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CLAY — St. Joseph’s Hospital Janus Park Sleep Laboratory in Clay recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates St. Joseph’s Hospital Janus Park Sleep Laboratory on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” Dr. Nathaniel Watson, […]
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CLAY — St. Joseph’s Hospital Janus Park Sleep Laboratory in Clay recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
“The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates St. Joseph’s Hospital Janus Park Sleep Laboratory on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” Dr. Nathaniel Watson, AASM president, said in a news release that St. Joseph’s issued July 27. ”St. Joseph’s Sleep Laboratory is an important resource to the local medical community and will provide academic and scientific value in addition to the highest quality care for patients suffering from sleep disorders.”
To receive accreditation for a five-year period, a sleep center must meet or exceed all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM. These standards address core areas such as personnel, facility and equipment, policies and procedures, data acquisition, patient care, and quality assurance. Additionally, the sleep center’s goals must be clearly stated and include plans for positively affecting the quality of medical care in the community it serves, the release stated.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine says it started accrediting sleep disorders centers in 1977. Today, there are more than 2,500 AASM-accredited sleep centers across the United States.
St. Joseph’s Hospital Janus Park Sleep Laboratory is part of St. Joseph’s Health, a nonprofit regional health-care system based in Syracuse, providing services to patients throughout Central New York and northern Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump stirs things up like Muhammad Ali
Well, Donald Trump has stirred things up, hasn’t he? He has soared in several polls. He has sucked the oxygen from the political room. He has captured the attention of a lot of people. And a lot of media types. For good and for bad. What is The Donald’s appeal? He is a Muhammad
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Well, Donald Trump has stirred things up, hasn’t he? He has soared in several polls. He has sucked the oxygen from the political room. He has captured the attention of a lot of people. And a lot of media types. For good and for bad.
What is The Donald’s appeal? He is a Muhammad Ali-type character.
When Cassius Clay (Ali’s original name) arrived on the scene, few people could name more than one or two heavyweight boxers. Few would recognize any on the street. Few could identify the voice of one.
In a short while, we all knew about Cassius Clay. What he looked like. What he sounded like.
Of course, we all know The Donald. And, most of us would walk past a John Kasich or Scott Walker or Rick Santorum without noticing.
Cassius caught people’s attention with his mouth. Donald Trump, take a bow. People wanted to watch Clay interviewed because he did not look like other boxers. He was slim and handsome. And said more than duh, his opponents. He boasted he was the greatest. He ranted things outrageous. He spouted poetry.
People watch Trump for similar reasons. He surely does not look like other politicians. His hair is memorable in capital letters. He body-slams political opponents, the media, and world leaders with his remarks. His opponents speak, duh, paragraphs about issues. With, duh, convoluted sentences. And, duh, five-dollar words.
Trump, meanwhile, spits out straight, crisp opinions. He says: This guy’s a dope, that guy’s an idiot, that idea is idiotic.
Like Ali, Trump draws lightning. So many boxers brought out the yawns in people. So many politicians do the same. Ali said “Hey! Wake up. You’re gonna love me or hate me.” And people did.
Trump does the same. He already has people saying, “I love the guy.” Or, “I can’t stand him.” What do the same people say about Jindal? Or Perry? Or Pataki? Even Jeb?
You can start an argument in a heartbeat by lobbing Trump’s name into a conversation. Try that with the names of other Republican candidates. Yawn.
Like Ali, Trump hits the nerve of issues. He strips away the fat and muscle and zing, he gets your dander up. With one remark.
As with Ali, a lot of opponents don’t want to step into the ring with Trump. They know that if they punch him he’ll lash back with vicious thumps to the ribs. Columnist
Peggy Noonan calls him a squid. “Poke him and you get ink all over you.”
Will Trump go the distance? Hard to say. These are early, early rounds.
