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LORETTO MEREDITH BOSS has been promoted to director of nursing at Loretto Health & Rehabilitation. Previously assistant director of nursing for short-term rehabilitation, Boss was

Binghamton University appoints new vice provost

Employee Benefits & Human Resources, Health Care, Manufacturing & Engineering, Nonprofits, Technology

Govindaraju will replace Krishnaswami “Hari” Srihari, who has held the position as executive vice provost since it was established in June 2015. Sirhari is

Greater Utica Chamber recognizes 2019 Business of the Year winners

Insurance & Financial Services, Nonprofits, Small Business, Technology

Additional honorees included Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc. in the “Not-For-Profit Organization with 50 Employees or Fewer;” Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in the

Cicero multi-industrial complex sold for $1.1M

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CICERO — Cleghorn Properties, LLC recently purchased the multi-industrial complex at 6177 South Bay Road for $1.1 million from EJ Company. The property has two buildings totaling 37,200 square feet, situated on about 12 acres of land. Cleghorn Properties bought the property with plans to lease the two buildings. Gary Cottet and Patrick Hillery of

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Five Star Bank parent to pay quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share in early January

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WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent of Five Star Bank, will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents a share per common share outstanding for the latest quarter. The banking company said it will pay the dividend on Jan. 2, to shareholders of record on Dec. 13. Five Star Bank, based

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CNY Tweets – 12/16/19

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, leadership, and HR tips. SBA @SBAgovResolving to start a business in 2020? Here’s how to do it in 10 steps: http://ow.ly/3k1P50xs1ax SBA Atlantic (Region II) @SBAatlanticDecember is National Write a Business Plan Month! Tap into @SBAgov’s resources to create a roadmap

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, leadership, and HR tips.

SBA @SBAgov
Resolving to start a business in 2020? Here’s how to do it in 10 steps: http://ow.ly/3k1P50xs1ax

SBA Atlantic (Region II) @SBAatlantic
December is National Write a Business Plan Month! Tap into @SBAgov’s resources to create a roadmap for your #smallbusiness plan TODAY! — http://ow.ly/vHsO50xbrwZ

MischaComm @MischaComm
How to identify your #smallbiz target market. http://ow.ly/CZMZ50xuKMi

Talkroute @Talkroute
Building a Brand for Your Home Business http://bit.ly/2Q32NYN #BusinessOwner #SmallBiz #homebusiness

The Bonadio Group @bonadiogroup
Help your #smallbusiness set the stage for a productive start to 2020 with these four steps. http://bit.ly/2OpJKJb

Opus Virtual Offices @OpusVO
How to Maximize Your Startup’s Content-Marketing Budget https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/343438 via @opusvo #smallbiz

Jacqueline0020@Jacpquueline
What is the Best SEO Strategy Right Now? http://qr.ae/TWHqCr

Jack Fritz @_JackFritz
How to Create a Digital #Marketing Ecosystem that Boost Conversion from All Sides? http://feedsrss.com/?q=how+to+create+a+digital+marketing+ecosystem+that+boost+conversion+from+all+sides&cc=us&t=1575699784

pcncenergy @pcncenergy
Facebook Ad Trends: What Marketers Need to Know https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/facebook-ad-trends-what-marketers-need-know-rick-mulready/ …

Pamela Watson @pamelawatson03
What are the Best Social Media Marketing Tools in 2019? http://bit.ly/34sPy9Z

Web Business News @WebBusinessNews
Leadership Tips: Remember That You’re Human http://dlvr.it/RKDXf2

Mark C. Crowley @MarkCCrowley
When you see your peers taking certain actions, it doesn’t mean you are obligated to follow. Instead, you must ask yourself, “Is what they’re doing right? Is it best?” Having the courage to take a different path is an essential requirement of #leadership.

AdvaPay Systems @advapay
Would a 4 day work week work for you? http://bit.ly/2RuQ9Vh #HR #4dayworkweek

HBR Ascend @HBRAscend
Technology will replace some work, but it doesn’t have to replace the people who have done that work. https://bit.ly/343FXpv

Dermody, Burke & Brown boosts Mohawk Valley presence with combination

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SYRACUSE — Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC (DB&B), a Syracuse–based accounting firm, has expanded its business footprint in the Mohawk Valley. The firm has added Barone, Howard & Co., CPAs, P.C., an accounting and consulting firm with offices in New Hartford and Rome. As of Nov. 1, Barone, Howard & Co. began operating under

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SYRACUSE — Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC (DB&B), a Syracuse–based accounting firm, has expanded its business footprint in the Mohawk Valley.

The firm has added Barone, Howard & Co., CPAs, P.C., an accounting and consulting firm with offices in New Hartford and Rome.

As of Nov. 1, Barone, Howard & Co. began operating under the Dermody, Burke & Brown name, the Syracuse firm announced Dec. 2.

The combination of these two firms will “enhance” client-service capabilities by “providing additional resources and expanded services,” Dermody, Burke & Brown contends.

“What it really provided for us was added depth in our existing New Hartford office,” says Madelyn Hornstein, CEO of Dermody, Burke & Brown, who spoke with CNYBJ on Dec. 3. “We’ve basically combined forces.”

Hornstein didn’t release any terms of the deal, but did note that, “No money changes hands upon this combination.”

Dermody, Burke & Brown added four principals with CPA (certified public accountant) credentials and nine associates in the combination.

With Barone, Howard’s 13 workers, Dermody, Burke & Brown’s employee count increases to more than 90.

The combination also expands the firm’s geographic footprint with the Rome office, which Dermody, Burke & Brown is “hoping to expand” in the future, Hornstein notes.

