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People news: Tompkins Financial promotes Tomazin to treasurer
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corporation announced it has promoted Matt Tomazin to treasurer and senior VP. He will report to Frank Fetsko, chief operating

Six Lewis County small businesses awarded $170K in grant funding for equipment and projects
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Six small businesses in Lewis County are using a total of $170,000 in grant funding to pay for equipment and projects. They

People news: CenterState CEO announces new digital-communications manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO on Wednesday announced it has hired Justin Miller as its digital-communications manager. Miller most recently served as executive producer and

Schumer pitches Micron president on locating a future plant in Upstate
Micron Technology is thinking about locations for a future plant and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) hopes the firm will choose upstate New

Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ stadium has new name
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced they will play their home baseball games in Mirabito Stadium following a naming-rights change. The Binghamton Rumble

New York’s COVID positive-test rate falls to lowest level since pandemic started
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday reported that New York state’s daily positivity rate for COVID-19 tests fell to 0.59 percent in

TSA at Syracuse airport prepares for busy summer travel season
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to see an uptick in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Syracuse

Binghamton professor Whittingham, a Nobel Prize winner, named fellow of the Royal Society
VESTAL, N.Y. — M. Stanley Whittingham, a 2019 Nobel laureate and distinguished professor at Binghamton University, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society.

AmeriCU buys building on Route 57 in Clay to establish training center
CLAY, N.Y. — AmeriCU plans to open a training center in a building it recently bought on Route 57 in Clay. The Rome–based credit union purchased the 5,202-square-foot building, located on nearly 1 acre at 7466 Oswego Road, for $550,000 from Michael Jay Associates (Ken Pacioni), according to a release from CBRE/Syracuse. Glenn Weisiger and

Chemung Financial boosts quarterly dividend by 19 percent
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corporation’s board of directors recently boosted its quarterly cash dividend by 19 percent to 31 cents a share from the previous 26 cents. The new dividend is payable on July 1, to common-stock shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 17. “We are pleased that our
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