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Canadian manufacturing company plans to add jobs at Binghamton plant
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A new deal for a Canadian company with a manufacturing facility in Binghamton will lead to new jobs in the Southern Tier.

Haylor, Freyer & Coon is sold to national insurance firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc., a 94-year-old Syracuse–based insurance agency, has been sold to Alera Group, an independent national insurance and wealth

People news: Herkimer College appoints Whittaker as staff accountant
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College announced it has appointed Julie Whittaker to the position of staff accountant – payroll. Whittaker brings experience from

Three Syracuse startups and one from Binghamton are among the 12 finalists in FuzeHub’s upcoming commercialization competition, set for the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on

BAE Systems to provide electric-drive products for transit buses in Southern California
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — BAE Systems, which manufactures heavy-duty electric propulsion systems, will provide El Dorado National (California)(ENC) with its Gen3 product line for its next-generation,

Ithaca Rotary club donates to nonprofits
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Rotary Club of Ithaca has awarded nearly $15,000 in grants to 15 community nonprofits. The funding comes from $10,000 members donated

First Source’s DeMetri named to American Heart Association’s local board and Circle of Red co-chair
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The American Heart Association’s local board of directors has appointed Amy DeMetri, executive VP of First Source Federal Credit Union, as a board member. In addition, she has been appointed to a leadership role for this year’s Go Red for Women’s “Circle of Red” committee, according to a First Source news
Lockheed Martin Owego plant awarded more than $30 million Navy contract modification
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Owego plant has won a more than $30.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. This adjustment “adds scope to provide for the design and development of the Advanced Digital Receiver/Processor (ADRP) upgrade to the existing E-2D AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures Receiver/Processor, as well

Chobani boosts wages to bolster recruitment, retention efforts
SOUTH EDMESTON, N.Y. — With unemployment still low and the competition for potential employees fierce, Chobani, Inc. has taken steps to boost its attractiveness to candidates. The company recently implemented a pay increase, the second raise this year, which boosts its total wage increase this year to between 20 percent and 30 percent. The increase

Clarkson’s Chezum elected first female chair of ANCA board
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — After seven years as VP of the board of directors of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), board members felt it was time for Kelly Chezum to lead the group. The board’s vote makes Chezum the first woman to serve as board president in ANCA’s 67-year history, the organization said in
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