She declined to disclose the number of clients that Barone, Howard has been servicing.

Barone, Howard’s New Hartford employees relocated to DB&B’s newly expanded, 5,000-square-foot office in New Hartford.

Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp. handled the expansion project at DB&B’s New Hartford office and finished the work in a few months. Bonacci Architects PLLC of Utica completed the design work, according to Hornstein.

When asked if DB&B pursued the expansion project for this deal, Hornstein replied, “Yes.”

John Barone, CPA and former managing partner at Barone, Howard, said the combination “was the right fit for us and our clients based on the mutual values we share. We look forward to expanding our scope of services and footprint.”

About the firms

Founded in 1956, Dermody, Burke & Brown describes itself as “one of the largest, locally owned and independent certified public accounting firms in Central New York.” The firm serves the region from four offices in Syracuse, Auburn, New Hartford, and now Rome. More than 75 percent of the firm’s client base is comprised of closely-held and family owned businesses.

Founded by John Barone and John Howard in 1981, Barone, Howard & Co. has “extensive experience” in privately owned businesses.

NSF grant to help Clarkson University grow its research cyberinfrastructure

Health Care, Subscriber Only, Technology

POTSDAM — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Clarkson University a grant of $400,000 to construct a new “high-performance” computing cluster to support data and “computationally intensive” projects. A computing cluster is a group of independent computers “most commonly” linked together through a high-performance network. NSF awarded the funding in June and the grant

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A computing cluster is a group of independent computers “most commonly” linked together through a high-performance network.

NSF awarded the funding in June and the grant started July 1, Melissa Lindell, director of media relations at Clarkson University, tells CNYBJ in an email.

The funding will facilitate the creation of a new computational cluster, “Accelerating Computational Research for Engineering and Science” (ACRES), at Clarkson. It will provide “state-of-the-art” computational resources to support current research and provide a structure for future growth, the school announced.

“Building upon the University’s strong history of high-impact fundamental and applied research, Clarkson faculty are increasingly pursuing data-intensive, intra- and inter-institutional collaborative activities,” Joshua Fiske, chief information officer at Clarkson and principal investigator of the NSF award, said in a statement. “Access to high-performance computing resources is critical to expanding these research activities.”

About the project

As proposed to the NSF, the project will support 10 active research initiatives in Clarkson’s four research focus areas. Those areas include data and complex system analytics; healthy world solutions; advanced materials development; and next-generation healthcare technologies.

“ACRES will facilitate research currently not practical or feasible,” said Fiske. “It also will support new student-learning opportunities through courses, undergraduate research, and an existing NSF research experience for undergraduates that focuses on high-performance computing.”

ACRES will be available for use by all Clarkson faculty and their research teams to support sponsored research, Brian Helenbrook, professor and chair of mechanical & aeronautical engineering, said.

“It will support the University’s increased focus on computational research as well as the hiring of additional computationally active faculty,” said Helenbrook, who is also the award’s co-principal investigator.

For users who need more than casual access to a shared computing environment, Clarkson will also offer faculty members the option of purchasing additional dedicated resources to augment ACRES by becoming ACRES owners.

Haylor, Freyer & Coon settles into new downtown Syracuse HQ

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SYRACUSE — Haylor, Freyer & Coon (HF&C) is settling into its new headquarters in downtown Syracuse. The insurance firm on Dec. 5 formally opened its new office on the top two floors of One Park Place at 300 S. State St. in Syracuse with an open-house event. HF&C had moved into its new space earlier

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SYRACUSE — Haylor, Freyer & Coon (HF&C) is settling into its new headquarters in downtown Syracuse.

The insurance firm on Dec. 5 formally opened its new office on the top two floors of One Park Place at 300 S. State St. in Syracuse with an open-house event. HF&C had moved into its new space earlier in the fall.

The firm previously operated at 231 Salina Meadows Parkway in the Salina Meadows Office Park, off Buckley Road in the town of Salina.

It’s the “largest corporate move into downtown Syracuse since 2016,” HF&C said, citing information from the City of Syracuse.

The One Park Place location will provide the firm additional space and “increased visibility in the market.”

“We’re all excited to be in downtown Syracuse,” James Freyer, chairman and CEO of Haylor, Freyer & Coon, said in his remarks before the traditional ribbon cutting held during the firm’s open house.

CBD Construction of Syracuse handled the renovation work in the space, while King + King Architects, also of Syracuse, helped design the office space along with Dalpos Architects & Integrators.

“It really just helps us to continue to build on the momentum that we have in this community, certainly downtown but really in this region,” Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said at the event.

Haylor, Freyer & Coon has a total of 185 employees, including 130 who work at the new downtown Syracuse space. Besides its headquarters, HF&C operates offices in Johnson City, Ithaca, Watertown, Rochester, and Schenectady, per its website.

Haylor, Freyer & Coon is occupying nearly 40,000 square feet on the top two floors of the building.

“We [envisioned] an office as we would build it out,” Freyer tells CNYBJ in an interview after the ribbon cutting. “[We envisioned] an office for our employees today and our employees of the future.”

The office includes new furniture, workstations, desks that can rise to stand-up height, more natural light, a cafeteria area, a training area, and an internal stairway between the ninth and 10th floors.

SUNY Poly launches Esports program

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MARCY — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced it has started an Esports (electronic sports) program and joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) to offer students a “competitive alternative to more traditional collegiate sports.” Esports, which have “grown rapidly over the past decade,” have been adopted by several SUNY institutions. The industry is reportedly

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