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State opens EV charging hub in Potsdam
New York Power Authority partnered with Stewart’s Shops, a family-owned convenience-store chain with more than 350 locations in New York and Vermont, to install charging

SUNY to expand student-support program
ASAP|ACE have been “shown in randomized controlled trials to significantly improve” associate and bachelor’s degree completion rates, SUNY contends. The program also helps close “opportunity

New president named for SUNY Polytechnic Institute
MARCY, N.Y. — The SUNY Board of Trustees has appointed Winston Oluwole Soboyejo as SUNY Polytechnic University’s next president, its seventh. He begins in his

Oneida County seeks proposals for opioid-response funding
UTICA, N.Y. — The Oneida County Department of Mental Health is seeking opioid-response proposals and will award $1 million for prevention, treatment, and recovery projects.

Community Bank donates $50K to Oswego Health Foundation Endowment Fund
OSWEGO, N.Y. — DeWitt–based Community Bank (NYSE: CBU) recently donated $50,000 to the Oswego Health Foundation Endowment Fund “to support the fund and the transformation

Upstate Medical, Binghamton leaders on SUNY task force on health-care worker shortage
ALBANY, N.Y. — The leaders of Upstate Medical University, Binghamton University, and SUNY Broome Community College are among 11 members of a new task force

Virtual seven-county job fair set for Sept. 26
UTICA, N.Y. — The Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties’ Regional Apprenticeship Development Readiness (RADAR) grant project will host a free, seven-county

Bassett bariatric surgery program receives accreditation
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown has received the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Quality Partner distinction including the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. In order to receive the accreditation, according to ACS, inpatient and outpatient bariatric surgery centers undergo an independent, voluntary, and rigorous peer evaluation in

Broadway Theater League of Utica names two new board members
UTICA, N.Y. — The Broadway Theater League of Utica recently announced the appointment of two new board members. Matthew Romanow is an administrator at New Hartford Senior High School and previously taught high-school math for 10 years and advised the drama club. Colleen Noga, a longtime subscriber of Broadway Theater League, has a professional background
Binghamton University SBDC honors two firms in green space
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) honored a pair of businesses working in the environmental space — iM3NY and KLAW Industries — at its annual business awards luncheon, held Aug. 29 at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator at 120 Hawley St. Located on the former IBM campus in Endicott, iM3NY
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