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Utica College to formally inaugurate Casamento as the school’s ninth president on Friday
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College plans to formally inaugurate Laura Casamento as the school’s 9th president this Friday. Casamento took over as the college’s new

People news: Held joins Grossman St. Amour CPAs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC announced it has hired Jason M. Held as a staff accountant in the firm’s audit group. Held

BlueRock Energy to move to Barclay Damon Tower in 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — BlueRock Energy, a Syracuse–based energy-services company, plans to relocate its headquarters to the 8th floor of what will become the Barclay Damon

People news: Key Private Bank names King sales manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Key Private Bank announced that it has named John H. King sales manager for the Central New York market. King, a VP

Report: Former Whitman dean Kavajecz arrested
SALINA, N.Y. — The former dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been arrested, according to a report on

The Syracuse and Binghamton regions lost jobs in the past 12 months, while the Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Ithaca regions gained jobs in the same

OCRRA hires Glance as executive director
SALINA, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA), which oversees the county’s solid-waste and recycling programs, announced it has hired Dereth Glance as

New York manufacturing index remains in negative territory in September
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index inched up 2 points but remained below zero at -2.0 in September. The results of the September

Cleveland firm to acquire Young & Franklin for $260 million
SALINA, N.Y. — Young & Franklin Inc. (YF) and its subsidiaries, including Tactair Fluid Controls Inc., will soon have a new owner. Cleveland, Ohio–based TransDigm

Syracuse University removes Kavajecz as Whitman School dean
The school has also placed Kavajecz on administrative leave from his faculty position “until further notice,” Michele Wheatly, Syracuse University vice chancellor and provost, said
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