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Hancock Estabrook adds attorneys from DeWitt firm in 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As 2023 winds to a close, Hancock Estabrook, LLP says it currently has 120 employees, including 63 lawyers. The firm made headlines earlier this year when attorneys Frank W. Miller, Thomas J. Murphy, and Giancarlo Facciponte of the Law Firm of Frank W. Miller joined Hancock Estabrook back in June. Miller and […]
A decade of the Taste NY program marked at Destiny USA’s CNY Welcome Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Taste NY — the state program that “highlights the quality, diversity, and economic impact of food and beverages grown, produced, or processed”

People news: Tompkins Community Bank names manager for two Syracuse–area branches
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tompkins Community Bank announced that Amy Phelps has joined the bank as a multi-site manager for its two branches in the Syracuse

SU’s Whitman School, OCC partner for OCC students to transfer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management says it has a new partnership with Onondaga Community College (OCC) for direct-transfer admissions

Siblings open folk and fairy tale bookstore in Owego
OWEGO, N.Y. — A lifetime love of books and reading inspired a new bookstore in the village of Owego, called SpellBound Books. Jennifer Whitmore first got the idea to open the store during the pandemic and its aftermath. “In a previous life, I was a farmer,” she says. “I had a farmer’s market business.” The

OneGroup CEO Morrisseau to accept ‘24 Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pierre Morrisseau, CEO of Syracuse–based OneGroup, is the 47th recipient of the annual Crystal Ball Award, as selected by the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME). CNYSME will present the award to Morrisseau on April 17 at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown during the annual Crystal Ball and Sales & Marketing

New automated retail lounge opens at Syracuse airport
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) this week unveiled a new automated retail lounge at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR). The new

People news: Tompkins Insurance Agencies creates new training-team leader position
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Insurance Agencies, a unit of Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP), announced it has created a new position of training-team leader and

New York’s minimum wage to increase Jan. 1
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s minimum wage on Jan. 1 will increase to $15-per-hour for much of the state and $16-per-hour in New York City,

Salina business owner recognized at KeyBank’s annual Key4Women awards
SYRACUSE — A town of Salina business owner is KeyBank’s 2023 Key4Women Achieve Award winner. The Syracuse chapter of KeyBank’s Key4Women recognized Susan Crossett during its annual awards breakfast held Oct. 19 at Bellevue Country Club, per KeyBank’s Nov. 15 announcement. Crossett, president and CEO of CPS Recruitment, also served as the keynote speaker. In
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