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St. Joseph’s formally opens new surgical tower
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center today held a ceremonial opening of its new Christina M. Nappi Surgical Tower. The $63 million, 104,000-square-foot
Syracuse Crunch, Tampa Bay Lightning extend affiliation through 2016-2017 season
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Crunch and Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey clubs have jointly announced an extension of their affiliation agreement for two more

Oswego Health announces Ferguson as director of new foundation
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Karen Ferguson recently joined Oswego Health as director of the newly created Oswego Health Foundation, the health-care organization announced today. The Oswego
SBA awards New York state export-promotion funding
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Wednesday announced that New York is among 24 states it is recognizing with funding awards to support activities

Disney Store to hold grand opening Sept. 13 at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Disney Store will celebrate the formal grand opening of its newly designed store at Destiny USA on Saturday, Sept. 13. The event

Planet Fitness to open Utica location in December
UTICA, N.Y. — Planet Fitness, a Newington, N.H.–based franchise of fitness centers, will open a health club in Utica in December. Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri

NUAIR Alliance hires airworthiness manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The NUAIR Alliance today announced the hiring of Cady Kepler, Jr. of Chittenango as its new airworthiness manager. NUAIR Alliance is short
Health Foundation accepting applications for sixth class of Health Leadership Fellows
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York today announced it is accepting applications for a sixth class of its Health

Schumer: farmers can sign up for dairy risk-management program
The dairy risk-management program, which is part of the Agricultural Act of 2014, is open for sign-ups. That’s according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.),

DiNapoli: state-agency overtime spending rises 7 percent in first half
State agencies spent more than $316 million on overtimein the first six months of this year, an increase of $22 million, or more than 7
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