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MACNY announces Bartell Machinery, Raymond executives as Wall of Fame inductees
MACNY announced Patrick Morocco of Bartell Machinery Systems and Rick Harrington, who recently retired from the Raymond Corp., as its 2019 inductees. Their induction will
OSHA fines Remington Arms after worker loses fingertip at Ilion factory
ILION, N.Y. — The Ilion location of Remington Arms Company LLC is facing more than $210,000 in fines for 27 workplace-safety violations after an employee’s

The Agency selects Duncan as next executive director
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The organization that leads economic-development efforts in Broome County has chosen its next executive director. The board of directors of the Agency
Resource Center for Independent Living taps Utica official as director of LIFE at RCIL
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica–based Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL) announced that it has hired Charles (Sonny) Greco as its executive director of LIFE at

SUNY Poly, MVCC sign expanded articulation “Path to Poly” agreement
UTICA, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) on Friday expanded an existing agreement that allows MVCC graduates to

AMR acquires Cooperstown Medical Transport assets
ONEONTA, N.Y. — American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR), a medical-transportation provider with operations in Syracuse, on Friday said it is acquiring certain assets from

People news: Upstate Cerebral Palsy hires Stedman
UTICA, N.Y. — Upstate Cerebral Palsy (UCP) announced it has recently hired Gail Stedman as its senior VP of human resources. She is responsible for

Gas-station employee arrested for stealing nearly $2,000 in lottery tickets
ONEONTA, N.Y. — New York State Police in Oneonta recently arrested a man for allegedly stealing nearly $2,000 in lottery tickets from the gas station
Jefferson County hotel occupancy rate falls more than 6 percent in January
WATERTOWN — Hotels in Jefferson County were less full in January compared to a year ago, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county declined 6.5 percent to 30.8 percent in January from 33 percent in the year-ago month, according to STR, a
Broome County hotel occupancy rate nearly unchanged in January
BINGHAMTON — The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Broome County dipped 0.1 percent to 40.5 percent in January from 40.6 percent in the year-ago month, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. That broke a string of three straight months of occupancy-rate increases in
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