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SUNY Broome fall semester enrollment rises 17 percent compared to a year ago
DICKINSON, N.Y. — SUNY Broome Community College says its enrollment for the fall semester is up 17 percent, a gain of 559 students, compared to

Excellus hires Centralus Health CEO for its chief healthcare services officer position
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on Thursday named Dr. Martin Stallone executive VP, chief healthcare services officer of Excellus and its parent company, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies. He will start his new role on Dec. 1. Excellus is Central New York’s largest health insurer. Stallone is currently CEO of Centralus Health, a health-care system

State Police arrest Elmira man for home-improvement fraud
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — New York State Police in Horseheads announced they have arrested Bradley S. Baldwin, age 28, of Elmira, following an investigation into multiple

Adirondack Bank appoints MVHS financial executive to board of directors
UTICA — Adirondack Bank announced it has recently appointed Louis Aiello, senior VP and chief financial officer (CFO) at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), as a new member of its board of directors. Aiello has more than 30 years of experience in finance and operations management, with specialized expertise in health-care financial leadership throughout Central

ConMed to pay dividend for third quarter of 2025 in early October
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker originally based in the Mohawk Valley region, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the third quarter of 2025. The dividend is payable on Oct. 3, to all shareholders of record as of Sept. 15. At
VIEWPOINT: Trump aims to backstop domestic health-care pharmaceutical supply chain through new EO
We have seen plainly what happens when disasters interrupt domestic health-care supply chains: from N-95 masks to saline, our health-care system has struggled in the face of hurricanes and a pandemic, as just two recent examples, to maintain supplies essential to patient safety and care delivery. Cognizant of this history, on Aug.13, 2025, President Donald

Syracuse, Watertown, Ithaca airports among New York facilities winning federal funding for projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Oswego County, Rome, Watertown, and Ithaca will use federal funding for improvement projects and equipment. The awards are part

MVHS, OCLDC announce $50,000 for physician-retention program
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) and the Oneida County Local Development Corporation (OCLDC) say they’re investing $50,000 in a new initiative aimed at strengthening physician retention in the Mohawk Valley region. The funding, which OCLDC approved, will support MVHS’s Resident-to-Attending Bridge program, a workforce-development effort designed to help final-year medical residents transition

Colgate University unveils Peter’s Glen landscape corridor
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University announced it has opened its new Peter’s Glen, a 2.5-acre landscape corridor made possible by the philanthropy of 1965 graduate

Syracuse University Chancellor Syverud to step down in June 2026
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud plans to step down as chancellor and president in June 2026, after 13 years in the job.
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