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Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri: state report says Utica financial condition greatly improved
UTICA, N.Y. — The City of Utica’s financial-recovery plan has “greatly improved and stabilized the City’s financial condition,” Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri contends, citing a

People news: Powers to join Slocum-Dickson Medical Group
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group PLLC announced that Christopher P. Powers, D.P.M., will be joining its Podiatry Department on Aug. 1. As a

Tompkins Financial begins construction on downtown Ithaca headquarters
ITHACA, N.Y. — Construction has begun on Tompkins Financial Corp.’s (NYSE: TMP) new headquarters building in downtown Ithaca. After it’s finished in early 2018, the

CNY region unemployment rates decline in May compared to a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in May, compared to 12 months ago, according to the latest

New York milk production rises nearly 5 percent in May
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York dairy farms produced 1.29 billion pounds of milk in May, up 4.9 percent from the year-ago period, the USDA’s New

People news: Harkaway joins CBD Companies
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CBD Companies announced that Harry P. Harkaway has joined the firm as director of real-estate services. CBD provides development, construction, leasing, and

MVP Health Care appoints new chief medical officer
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — MVP Health Care has named Dr. Elizabeth Malko as its new chief medical officer. She will succeed Dr. Allen Hinkle on July

Search committee chair, Van Slyke, named Maxwell School dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The man who led the search committee to find a new dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has

Price Rite, Jubilee Homes break ground on upcoming South Avenue store
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Grocery store Price Rite plans to open a store at 611 South Ave. in Syracuse, expanding on a property that Jubilee Homes

Upstate University Hospital to provide Ogdensburg hospital with stroke-treatment services
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has agreed to team up with Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (CHMC) in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County for the treatment
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