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CenterState CEO hires Stassel for new research and policy analyst job
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO announced it has hired Christie Stassel as its first research and policy analyst for its research, policy, and planning portfolio.
SUNY Cortland’s Bowers Science Museum to formally open Sept. 28
CORTLAND, N.Y. — SUNY Cortland announced that its updated Ross E. Bowers Hall Science Museum and Greenhouse will formally open next Thursday Sept. 28 with
Report: Most CNY region unemployment rates rose in August
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Ithaca regions increased in August compared to a year ago. Meanwhile, the jobless rate in the
Mohawk Valley Plaza in Herkimer sold for $1.25 million
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Plaza in Herkimer was recently sold by JIM Development, LLC to Goal Investments, LLC for $1.25 million, according to

State: Farnham Family Services opens opioid-treatment center in Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Farnham Family Services is now operating an opioid-treatment program (OTP) at its facility in Oswego. The program provides medication-assisted treatment slots for

MARCY, N.Y. — The Syracuse district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and partners will hold a government-contracting event for minority and women

NYSERDA awards St. Lawrence University more than $112K to support the school’s energy master plan
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence University will use more than $112,000 in state funding to support the school’s “first ever” energy master plan. The New
New York manufacturing index dips in September
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index slid less than a point to 24.4 in September, still indicating a strongly expanding manufacturing sector. The

Rome wins $10 million in state funding in downtown revitalization initiative
ROME, N.Y. — The state has awarded Rome $10 million as the Mohawk Valley winner in the second round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI).
MVP Health Care names Cohen VP of quality
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — MVP Health Care has named Bernard M. Cohen, M.D., vice president of quality. He provides strategic and operational oversight of quality management
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