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Autonomous robots start delivering food at SUNY Poly campus
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute students have a new, autonomous option for food delivery from on-campus eateries with the help of Grubhub and on-demand

People news: Magnera promoted to administrator of Huntington Living Center
WATERLOO, N.Y. — UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health has announced the promotion of Nicole Magnera to administrator of Huntington Living Center in Waterloo. She previously

Adirondack Railroad set to resume Tupper Lake service after storm damage
UTICA, N.Y. — The Adirondack Railroad will resume limited passenger-excursion services from Utica to Tupper Lake and from Old Forge to Tupper Lake on Oct.

MVCC hosts criminal-justice career expo on Wednesday
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) will host a criminal-justice career expo from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in the

Butler/Till closes Syracuse office of Digital Hyve
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rochester–based Butler/Till says it closed the Syracuse office of its subsidiary the Digital Hyve on Oct. 10. Two years after Butler/Till acquired

People news: Hartwick College names new dean of students
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College has recently appointed Cary Dresher as the college’s new dean of students. Dresher, who has been serving as acting dean

Lewis County economic-development groups form the nonprofit Naturally Lewis, Inc.
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Economic-development organizations in Lewis County have been using the phrase “Naturally Lewis” to brand their business-development efforts in the county. Now, the

Hartwick College renames nursing program to School of Nursing
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College recently launched its School of Nursing — a name change to better represent the college’s existing nursing program. “On this 80th anniversary of the nursing program, I want to offer my congratulations and gratitude to the nursing alumni, current nursing students, nursing faculty, the entire nursing department, our clinical partners,

Mohawk Valley Gives event raises more than $2.4M for nonprofits
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties’ second annual Mohawk Valley Gives 24-hour online giving event held Sept. 20 raised more than $2.4 million to benefit local nonprofits serving the region. The total raised tripled the amount received during the first year of the event with more than 6,600 unique donors

Parkedge Townhomes in Utica completes $47 million in renovations
UTICA, N.Y. — Parkedge Townhomes, a 184-unit affordable-housing development in Utica, recently completed renovations at the 50-year-old complex to upgrade the units and add a
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