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Syracuse women’s basketball team to face Oklahoma State in NCAA Tournament
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University women’s basketball on Monday night secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Orange women earned the No. 8 seed

CenterState CEO names 15 finalists for Business of the Year awards in five categories
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO has announced the 15 finalists in five categories for its annual Business of the Year honor. CenterState CEO’s Business of
MVHS consolidating outpatient imaging services, affecting 14 employees
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it is consolidating outpatient imaging services, in a move that will cause 14 employees to

MVHS names McCann marketing and communications manager
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has appointed Caitlin McCann as marketing and communications manager. McCann will help develop marketing goals,
Ferraris will be heard again at Watkins Glen after a four-year absence
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Watkins Glen International is bringing back the Ferrari Challenge North America series, which was last raced at the Finger Lakes racetrack

People news: Carthage Behavioral Health hires Beagle as general therapist
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Carthage Area Hospital announced that Melissa Beagle has joined its Carthage Behavioral Health staff as a general therapist. She began seeing patients

Broome County demands New York City stop sending its homeless Upstate
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — New York City has been illegally sending homeless people to Broome County for at least four months, Broome County officials say, and
Tops Plaza in Cortland gets three new tenants
CORTLAND — Tops Plaza, located at 3918-3980 Route 281 in Cortland, has recently attracted three new tenants. Metro Phone leased 1,125 square feet, Cutting Crew rented 1,125 square feet, and Relaxation Nails and Spa leased 4,821 square feet, according to a Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company news release. Lee Salvetti of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage
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CORTLAND — Tops Plaza, located at 3918-3980 Route 281 in Cortland, has recently attracted three new tenants.
Metro Phone leased 1,125 square feet, Cutting Crew rented 1,125 square feet, and Relaxation Nails and Spa leased 4,821 square feet, according to a Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company news release.
Lee Salvetti of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage exclusively markets and represents the plaza owner, and facilitated the leases on its behalf.
The plaza’s other tenants include Tops Markets, CFCU Community Credit Union, Metro Mattress, Cricket Wireless, Little Caesar’s, and AmeriCU Credit Union, according to Pyramid Brokerage.
ConMed to pay dividend of 20 cents a share in early April
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based medical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the first quarter. The dividend will be payable on April 5 to all shareholders of record as of March 15. At the company’s current stock price,
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UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based medical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the first quarter.
The dividend will be payable on April 5 to all shareholders of record as of March 15.
At the company’s current stock price, the dividend yields about 1.3 percent. ConMed’s stock has started 2018 on a roll, with the price gaining more than 20 percent year to date, through March 6.
ConMed says it’s a medical technology company that provides surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures. The firm’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology. ConMed has a direct selling presence in 17 countries, and international sales make up about half of its total sales. The company employs about 3,100 people globally.
New York milk production rises in 2017
New York dairy farms produced more than 14.9 billion pounds of milk in 2017, up 0.9 percent from nearly 14.8 billion pounds in 2016, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 23,936 pounds in 2017, up 0.4 percent from 23,834 pounds in 2016. The number of
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New York dairy farms produced more than 14.9 billion pounds of milk in 2017, up 0.9 percent from nearly 14.8 billion pounds in 2016, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Production per cow in the state averaged 23,936 pounds in 2017, up 0.4 percent from 23,834 pounds in 2016.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 623,000 head last year, up 0.5 percent from 620,000 in 2016, NASS reported.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced more than 10.9 billion pounds of milk in 2017, up 1.1 percent from the previous year.
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