GOFCC Annual Meeting, presented by Exelon Generation from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Lake Ontario Event Center, 26 East First St., Oswego. Join the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce for this gathering of business and community leaders at its annual meeting. This year’s theme is “Inspire. Invest. Achieve.” The event’s keynote presentation will be given by Arel Moodie, founder of The Art of Likability. Member tickets cost $39; nonmember tickets are $49. For more information, email: sfults@centerstateceo.com
Feb 13
GOFCC Annual Meeting
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Lake Ontario Event Center, 26 East First St., Oswego
Health Care & Education
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DiNapoli: State agency overtime pay hit $787M in 2018, highest amount in a decade ALBANY, N.Y. — Overtime earnings and hours in 2018 were at the highest levels of any year “within the past 10 years,” rising to $787 million. Read More -
Syracuse VA Medical Center director, Hayman, leaving for job in Montana SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the appointment of Judy Hayman, director of the Syracuse VA Medical Center, as the new director of the VA Montana Healthcare System. Read More -
Utica Zoo to use grant funding for STEAM program for girls UTICA, N.Y. — The Utica Zoo will use a $4,500 grant to develop and operate a STEM/STEAM program for girls aged 12 to 15 beginning in May. Read More
Construction, Design & Real Estate
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Colgate University says it has reached carbon neutrality HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate University announced Monday it has achieved carbon neutrality after a 10-year initiative in which the private university cut its emissions by 46 percent. Read More -
Walmart plans to spend about $64 million on store improvements in New York this year Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) expects to spend an estimated $64 million this year in New York through the remodeling of 13 stores. Read More -
MVHS appoints Scholefield VP of facilities and real estate UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has appointed Robert Scholefield to the new role of executive VP of facilities and real estate. Read More
Manufacturing & Engineering
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JPMorgan Chase awards Syracuse $3 million to help people in “vulnerable populations” find jobs in high-tech industries SYRACUSE, N.Y. — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) on Thursday awarded Syracuse $3 million to help local officials connect “talent from vulnerable populations” to jobs in high-tech industries. Read More -
Taste NY sales jumped 10 percent to nearly $18 million last year Sales of Taste NY products, foods and beverages grown and produced in New York state, jumped more than 10 percent from $16.1 million in 2017 to $17.8 million 2018, the state announced Monday. Read More -
Bartell, Raymond executives are the latest to join MACNY Wall of Fame DeWITT — MACNY is set to honor Patrick Morocco of Bartell Machinery Systems, LLC in Rome and Rick Harrington, who recently retired from the Raymond Corp. in Greene, as the 2019 inductees on its Manufa Read More