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MELISSA BEAGLE has joined Carthage Area Hospital’s Carthage Behavioral Health team as a general therapist. Before she joined Carthage Behavioral Health, she worked as a senior operations manager for Transitional Living Services in Watertown, from 2016 until last month. From 2003 to 2016, she worked at the Children’s Home of Jefferson County, Watertown, where she […]
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MELISSA BEAGLE has joined Carthage Area Hospital’s Carthage Behavioral Health team as a general therapist. Before she joined Carthage Behavioral Health, she worked as a senior operations manager for Transitional Living Services in Watertown, from 2016 until last month. From 2003 to 2016, she worked at the Children’s Home of Jefferson County, Watertown, where she was a case manager from 2003 to 2008 and the Jefferson County SPOA/SPOE Coordinator from 2008 to 2016. Beagle is a 1992 graduate of Grove City College in Pennsylvania where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. In 2017, she completed the Greater Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program, a program in collaboration between the College at Brockport and Nazareth College.

JOHN M. FORBES has been named VP of philanthropy for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). Prior to joining MVHS, he was most recently a major gift officer for Hamilton College in Clinton. Forbes earned his bachelor’s degree in government, with a minor in theater, from Hamilton College. CAITLIN MCCANN has been named marketing
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JOHN M. FORBES has been named VP of philanthropy for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). Prior to joining MVHS, he was most recently a major gift officer for Hamilton College in Clinton. Forbes earned his bachelor’s degree in government, with a minor in theater, from Hamilton College.

CAITLIN MCCANN has been named marketing and communications manager for MVHS. Prior to her role as manager, McCann was a communications specialist for MVHS. Before joining MVHS, McCann was general manager for her family business, Piggy Pats BBQ in Washington Mills, and she worked as a content media coordinator at CreateSpace in North Charleston, South Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing and management, with a minor in economics, from Siena College in Loudonville.

HOLLY BURLINE has been named nurse navigator for the MVHS Breast Care Center located at the Faxton Campus. She has been an employee of Faxton St. Luke’s since 2001 and worked as a staff RN in telemetry and pediatrics. Burline most recently served as a case manager at the St. Luke’s Campus. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Utica College.
NBT Bancorp subsidiary, EPIC Advisors, acquires Missouri retirement-plan firm
NORWICH, N.Y. — EPIC Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of NBT Bancorp Inc., has acquired Retirement Plan Services, LLC (RPS), a retirement-plan services company located near
MARK BRITZ, an experienced workforce performance strategist, has launched ThruWork (ThruWork.com), a talent-development consultancy for small to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in solving organizational performance problems and focuses on non-training approaches to scale employee performance. He previously worked for Syracuse companies ADMI, Systems Made Simple, and Pearson Digital Learning. Britz has a bachelor’s degree
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MARK BRITZ, an experienced workforce performance strategist, has launched ThruWork (ThruWork.com), a talent-development consultancy for small to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in solving organizational performance problems and focuses on non-training approaches to scale employee performance. He previously worked for Syracuse companies ADMI, Systems Made Simple, and Pearson Digital Learning. Britz has a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego, and a master’s degree in inclusive education from Syracuse University.
Massage Envy of Rochester / Syracuse
Massage Envy of Rochester / Syracuse has hired TERRY TAYLOR as a licensed massage therapist in the Fayetteville location, ARIANE HUGHES as a licensed massage therapist in the Clay site, and JEREMIAH FETTINGER as a massage therapist in the Fayetteville location.
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Massage Envy of Rochester / Syracuse has hired TERRY TAYLOR as a licensed massage therapist in the Fayetteville location, ARIANE HUGHES as a licensed massage therapist in the Clay site, and JEREMIAH FETTINGER as a massage therapist in the Fayetteville location.

Ithaca Beer Co. to launch Brew York with New York–grown ingredients
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca Beer Co. plans to launch the state’s first commercially produced beer made with “predominantly” New York–grown ingredients. It will be available
Watkins Glen to get checkered-flag crosswalks as part of $7.2 million in infrastructure work
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — More than 15 miles of Route 14 will be re-paved, new sidewalks will be installed, and the Village of Watkins Glen
ACC to keep football championship game in Charlotte through 2030
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced it has reached a 10-year agreement with the Charlotte Sports Foundation to keep the Dr Pepper
PSC tells Spectrum it missed milestones, demands $1 million payment
ALBANY, N.Y. — Charter Communications, the parent of Spectrum, has asked the state Public Service Commission (PSC) for more time to respond to its demand

This president’s home is for sale for $1.5 million
ITHACA, N.Y. — The seven-bedroom, five-bath house at 2 Fountain Place, home to Ithaca College presidents since 1938, is for sale. The college is asking
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