried chicken and biscuits, is planned for Route 11 in Salina. The franchisee, Erie Chicken, LLC, has signed a long-term lease for the 2,565-square-foot-building at 3609 Brewerton Road (corner of Elbow Road and Route 11), according to a news release from
New York manufacturing business activity expands in November
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Nov. 17 that its Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose 4 points to 10.2 in November. The rise indicates “a pace of growth somewhat faster than last month’s,” the New York Fed said in a news release posted on its website. Nonetheless, the October and
Small Biz Interview: The co-founders of Geeksmith
CAMILLUS — As high-school students in Camillus, Philip Impaglia, 23, and Michael Serrata, 25, played a lot of video games. Now, they still play video games, but as the co-founders and co-owners of Geeksmith Productions, they have transformed their hobby into a fledgling business. Starting as a “nerd culture” podcast in the fall of 2012
Architecture firm co-owner discusses his SBA management training
SYRACUSE — Christopher Resig, one of two co-owners of N.K. Bhandari Architecture & Engineering, P.C., participated in this year’s U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Emerging Leaders Initiative. Resig was among 15 small-business owners and leaders who graduated from the program in a ceremony the SBA held Nov. 5 at the SUNY College of Environmental Science
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