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Tops Friendly Markets, a grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont, has promoted COLE BICKAL to produce/floral specialist in the East Region for Tops. Bickal will be responsible for the Syracuse Northeast & Hudson Midstate districts. He will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations and merchandising for the produce and floral […]
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Tops Friendly Markets, a grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont, has promoted COLE BICKAL to produce/floral specialist in the East Region for Tops. Bickal will be responsible for the Syracuse Northeast & Hudson Midstate districts. He will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations and merchandising for the produce and floral departments within those districts. Bickal started with Tops Markets in 2001 and over his 22-year career has held various positions including produce clerk, produce manager, and most recently operations manager of the Elmira Tops.

License-plate reading cameras installed at Destiny USA vehicle entrances to help prevent crime
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CenterState CEO, Canadian philanthropist partner on program to retain CNY college graduates
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO says it’s working with a Canadian philanthropist on a program that seeks to keep Central New York college graduates in

Former Horseheads assistant clerk charged with stealing almost $4K in village funds
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — A former assistant clerk for the Village of Horseheads has been charged with allegedly stealing nearly $4,000 from the village. The arrest

Walsh appoints director of neighborhood and business data and evaluation
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed Rose Tardiff as director of neighborhood and business data and evaluation. In this role, Tardiff oversees

NBT Bank plans new Johnson City branch
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SUNY Poly professor awarded $1.1 million research contract
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CenterState CEO announces finalists in the Syracuse Surge accelerator
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO says five companies will participate in the first year of the new Syracuse Surge accelerator program. The selected businesses will

Oswego Health using system that makes breast-cancer surgery easier for patients
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Healthy Workforce conference set for October 4
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