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Edward Jones office to formally open in Johnson City on Jan. 15
JOHNSON CITY — The investment firm Edward Jones will formally open its new office in Johnson City on Jan. 15. Chris Curry is the financial advisor at the new 345 Harry L. Drive office, which opened to customers in November. Heidi Higgins is the branch office administrator. Curry and his team had been operating from […]
Oneida County hotel occupancy rate increases almost 8 percent
UTICA — Hotels in Oneida County were significantly fuller in November than in the year-ago month, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 7.7 percent to 52.7 percent in November, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.

Aviation company to create 100 new jobs at Griffiss
ROME — Strategic Global Aviation plans to create at least 100 new jobs as it begins operations at Griffiss International Airport in Rome. The company has signed a 5-year, $1.96 million lease to occupy Building 101 at the county-owned airport that was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. announced on

Construction starts on $30 million renovation project at SUNY Cortland
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Contractors on Thursday started work on a $30 million project to renovate the Smith and Casey Tower complex at SUNY Cortland. The

Lockheed Martin to hold Jan. 9 recruitment event at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) will hold a recruitment event for its Salina and Owego plants on Thursday, Jan. 9 in Syracuse.

State Police seek suspect in theft at Kinney Drugs store near Ithaca
LANSING, N.Y. — New York State Police in Ithaca say they are seeking a man accused of stealing several electronics from the Kinney Drugs store

State awards Village of Endicott $350K Main Street grant
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The Village of Endicott will use a $350,000 state grant to conduct renovation work on the 10s block of Washington Avenue. The

Primary Urgent Care to open location in Herkimer
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Utica–based Primary Urgent Care announced it will open a second location at 130 W. Albany St. in Herkimer on Thursday. “Over the

Finger Lakes firm sold to Ohio company
DRESDEN, N.Y. — Abtex Corporation, a Yates County–based supplier of brush deburring systems and technologies to the manufacturing industry, announced it has been acquired by

Burruano named general counsel of Five Star Bank parent
WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, announced that it has named Samuel J. Burruano, Jr. general counsel.
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