His critics predict he is headed for a fall. They certainly have history on their side. The story of elections in America is littered with renegade candidates who briefly captivated voters’ attention then faded. Shooting stars.
Meanwhile, The Donald refreshes. He provides a huge target. That is refreshing to those who hate him or love him. He speaks in plain terms. Trump sounds like a guy down the bar from you. Yes, that can be bad or good. But it is refreshing to many to hear a politician speak this way.
Wait, he is not a politician. That is part of his appeal. Millions hate politicians. When pollsters ask us about politicians, we retch.
Maybe Trump’s enemies will catch him in lies. For the moment, I suspect most people feel he tells the truth. Even if they don’t like that truth. Meanwhile, over half of the folks polled feel Hillary Clinton lies. And she is a favorite — over a slew of other politicians who voters say lie.
Tom Morgan writes about political, financial, and other subjects from his home near Oneonta, in addition to his radio shows. Contact him at tomasinmorgan@yahoo.com or visit: http://www.tomasinmorgan.com
Downstate firm to redevelop two vacant, former Endicott-Johnson buildings
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — The Regan Development Corporation of Westchester County plans to redevelop two vacant, multi-story industrial buildings that were part of the Endicott-Johnson Corporation industrial complex. The $29 million Century Sunrise redevelopment project, located at 135-139 Baldwin St. in the village of Johnson City, is a mixed income, mixed-use project, the Agency for
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JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — The Regan Development Corporation of Westchester County plans to redevelop two vacant, multi-story industrial buildings that were part of the Endicott-Johnson Corporation industrial complex.
The $29 million Century Sunrise redevelopment project, located at 135-139 Baldwin St. in the village of Johnson City, is a mixed income, mixed-use project, the Agency for Economic Development said in a Thursday news release.
The Agency is the rebranded name of the Broome County Industrial Development Agency (IDA). Its board of directors oversees both the IDA, or the Industrial Development Agency, and the LDC, or the Broome County Local Development Corporation.
The Johnson City project includes 104 residential units and a 3,500-square-foot, multi-level restaurant with garden space.
The residential units will include apartments that range from one to three bedrooms.
Regan Development plans to use federal and state housing credits, historic tax credits, and community development block grant disaster-relief funds to help finance the project, according to the Agency’s news release.
The developer is also requesting $1.3 million from the Southern Tier regional economic-development council to help with the project financing.
The project will create more than 140 construction jobs about 20 or more permanent jobs between its housing and commercial components, the Agency said.
The need
The project will “transform a historically significant” industrial shoe factory into a “vibrant neighborhood asset,” the Agency said in the release.
Endicott-Johnson at one time was the “largest producer of footwear in the U.S.,” operating dozens of factories in and around the region, it stated.
The site is located near UHS Wilson Medical Center, one of the area’s largest employers, and near the future site of the Binghamton University School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences.
By 2018, the new pharmacy school will attract 300 undergraduate and 60 graduate students and its employees, “creating a need for nearby housing and commercial space,” the Agency said.
“We are very pleased to lend our redevelopment expertise to the Village of Johnson City and Town of Union to bring these historic Endicott-Johnson buildings back to their former glory,” Larry Regan, president of Regan Development Corp., said in the Agency’s news release. “By adaptively revitalizing these buildings with residential and commercial mixed uses, our hope is to add to the community’s vision of creating a vital downtown 24/7 neighborhood in the heart of Johnson City. Our hope is that many of the employees of UHS [Wilson] Medical Center and other local employers will seek to live close to where they work. With the addition of new residents living in the downtown core, they will provide the economic boost of walking to shopping and restaurants, further improving the economic future of Johnson City.”
