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Syracuse Crunch, Onondaga County agree to new 12-year lease extension
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Crunch, Onondaga County, and arena manager SMG have agreed to a new, 12-year lease extension that will ensure the Crunch

Village of Owego seeks projects for Downtown Revitalization Initiative $10M award
OWEGO, N.Y. — Following the community’s win in the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) contest, the Village of Owego now wants suggestions as to how
Excellus: Only one-third of upstate New York adults get an annual flu shot
DeWITT, N.Y. — Only about one in three upstate New York adults gets an annual flu shot. That’s according to a review of New York

St. Joseph’s Health unveils new helipad for patient arrivals by helicopter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has unveiled Care Flight, a medical helipad located on top of its 98-foot tall building on North State Street
Dunn Tire to hold job fair in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Dunn Tire, a Buffalo–based tire retailer and auto-repair services provider, wants to add to its Syracuse–area workforce. The company will hold a

Pathfinder Bank names Cavallaro branch manager for upcoming Clay office
CLAY, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bank announced it has hired David Cavallaro as the branch manager for its new Clay office, which is slated to open

NIH awards Upstate researcher $1.5M grant to develop approach for preventing, treating sepsis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Juntao Luo, a researcher at Upstate Medical University, a four-year, $1.5 million grant for
U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin contract to extend radar range
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract modification to insert gallium nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar

People news: Fust Charles Chambers hires Gonzalez
DeWITT, N.Y. — Fust Charles Chambers LLP, a DeWitt–based certified public accounting firm, announced it has hired Marek M. Gonzalez as a tax associate. Gonzalez

Cayuga Health System CEO Rudd to retire in 2019; board selects Stallone to succeed
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health System of Ithaca on Tuesday announced that president and CEO John Rudd, who serves in the same capacity for Cayuga
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