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Barclay Damon has elected MICHAEL NICHOLSON previously a counsel, to the law firm’s partnership. His promotion was effective Jan. 1. He is a member of the labor and employment and commercial litigation practice areas and the hotels, hospitality & food service team. Nicholson is based in the firm’s Syracuse office.
Oswego Industries Inc., a Fulton–based nonprofit agency that supports working-age adults with developmental disabilities, has hired four new employees: KELSEY LABARGE, direct support professional; TIARAH BENNETT, direct support professional; SCHUYLER JEAN, direct support professional; and NICHOLAS CORNELIUS, mobile crew member.
MADDIE KOBELT, a 2014 Syracuse University graduate, has returned to her alma mater to serve as an assistant tennis coach. She played for the Orange from 2011-14, was an All-ACC and All-BIG EAST performer, and served as a team captain as a senior. Kobelt has served as an assistant coach for both the women’s and
OPINION: New York Needs Leadership, Cooperation to Weather the Storm
The New York Assembly recently reconvened to begin the 2021 legislative session. While the halls of the Capitol were dramatically different due to COVID restrictions, we begin our work with a sense of optimism and purpose. After a great deal of tumult in 2020, here in New York we must set an example for the rest of
OPINION: Growing Partisanship Challenges Elected Officials
President-elect Joe Biden will take office vowing to bridge partisan differences and unite Americans. It will not be easy. Biden will have to work with a Congress that is deeply divided, reflecting divisions among the American people that have grown stronger and more intense. Beginning in the 1990s, we entered a period of protracted polarization.
Lockheed Martin mourns death of executive, Owego native
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is mourning the death of Michele Evans, the firm’s aeronautics executive VP, who was a native of the Owego area and a graduate of Clarkson University in Potsdam. Evans died on New Year’s Day, per a Jan. 2 company news release. Lockheed Martin is a defense contractor
VIEWPOINT: How Technology Can Steer You Through the Fast Lane of the Post-COVID World
Technology’s impact on the work environment was profound well before the pandemic — streamlining processes, increasing productivity, and making remote work seamless. Now, given the rapid changes in an uncertain economy affected by the virus, knowing how to utilize and navigate technology in the post-COVID world will be even more crucial for entrepreneurs, college graduates, other
VIEWPOINT: How to Make Sure COVID Doesn’t Kill Entrepreneurship
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has left many existing small businesses struggling, and the continued economic uncertainty threatens to kill the ambitions of entrepreneurs who planned to launch new businesses but now must put their dreams on hold. This crisis will end up being much worse for small businesses than the 2008-11 sub-prime mortgage
VIEWPOINT: Evaluating the Viability of AI in the Workplace
It’s becoming increasingly important for organizational leaders to consider the potential impact of artificial intelligence on company culture. Recent research estimates that one in five employees will have an artificial-intelligence system as their coworker by 2022. As workplace applications of artificial intelligence (AI) become the norm, organizational leaders will face a bevy of new challenges,
OPINION: N.Y. Wage Board was right to not lower farm OT threshold for now
The [New York State] proposal to reduce the 60-hour overtime-threshold [on farms to 40 hours] threatened to over-regulate New York’s family farms out of existence. Fortunately, the [state Department of Labor’s] Wage Board acted prudently in its decision to preserve the current threshold for the time being. This is welcome news for farmers across New
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