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NORWICH — SUNY Morrisville’s Norwich Campus recently announced it’s doing its part locally to help alleviate the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) for emergency personnel and health-care workers during the coronavirus emergency. The campus is providing emergency agencies in Chenango County with use of an on-campus ultraviolet (UV) sterilization cabinet that allows for PPE […]

Raymond Corp. to produce more than 2,000 face shields for local health-care professionals
GREENE — The Raymond Corporation says engineers and staff at its plant in the Chenango County town of Greene recently began to 3D print face shields to provide local doctors, nurses, and first responders with needed personal protective equipment (PPE). The manufacturing firm expects to produce more than 2,000 face shields to be distributed to

Utica College freezes tuition for 2020-21 academic year
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College will freeze its tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year, Laura Casamento, school president, announced Friday. This applies to on-campus undergraduate

UTICA, N.Y. — F.X. Matt Brewery, the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, and the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties have launched an initiative

Visions Federal Credit Union board elects three directors
ENDWELL — The Visions Federal Credit Union board of directors elected three directors at the organization’s 54th annual meeting. The credit union in late March also announced financial-relief programs to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Annual meeting Besides the election of three directors, the board also elected officers and made appointments during a

Rome Hospital Foundation announced over $75K in donations for COVID-19 response
ROME — Rome Hospital Foundation announced it has received more than $75,000 to help with response efforts related to the COVID-19 crisis. Money has come from the following donors and other generous Rome citizens: • ANDRO Computational Services • Griffin Charitable Foundation • Hinman Foundation • Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund (a joint partnership of the Community Foundation of

Broome County loses three people to COVID-19 in one day
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County on Thursday afternoon reported three more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the county’s total to 15. “Sadly we have three additional

Cornell estimates its COVID-19 financial losses could exceed $200 million by end of next fiscal year
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is estimating a potential loss for its Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses of between $160 million and $210 million by

Binghamton man busted after stealing vehicle and abandoning it at a gas station
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A Binghamton man stands accused of stealing a vehicle in the city, before abandoning it at a gas station in the town

How much money did Central New York colleges get from the federal stimulus package?
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced allocations of more than $12.5 billion from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to colleges and universities across
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