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Venture capital firm opens upstate office in CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York City–based ff Venture Capital (ffVC) has opened an upstate New York office within CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse,

SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Northland Communications pursues plans for growth
HOLLAND PATENT, N.Y. — Northland Communications may be based in a small town, but the company has an ambitious growth plan that is anything but small town. The company, which got its start as Oneida County Rural Telephone in 1904, is all about connections — from the internet and voice solutions it provides to the

Mohawk Valley Gives fundraising event returns on Sept. 20
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties hosts “Mohawk Valley Gives,” its second-annual 24-hour day of community giving, on Wednesday, Sept.

People news: MMRI adds new cardiac researcher to lab
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) has named Tongbin Wu assistant professor of biomedical research and translational medicine. In this role, Wu

Broome County executive proposes $447 million budget for 2024
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Broome County Executive Jason Garnar introduced his proposed 2024 budget, complete with a 4 percent reduction in county taxes, on Wednesday.

Turning Stone hosts hiring event ahead of new sports-book venue opening
VERONA, N.Y. — Turning Stone Resort Casino is hosting a hiring event on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Exit 33

Tompkins County women’s organization seeks grant applications
ITHACA, N.Y. — The City Federation of Women’s Organizations (CFWO) is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations and government agencies in Tompkins County for the Women

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
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