Ardsley, New York–based Regan Development Corp. is a family-run business that has developed more than $384 million in residential and commercial real estate and affordable-housing developments throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
Gourmet sandwich shop, Ballister’s Bistro formally opens in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — A new gourmet sandwich shop called Ballister’s Bistro, situated at 307 North James St. in the city of Rome, formally opened Friday with a grand-opening event. The eatery offers sandwiches, called grandwiches, as well as salads, desserts, bagels, coffee, and catering services, according to a news release issued Wednesday. The bistro first
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ROME, N.Y. — A new gourmet sandwich shop called Ballister’s Bistro, situated at 307 North James St. in the city of Rome, formally opened Friday with a grand-opening event.
The eatery offers sandwiches, called grandwiches, as well as salads, desserts, bagels, coffee, and catering services, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
The bistro first opened to customers on June 21, according to its Facebook page. It said it attracted hundreds of customers in its first week of business.
Ballister’s Bistro is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. This weekend, Aug. 1-2, it will be open until 8 p.m. and giving out prizes to people who come though the doors, the release said.
The shop is owned by Dan Ballister. His brother, Robert Ballister, is the general manager.
Contact Nick Kapteyn at nkapteyn@cnybj.com
HealthlinkNY set to unveil new Binghamton office
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HealthlinkNY — a nonprofit, regional health-information organization for an 11-county area of southern New York — is holding a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony Aug. 7 to formally open its western office in the city of Binghamton, at 49 Court St. The organization is moving into this new, larger 9,500-square-foot space because of
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HealthlinkNY — a nonprofit, regional health-information organization for an 11-county area of southern New York — is holding a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony Aug. 7 to formally open its western office in the city of Binghamton, at 49 Court St.
The organization is moving into this new, larger 9,500-square-foot space because of growth in its workforce and its workload in the Southern Tier region, the nonprofit said in a news release. HealthlinkNY has 21 full-time employees working from its Binghamton office.
In 2005, then operating under the moniker Southern Tier HealthLink, it had just nine employees, according to HealthlinkNY’s marketing & relations coordinator, Brandi Devine.
The move from the previous 4,000-square-foot office on 45 Lewis St. was scheduled to take place Thursday and Friday (July 30, 31). The staff’s first day in the new office will be Monday, Aug. 3.
Devine says the organization currently plans to hire “a few more” employees in the coming months, but does not have an established timeline.
The ceremony, set for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. next Friday, will give attendees the chance to learn about the nonprofit and its services, and tour the new office, HealthlinkNY says. Appetizers and refreshments will be available, and a raffle will be held.
HealthlinkNY offers a health-information exchange for the region spanning the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Southern Tier of New York. It was formed by the collaboration between Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) and Taconic Health Information Network and Community (or THINC).
Binghamton–based United Health Services, Lourdes Hospital of Binghamton, and other stakeholders established STHL in 2005.
HealthlinkNY encompasses 11 counties: Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester, according to the nonprofit’s website.
Its eastern office is located in Fishkill in Dutchess County.
Contact Nick Kapteyn at nkapteyn@cnybj.com
PHOTO CAPTION: The new western office for HealthlinkNY, opening next week in Binghamton.
PHOTO CREDIT: HealthlinkNY website
Work begins on $18M student-housing project near Syracuse University campus
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Construction crews have started work on #BLVD404 at 404 University Ave., a student-housing project near the Syracuse University campus. Jared Hutter, managing
MVCC, groSolar sign deal for solar power
ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) has inked a deal with Global Resource Options Inc. to develop a “large-scale” solar project for power
Citizens Bank rolls out fingerprint authentication for mobile-banking app
Citizens Bank, which operates more than 20 branch offices in the 16-county Central New York market, on Wednesday, announced it has introduced Touch ID authentication
Miranda Lambert set to be first act at Onondaga Lake amphitheater
GEDDES, N.Y. — Country music recording artist Miranda Lambert will be the first act to perform at the Lakeview Amphitheater on the shore of Onondaga
Van Cott Jewelers set to unveil renovated Vestal store
VESTAL, N.Y. — Van Cott Jewelers will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, July 29 at its Vestal store to formally unveil the recently completed renovations.
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