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Tioga Downs, FanDuel formally open sports-betting venue
NICHOLS — FanDuel Group has recently opened the company’s first retail sportsbook in New York state, located at Tioga Downs Casino Resort in Nichols in Tioga County. FanDuel’s new 2,600-square-foot, sports-betting retail location is available near the casino’s main entrance. The FanDuel Sportsbook includes eight betting windows, 27 video displays including a large video wall, […]

Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation’s golf classic raises more than $27K
ROME — Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation announced that its annual golf classic, held June 24 at Teugega Country Club in Rome, raised more than $27,000 this year to support Rome Memorial Hospital. Since its start in 1999, the golf tournament has raised more than $650,000 to help fund medical-equipment purchases and programs and services provided

Visions FCU to open new branch in Ithaca
ITHACA — Visions Federal Credit Union plans to open a new branch at 410 Elmira Road in Ithaca this winter. That’s according to a news release the credit union posted on its website on July 19. The Endwell–based Visions sees the upcoming location as a “new banking option” for the Ithaca community. The organization will

CFCU Community Credit Union opens Transformation Center on Ithaca Commons
ITHACA — CFCU Community Credit Union’s new “Transformation Center” on the Ithaca Commons is now up and running. CFCU also relocated its administrative offices to the same location in the Bank Tower building on the Ithaca Commons at 202 E. State St. in Ithaca. The new facility opened June 3. CFCU believes banking technology is

Cornell to receive $54 million from NSF for new CHESS sub-facility
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) — a national research facility — will receive $54 million in federal funding over the

Southern Tier woman arrested for identity theft after stealing credit card
SIDNEY, N.Y. — New York State Police in Sidney (Chenango County) announced they have arrested Wendy A. Kinchoy, age 41 of Apalachin (Tioga County), for

MVHS and the Community Foundation conducting online hospital-repurposing survey
UTICA, N.Y. — Officials from the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) and the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties have released an online survey

Upstate Medical University awarded nearly $3M federal grant to train nurses for work in rural areas
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University’s College of Nursing will use a four-year, $2.7 million grant to support students who are interested in working in

MVCC to host aviation-career day in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) is hosting an aviation-career day on Aug. 9. The event is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 4

Oneida Health, Roswell Park formally open radiation-oncology center in Oneida
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Buffalo–based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Oneida Health have formally opened the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center on the Oneida
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