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NUAIR hires new president and CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse–based NUAIR announced it has hired Ken Stewart as its new president and CEO. Stewart most recently served as CEO of Boston,

Lockheed Martin executive, a Clarkson graduate, dies
Michele Evans, a Clarkson University graduate who was serving as aeronautics executive VP at Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), died on New Year’s Day, the

Oneida County reports 6 COVID deaths in latest day
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported 6 new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the county’s total to 243 since the pandemic started. In the last

Kirkland Art Center uses more than $1,500 grant for PPE to continue to offer arts programming safely
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Kirkland Art Center (KAC) announced it will use a $1,530 grant from the Jack and Trudy Owens Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and related supplies. The PPE is needed to meet public-health requirements and continue to offer arts programming in

Cayuga Health to open additional COVID-19 testing sites in Ithaca, Cortlandville
Besides Cayuga Medical Center, Cayuga Health also includes Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls. The Cayuga Health Cortland sampling site is located in Gutchess Park in

New director of security appointed for Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Tioga Downs Casino Resort has named Robert Otto as its regional director of security, overseeing security operations at both Tioga Downs Casino
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels posted an occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) of 37 percent in November, down 29.7 percent from a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the biggest year-over-year decline in occupancy in the county since July as

MMRI researchers to use AHA funding for autism study
UTICA, N.Y. — Researchers at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica are beginning a study examining if there is a link between cardiac abnormalities and autism. The American Heart Association (AHA) chose MMRI for the nearly $300,000 Transformational Project Award, per a news release. Maria Kontaridis, MMRI executive director, and Gordon Moe, professor

SUNY names acting president of SUNY Poly
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY board of trustees on Tuesday appointed SUNY Provost Tod Laursen as acting president for SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). Laursen’s appointment

Upstate HomeCare, Nascentia Health participate in SPEED pilot program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate HomeCare and Nascentia Health announced they’re participating in the SPEED pilot program. SPEED is short for Special Projects for Equitable and
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