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SALINA, N.Y. — Ending months of speculation State Senator John DeFrancisco, (R-Syracuse), announced late Tuesday afternoon that he is running to become the next governor

Syracuse Community Health Center may close 3 patient centers if grant money isn’t renewed
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Community Health Center Inc. (SCHC) is concerned it may have to close three patient centers and lay off 75 health-care workers
Taste NY 2017 sales rise by more than 20 percent in 2017
Products sold at Taste NY stores generated a “record” $16.1 million in total gross sales in 2017, up by $3 million, or 23 percent, from

What channel is the Syracuse basketball game on? (at Georgia Tech)
An injury depleted Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team (15-6 overall, 4-4 ACC) goes after a fourth straight win Wednesday evening when it visits the Georgia

Police charge local man with robberies at Lansing credit union and Ithaca bank
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca police said a local man was responsible for a December bank robbery in Ithaca and the robbery of a credit union
Tompkins Financial boosts dividend again
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced that it has raised its quarterly dividend for a second time in as many quarters. The

Dick’s Sporting Goods formally opens distribution center in the town of Conklin
CONKLIN, N.Y. — Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS), a sports and fitness retailer, has formally opened its regional distribution facility at the Broome County
Chamber Alliance of the Mohawk Valley elects 2018 officers
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The Chamber Alliance of the Mohawk Valley (CAMV) has announced its new slate of officers for 2018. Marianne Buttenschon, president of

Senators: $150K in federal funding to help buy mobile dental clinic in Tioga County
Tioga County will use $150,000 in federal funding to purchase a new mobile dental clinic to replace the current one, “which is at the end

Long-abandoned Victory Building in Johnson City to be redeveloped
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Broome County officials have announced that the former Endicott-Johnson Shoe Manufacturing Co. plant in Johnson City will be converted to commercial
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