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Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties awards neighborhood-impact grants
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties awarded a series of “Power of Our Community Neighborhood Impact Grants” as part of

LeChase Construction Services hires Mauro as superintendent
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Michael Mauro has joined LeChase Construction Services, LLC as a superintendent in Binghamton. In this role, Mauro directs the work of subcontractors,

Home Depot to build distribution center in Schuyler Business Park
SCHUYLER, N.Y. — A Home Depot distribution center is coming to the Schuyler Business Park, according to the Herkimer County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), working

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Medical Center announced that it will use an $82 million grant from the Scriven Foundation to make “rapid improvements resulting in

People news: Molisani joins Geneva General Hospital hospitalist team
GENEVA, N.Y. — Ashley Molisani, a nurse practitioner, has joined the medical staff of Geneva General Hospital in the hospitalist department, parent organization Finger Lakes

People news: MV EDGE president selected for new AFRL Civic Leader Program
ROME, N.Y. — Steven J. DiMeo, president of Mohawk Valley EDGE, has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to join its newly

New York’s local sales-tax collections rise 12% in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local sales-tax collections in New York state jumped 11.9 percent in July compared to the same month in 2021. That’s according to an analysis that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued on Aug. 16. Overall, local sales-tax collections in the state totaled $1.8 billion, up $188 million compared to July of

Chemung Financial names Meade to board of directors
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced that its board of directors has elected Joseph F. Meade IV to a seat on the board. Meade will stand for shareholder election of a two-year term at the banking company’s annual meeting of shareholders in June 2023. All directors of Chemung Financial also serve on

Visions CEO Muse receives AACUC Lifetime Achievement Award
ENDWELL, N.Y. — The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) recently announced Ty Muse, Visions Federal Credit Union (FCU) president and CEO, as the 2022 honoree of its Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award. The Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes “a credit union professional or volunteer whose career best embodies the AACUC’s mission to increase the
New York milk producer prices up nearly 43 percent versus a year ago
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month for which data is available amid continued inflationary pressures. New York dairy farms in May were paid an average of $27.10 per hundredweight of milk, unchanged from April but up almost 43 percent from the $19 average in May 2021.
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