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Syracuse mayor appoints Hill as director of business development
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced the appointment of Brianca Hill as director of business development in the city’s Department of Neighborhood

People news: Shiel named director of code enforcement for City of Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced the appointment of Ryan Shiel as director of code enforcement in the city’s Department of Neighborhood

Solvay Bank plans Mohawk Valley commercial-banking expansion in 2024
SOLVAY, N.Y. — Onondaga County–based Solvay Bank announced it is expanding its commercial-banking services in the Mohawk Valley region in the new year. The bank

Solvay Bank, FHLBNY award grants to small businesses, nonprofits
Solvay Bank awarded the grants to the 10 local recipients in December. “As a community bank, we believe in the power of small businesses and

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
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