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Tioga Downs Hotel opens, formal opening set for Dec. 1
NICHOLS, N.Y. — The Tioga Downs Hotel on Monday opened for business with “select floors” of the hotel open to all guests. The hotel’s formal-opening

Mellon Foundation awards St. Lawrence University $150K for public-health program
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence University will use grant funding of $150,000 over the next two years to support a program focused on public health.
Citizens Bank rolls out new digital lending service
Citizens Bank, a top 10 bank in the Utica–Rome and Syracuse markets, has launched a new digital lending capability that it says will make it

Crouse Health receives $250K grant to help prevent preterm births
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Care Collaborative (CNYCC) has awarded Crouse Health a grant of $250,000 to help prevent preterm births. A baby
Masonic Medical Research Lab names Kontaridis new director of research
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL) announced it has appointed Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D. to be its new director of research. She will
The Indigo Tree gift shop to hold grand opening in New Hartford on Wednesday
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The gift shop The Indigo Tree will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. with the Greater

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Medical University College of Nursing will use a federal grant to increase the number of family psychiatric mental health nurse
ConMed CFO Pomilio to retire, firm’s Q3 profit dips
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. CFO Luke Pomilio plans to retire after more than two decades with the Utica–based surgical-device maker. The company announced Pomilio’s

Brown steps down as president of Bassett Medical Center, will remain Bassett Network CEO
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Dr. Vance Brown on Friday announced he is stepping down as president of Bassett Medical Center (BMC), but will remain CEO of
Rome Memorial Hospital names West new director of Emergency Department
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced it has appointed Kelly West, R.N., director of its Emergency Department. West has served as nurse manager of
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