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People news: NBT Bank names Masso Binghamton market manager
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has promoted Traci Masso to Binghamton market manager. She will be tasked with overseeing NBT’s branches in the

Saratoga Springs firm breaks ground on mixed-use housing project at Griffiss Park in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — Saratoga Springs–based Bonacio Construction Inc. announced it has broken ground on the construction of Air City Lofts at Griffiss Business and Technology

Ithaca, Hamilton firms among finalists in FuzeHub’s commercialization competition
ALBANY, N.Y. — Two companies from Ithaca and one from Hamilton are among the 19 finalists in FuzeHub’s 2019 Commercialization Competition. The finalists includes Halomine,

Oneida County’s Oct. 21 job event seeks to fill 1,000 regional job openings
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. has announced a “first-of-its-kind, large-scale career event” that will seek to fill 1,000 regional job openings

People news: Pineau joins Rome Medical Practice Obstetrics and Gynecology
ROME, N.Y. — Dr. C. Nicole Pineau recently joined Rome Medical Practice’s obstetrics and gynecology practice, called All About Women, and located in the Beeches

MVHS starts assembling construction fencing around site of nearly $550 million downtown hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) says crews on Thursday began putting together the construction fence that will surround the site of
Oneida County hotel occupancy rate rises 1.5 percent in August
UTICA — Hotels in Oneida County were slightly fuller in August 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 1.5 percent to 79.2 percent in August from 78 percent a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based

New owner of del Lago Resort & Casino looks ahead
TYRE — A California investment-management firm is looking ahead to the future of del Lago Resort & Casino now that it’s the sole owner following the Wilmot family’s sale of its 50-percent stake in the property in August. Since the sale, the casino resort has added a retail sportsbook for betting on sports contests. And,

Developer plans Hampton Inn near Turning Stone
VERONA — Lenox, Massachusetts–based Benchmark Development on Sept. 30 announced it will soon start construction of its newest hotel, Hampton Inn by Hilton, near Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona. Construction is slated to begin in October and the developer anticipates opening the hotel next summer. The 64,000-square-foot Hampton Inn by Hilton Verona will be

More than 200 attend Oneida Indian Nation business conference at Turning Stone
VERONA — More than 200 local business representatives gathered at Turning Stone Resort Casino for the second annual “Doing Business with the Oneida Indian Nation” conference on Oct. 4. Hosted by the Oneida Indian Nation’s Office of Economic Development, the half-day networking event welcomed small businesses from across Central New York interested in partnering with
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