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Tompkins Financial hires Cross as banking operations manager
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has hired Martin Cross as senior VP and banking operations manager. He will provide leadership

St. Joseph’s Health purchases new equipment as it offers new pre-natal services
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health says it has purchased two new fetal non-stress test monitors using a $17,600 grant from the Flora Bernice Smith
Florida woman charged with scamming elderly couple in Madison County out of $40,000
HAMILTON, N.Y. — New York State Police investigators in Oneida have arrested a Miami, Florida woman for conning an elderly couple in the village of
Mixed-use housing project planned at Griffiss Business & Technology Park
ROME, N.Y. — A Saratoga Springs firm plans to develop a new, mixed-use apartment community with office and amenity-oriented space at Griffiss Business and Technology

MVHS deploys da Vinci Xi surgical system
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) says it has purchased and is using the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system. That’s in
Steuben County manufacturer to expand operations, add jobs
LINDLEY, N.Y. — Manufacturing Automation Systems (MAS) plans to expand its operations and add jobs in the town of Lindley in Steuben County. MAS will

NBT Bank promotes three to senior VP
Carnrike-Granata is director of information security and fraud risk for NBT Bank and has more than 10 years of experience in economic fraud and information

The left hook landed in 1993. The Federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) announced that Griffiss Air Force Base, which opened near Rome, New York in 1942, would close as part of a Cold War drawdown of United States strategic forces. The knockout punch came in September 1995 when the American flag was lowered

AIS secures $48M Air Force contract, opens Denver office
ROME — Rome–based Assured Information Security (AIS) is working on a new U.S. Air Force contract and has also opened a new office in Denver, Colorado. AIS is a growing cybersecurity firm that is headquartered at 153 Brooks Road in the Griffiss Business & Technology Park in Rome. The firm also has offices in Massachusetts,

Firms continue work on MVHS facility repurposing study
UTICA — The firms that are evaluating the “potential repurposing” of the current MVHS facilities will continue that effort for a few more months. The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) and the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties selected CHA Consulting, Inc. to lead the effort, per a Feb. 22 news release. CHA is
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