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Real-estate agency changes name, brings focus back to local business
NEW HARTFORD — After 25 years of affiliation with Prudential Real Estate, one local real-estate agency has dropped the affiliation and changed its name as it hones its focus on serving the local area. The former Prudential Joseph R. Carucci Real Estate agency is now known as Preferred Properties of the Mohawk Valley, Inc., says […]
Family & Children’s Society appoints Kubik as deputy executive director
JOHNSON CITY — The Family & Children’s Society, Inc. today announced the appointment of Diane Kubik to the position of deputy executive director. “Diane has
North Country communities benefit from high-speed Internet project
Areas of the North Country are among more than 70 rural communities in New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont benefitting from a $50 million project that installed high-speed Internet service. Independent Optical Network (ION), an Albany–based statewide fiber network, started the project in September 2010 and finished its work at the end of December, says Jim
ConMed profit dips in fourth quarter, but beats expectations
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, today reported that its fourth quarter net income fell to $10.2 million, or 37 cents
Cayuga County Chamber appoints new board of directors
AUBURN — The Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce has appointed its board of directors for 2014. The officers are: chair, David Tehan, Karpinski, Stapleton, &
Cornell, city of Utica use grant to create R2G urban-planning studio
UTICA — Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Oneida County and the city of Utica on Monday announced a downtown-development partnership and grant funding that they’ll use
Giotto builds his 10th business, Oriskany Arms
ORISKANY — The Greeks called it “sunergia.” Today, we call the word “synergy,” meaning “cooperation” or “working together.” In business, it generally relates to the cooperative interaction of acquired subsidiaries or merged entities. For Frank Giotto, it’s the driving force behind his business enterprises. Not content to manage nine corporations, he incorporated his 10th last
2014 NORTH COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS
The following are progress reports from businesses and nonprofits headquartered in the North Country — highlighting their 2013 accomplishments, 2014 plans, and some key statistics. The progress reports are based on forms the organizations completed and submitted. These North Country reports were also part of the broader Progress Edition, covering our entire 16-county area, published
GPO Federal Credit Union names Mayhew to president, CEO posts
NEW HARTFORD — The board of directors of GPO Federal Credit Union (GPOFCU) in New Hartford on Tuesday announced it has selected Nicholas Mayhew to serve as president and CEO. Mayhew assumes his new role on Feb. 3. He most recently served as vice president and CFO of Rome Memorial Hospital, GPOFCU said in a
The Beeches: Adapting in the second hundred years
Necessity is the handmaiden of invention. — author unknown ROME — On Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio signal transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean. At the same time, Frank Destito was on board a ship bound from Italy to New York City — final destination: Rome, N.Y. Destito, who was newly married,
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