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Canadian, out-of-state visitors can snowmobile for free in New York during March weekend
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced that New York State will host a free snowmobiling weekend for all out-of-state and Canadian

FuzeHub to hold Wednesday Ithaca forum on helping manufacturers grow their business
ITHACA, N.Y. — Area startups and manufacturing companies can learn how to accelerate the growth of their business at a FuzeHub solutions forum set for

Health Care Career Moves – February 2020
FINGER LAKES HEALTHFinger Lakes Health has named JODI HEAVNER-ORTIZ nurse manager of Unit 1 at Geneva Living Center South in the transitional care program. She

Helio Health’s Klemanski discusses its new $14M residential treatment facility in Clay
CLAY, N.Y. — Jeremy Klemanski, president and CEO of Syracuse–based Helio Health, called it a “community asset.” “[It’s] a facility that is going to be

Syracuse airport projects 10 percent increase in winter-break travelers
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Hancock International Airport announced that airlines are adding 59 flights for the winter-break travel period, projecting a 10 percent increase in

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College’s (OCC) teaching restaurant, With Love, is partnering with the Syracuse Urban Partnership and its Salt City Market to provide
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CNY ATD appoints 2020 leadership team
SYRACUSE — CNY ATD announced it has appointed the following people to its 2020 leadership team: • President – Steven DeHart, Progressive Insurance • President Elect – Melissa McLean, Oracle • Past President – Amy Bartolotta, The Hartford • VP CNY BEST – Beth King, Terakeet • VP Programs – Christy Rohmer, NYSERNet • ELA Vice Chair – Erin Cunia, National
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SYRACUSE — CNY ATD announced it has appointed the following people to its 2020 leadership team:
• President – Steven DeHart, Progressive Insurance
• President Elect – Melissa McLean, Oracle
• Past President – Amy Bartolotta, The Hartford
• VP CNY BEST – Beth King, Terakeet
• VP Programs – Christy Rohmer, NYSERNet
• ELA Vice Chair – Erin Cunia, National Grid
• Emerging Chair; President Emeritus – Mark Britz, ThruWork/The eLearning Guild
• Virtual Opportunities Chair – Kati Wheeler, The Bonadio Group
• Scholarship Chair – Eileen Hudack, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• President Emeritus – Ingrid Gonzalez-McCurdy, Elmcrest Children’s Center
• President Emeritus – Ken Steiger, Steiger Training & Development
• CNY BEST Co-Vice Chair – Jim D’Agostino, TDO – Train, Develop, Optimize
• CNY BEST Co-Vice Chair – Cathy Gaynor, Emergent, LLC
• Programs Vice Chair – Brent Danega, St Joseph’s Health
• ELA Vice Chair – Cheri Green, OneGroup
• Virtual Opportunities Vice Chair – Cynthia Doss, SUNY Syracuse EOC
• Scholarship Vice Chair – Laura Carroll
• Managing Director – Julie Billings, Eventi Management
• Managing Director – Brenda Grady, ACME Planning
CNY ATD is the local affiliate chapter of Association for Talent Development (ATD). This year, CNY ATD received national recognition with an ATD Chapter Excellence Award for its long-standing, just-completed 12th Annual CNY BEST Talent Development Program recognizing excellence in talent development in the CNY area and recognizing more than 175 organizations and individuals as CNY Champions of Learning.
Onondaga County hotel occupancy rate rises nearly 3 percent in December
SYRACUSE — Hotels in Onondaga County were fuller in December than in the year-ago month, while room revenue also rose, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 2.5 percent to 40.3 percent in December, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market
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SYRACUSE — Hotels in Onondaga County were fuller in December than in the year-ago month, while room revenue also rose, according to a recent report.
The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 2.5 percent to 40.3 percent in December, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. For all of 2019, hotel occupancy in the county fell 3.6 percent to 56.7 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, rose 3.6 percent to $36.32 in December. For the full year, the county’s RevPar declined 2.6 percent to $58.61.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, gained 1.1 percent to $90.11 in December. In 2019, Onondaga County’s ADR was up 1 percent to $103.29.
Tompkins Financial to pay quarterly dividend of 52 cents a share on Feb. 18
ITHACA — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) recently announced that its board of directors approved payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of 52 cents a share for the first quarter. The dividend is payable on Feb. 18, to common shareholders of record on Feb. 10. It’s the same amount that Tompkins Financial paid in
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ITHACA — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) recently announced that its board of directors approved payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of 52 cents a share for the first quarter.
The dividend is payable on Feb. 18, to common shareholders of record on Feb. 10. It’s the same amount that Tompkins Financial paid in last year’s fourth quarter, when it boosted its dividend by 2 cents from the dividend of 50 cents a share that the banking company had paid in the third quarter.
At Tompkins Financial’s current stock price, the payment yields more than 2.3 percent on an annual basis.
Tompkins Financial also announced that it generated nearly $21.1 million in net income in the fourth quarter, up 11.5 percent from more than $18.9 million in the same quarter in 2018.
For the full year of 2019, the banking company generated net income of $81.7 million, down less than 1 percent from
$82.3 million in 2018.
Tompkins Financial is a financial-services firm, with more than $6.7 billion in total assets, serving the Central, Western, and Hudson Valley regions of New York and the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Ithaca, Tompkins Financial is parent of Tompkins Trust Company, Tompkins Bank of Castile, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, Tompkins VIST Bank, and Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. It also offers wealth-management services through Tompkins Financial Advisors.
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