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Pathfinder Village to use $2.2 million in donations for school renovations and preschool
EDMESTON, N.Y. — Pathfinder Village in Edmeston in Otsego County will use two anonymous donations totaling $2.2 million for an expansion project. Construction will start

$12 million research center coming to Griffiss International Airport
ROME, N.Y. — Oneida County is partnering with Rome Lab, the Griffiss Institute, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute to create a $12 million research center at

Finger Lakes Health HR department moves to new Geneva office
GENEVA, N.Y. — The human-resources (HR) department of Finger Lakes Health (FLH) has moved its Geneva office from 45 Seneca St. to Finger Lakes Health

Community Bank System boosts dividend by 8 percent
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced that it has increased its quarterly cash dividend by 8 percent to 41 cents per

Del Lago opens DraftKings sportsbook
TYRE, N.Y. — DraftKings Inc. and del Lago Resort & Casino on Friday announced the opening of the DraftKings Sportsbook at del Lago. The del

Workforce Development Institute to use federal funding for wood, paper-products training
The Albany–based Workforce Development Institute (WDI) will deploy more than $571,000 in federal funding for workforce-training programs. Specifically, WDI will use the money for creating

People news: Tompkins Financial hires Guarino as manager of retail & small business lending
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP), an Ithaca–based banking company, announced it recently added Charles Guarino as senior VP and manager of retail

Crews to build new I-690 eastbound on-ramp at State Fairgrounds once current Fair ends
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) will construct a new Interstate 690 (I-690) eastbound on-ramp bridge, “ensuring that a temporary

Upstate Cancer Center deploys new technology to combat bladder cancer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Cancer Center is using new equipment that helps doctors “better” detect and diagnose cancerous tumors in the bladder. It’s called

Bank of America donates $250K to MVHS downtown hospital project
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has donated $250,000 to the Mohawk Valley Health System’s (MVHS) hospital project in downtown Utica. The
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