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Tioga County Land Bank begins demolition of blighted properties
OWEGO, N.Y. — The Tioga County Property Development Corporation (Tioga County Land Bank) is demolishing four residential structures it owns in Owego to eliminate blight.

Binghamton event focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Conference is set for next Wednesday Sept. 13 from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Tioga County receives nearly $2 million from state shared-services initiative
OWEGO, N.Y. — The New York Department of State announced Tioga County will receive $1.18 million in state matching funds as a result of taxpayer

Oneida, Herkimer counties consider 911 consolidation
Facing critical staffing shortages, Oneida and Herkimer counties are exploring the possibility of combining their emergency 911 services into one dispatch system. A combined dispatch

People news: MVHS names three new board members
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently announced three new board members — Waleed Albert, John R. Brumsted, and Savneet Singh. Albert is

Carthage, Ogdensburg hospitals probe cyberattack
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg say their information technology (IT) teams worked through the weekend to stabilize all

MMRI receives $200,000 in funding for lupus research
UTICA, N.Y. — The Lupus and Allied Disease Association, Inc. (LADA) recently awarded the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) $200,000 for four research projects at

Ithaca nonprofit to use Guthrie program grant funding for clinical-internship program
ITHACA, N.Y. — Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca will use a grant of $5,000 for its clinical-internship program. The program provides mental-health interns with

New York home sales plunge nearly 25 percent in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 9,381 previously owned homes in July, down 24.9 percent from the 12,487 existing homes sold in July 2022. Pending sales also fell almost 11 percent, foreshadowing further declines in closed home sales in the next couple months. The data comes from the July monthly housing report that the
CNY regional job growth was mixed in the last year
3 regions added jobs, while 3 lost them Half the Central New York regions gained jobs in the past year while the other half shed positions, according to a recent state-government report. The Syracuse, Binghamton, and Ithaca areas gained jobs between July 2022 and this past July. At the same time, the Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum,
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