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MedTech’s Crawford leaving for job with German pharma company
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — MedTech, a Syracuse–based trade association for New York state’s bioscience and medical-technology (bio/med) industry, will soon have a change in leadership. Jessica

CNY Psychiatric Center employee charged with falsifying report to obtain workers’-comp benefits
MARCY, N.Y. — New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott today announced the arrest of an employee of the Central New York Psychiatric Center

Excellus awards St. Joseph’s Health Foundation grant for retinopathy vision-screening equipment
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health’s primary-care centers plan to use diabetic retinopathy vision-screening equipment. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (Excellus BCBS) has awarded St. Joseph’s Health

People news: LeChase hires Stafford as project executive
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — LeChase Construction Services, LLC announced it has added Jeffrey Stafford as a project executive based in Syracuse. Stafford will manage large or
Cayuga Centers receives $75k Allyn Family Foundation grant for property purchase
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Allyn Family Foundation has awarded Cayuga Centers a $75,000 grant to help with the purchase of property in Auburn, recently named

IIABNY to install MacDonald as new board chairman
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of New York, Inc. (IIABNY) on Thursday will install Richard (Rich) MacDonald as its next

F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse names Keib as new executive director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The board of directors of F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse has named James Keib of Liverpool as its next executive director. Keib will succeed
Carrols Restaurant Group reports net loss in first quarter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) reported a net loss of $5.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in the first quarter
DEC, Great Lakes Research Consortium award $136K in grants to area schools
The Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) and New York State have awarded more than $136,000 in grant funding to area schools for research projects focused
FamilyCare Medical Group affiliates with Molina Healthcare subsidiaries
Syracuse–based FamilyCare Medical Group, PC (FCMG) has affliated with two wholly owned subsidiaries of Long Beach, California–based Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH). The two subsidiaries
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