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New York milk production rises 3.5 percent in December
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York dairy farms produced 1.2 billion pounds of milk in December 2015, up 3.5 percent from the year-ago period, the USDA’s New
People news: Arc of Seneca Cayuga hires new director of fiscal services
WATERLOO, N.Y. — Arc of Seneca Cayuga announced it has hired Melody Ponzi as associate executive director of fiscal services. Most recently, Ponzi was the
Ithaca College names Wang dean of School of Humanities and Sciences
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College announced it has appointed international-relations scholar Vincent Wei-Cheng Wang as the new dean of its School of Humanities and Sciences.

Lockheed Martin separates and combines IT business with Leidos
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has announced an agreement to “separate and combine” its realigned information systems & global solutions (IS&GS) business unit with Reston,
Haylor, Freyer & Coon announces new Private Client Division, three new hires
SALINA, N.Y. — The insurance agency Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc. announced it has launched a new Private Client Division and made three new hires.
CNY unemployment rates decline in December compared to a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in December, compared to a year ago, according to the latest

Gaming Facility Location Board gives formal OK to Tioga Downs casino
NICHOLS, N.Y. — The New York Gaming Facility Location Board today gave its formal imprimatur to Tioga Downs Casino Racing & Entertainment to develop a
Walmart Foundation awards Cornell University a nearly $150K manufacturing grant
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will use a grant of nearly $150,000 for its no-waste apparel design and production process that utilizes post-consumer textile waste
People news: Chicago Title announces new hire and promotion
SYRACUSE, N. Y. — John Kenealy recently joined Chicago Title Insurance Company as VP and district manager of the Syracuse and Oswego branches, the company
Ithaca’s Groundswell Center names new director
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming in Ithaca has named Elizabeth Gabriel as its new director. Gabriel will replace founding
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