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Grow-NY recognizes firms from Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, and beyond
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — This year’s Grow-NY business competition awarded prize money to businesses from Ithaca and Poughkeepsie, two from Ontario, and companies from Georgia and the United Kingdom as well. Grow-NY is focused on “enhancing the emerging” food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. The […]

Onondaga Historical Association names five new board members
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) recently announced the following five new members of its board of directors. Marissa Cameron is a senior project coordinator at Hueber Breuer Construction, where she has worked in project coordination for more than seven years. She is involved in a number of nonprofit efforts, including Honor Flight

Skaneateles Community Center awarded $100,000 county grant
SKANEATELES, N.Y. — The Skaneateles Community Center (SCC) recently announced it has received a $100,000 grant from the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development to finance in part its capital-improvement project known as the “New Growth Project.” The New Growth Project consists of several upgrades to the building and site designed to facilitate the health

Crouse Health adds Syracuse University’s Haynie to board
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health Board of Directors Chair Patrick A. Mannion recently announced the appointment of Mike Haynie to the health system’s board of directors. Haynie is currently vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation at Syracuse University and executive dean of the university’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. He is responsible for

Brunet takes corporate and nonprofit experience to new role at Community Bank
DeWITT, N.Y. — After decades of experience in the corporate and nonprofit worlds, Pam Brunet is excited about putting that experience to work in a newly created position at Community Bank, N.A., a unit of Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU). Brunet spent 17 years at Bristol Myers Squibb in DeWitt, where she was responsible

Five Star Bank parent company to pay Q4 dividend of 30 cents a share in early January
WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 30 cents per common share outstanding. The banking company will pay the fourth-quarter dividend on Jan. 2, to shareholders of record on Dec. 14. At Financial Institutions’ current

Rotary Club of Ithaca awards community grants
ITHACA, N.Y. —The Rotary Club of Ithaca recently awarded $10,000 in grants to 11 community nonprofits for a variety of projects, according to a news release from the organization. The Rotary Club received 28 applications this year for its annual community grants program. A seven-member committee evaluated the proposals and selected the final projects. The

Hunter cited for illegally taking two deer in Otsego County
MILFORD, N.Y. — An unlicensed hunter in Otsego County was recently cited by state authorities for illegally taking a pair of deer. On Nov. 7, Mark Vencak, an environmental conservation officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), responded to a location in Otsego County after receiving information that a person took

Korotzer named to ACHE of Upstate New York board
UTICA, N.Y. — The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter CEO Karen Korotzer has joined the board of directors of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) of Upstate New York, the official local chapter of the national ACHE. “I felt strongly that ACHE of Upstate New York’s values of integrity, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity aligned with
Lockheed’s Salina plant wins $26M contract from U.S. Navy
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) suburban Syracuse plant was recently awarded a more than $26.3 million order from the U.S. Navy for design and submarine equipment. Work will be performed in the town of Salina and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds totaling
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