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Finger Lakes woman busted for trying to steal over $100 in groceries from Walmart store
HOPEWELL, N.Y. — A Finger Lakes woman has been arrested by New York State Police for trying to depart a Walmart store in Hopewell (Ontario

New York City firm merges operations with the Bonadio Group
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York City–based accounting firm Ganer + Ganer has officially merged its operations with the Bonadio Group and will now operate under

Upstate University Hospital reduces number of available beds, citing “ongoing staffing shortages”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Citing “ongoing staffing shortages,” Upstate University Hospital has reduced its number of available beds by 124 to “ensure patient to staff ratios

McMahon contends Onondaga County COVID-19 data compares favorably to other major upstate counties
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Thursday reported data that he contends shows the county compares favorably to other major counties along

Dyncorp International LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, was recently awarded a more than $22.15 million modification to a contract for worldwide aviation-maintenance services. Work will be performed in Fort Drum, New York; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, according to a Nov. 9 contract announcement from the U.S. Department
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Dyncorp International LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, was recently awarded a more than $22.15 million modification to a contract for worldwide aviation-maintenance services.
Work will be performed in Fort Drum, New York; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, according to a Nov. 9 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense. The estimated completion date is Nov. 20, 2022.
Foreign-military sales funds and operation and maintenance (Army) funds totaling $22,153,871 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Contracting Command in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is the contracting authority.

NBT Bank renews lease at AXA Tower II in downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — NBT Bank recently renewed the lease for office space at its Syracuse Financial Center, located in AXA Tower II at 120 Madison St. in downtown Syracuse. John Clark and Brian Balash of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company negotiated the lease renewal, on behalf of the tenant, NBT Bank, per a news release from
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SYRACUSE — NBT Bank recently renewed the lease for office space at its Syracuse Financial Center, located in AXA Tower II at 120 Madison St. in downtown Syracuse.
John Clark and Brian Balash of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company negotiated the lease renewal, on behalf of the tenant, NBT Bank, per a news release from the real-estate firm. No lease terms or square footage were disclosed.
NBT Bank offers personal banking, business banking, and wealth-management services from 140 offices in seven states: New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut. The bank and its parent company, NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ: NBTB), are headquartered in Norwich. NBT Bancorp had assets of $12 billion as of Sept. 30.

PAR unit wins largest contract in company history
ROME, N.Y. — PAR Government Systems Corp. will use a nearly $500 million U.S. Air Force contract for counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) software, hardware, and technical documentation. It represents the largest single contract award in PAR’s history, the firm said. PAR Government Systems is a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Hartford–based PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE:
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ROME, N.Y. — PAR Government Systems Corp. will use a nearly $500 million U.S. Air Force contract for counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) software, hardware, and technical documentation.
It represents the largest single contract award in PAR’s history, the firm said.
PAR Government Systems is a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Hartford–based PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR).
This contract provides for research, designing, prototyping, testing, evaluation, operational evaluation, experimentation, integration, technical installation, transition, and support through initial operations of C-sUAS technologies.
Contract work will be performed at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, which is known locally as Rome Lab.

Community Memorial Hospital awarded accreditation by the Joint Commission
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) announced that it recently earned the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval after its triennial survey. The survey reviews the hospital’s compliance with its performance standards and awards accreditation as a symbol of quality that reflects a health-care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care, per
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HAMILTON, N.Y. — Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) announced that it recently earned the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval after its triennial survey.
The survey reviews the hospital’s compliance with its performance standards and awards accreditation as a symbol of quality that reflects a health-care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care, per a CMH news release.
Community Memorial underwent a “rigorous, unannounced onsite review” from Sept. 27-30. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with accreditation standards that included all parts of the CMH Health System including health centers in Cazenovia and Munnsville. The Hamilton, Waterville, and Morrisville health centers are designated as rural health centers by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are not surveyed under the Joint Commission. During the inspection, surveyors selected patient medical records randomly and used the records as a roadmap to evaluate standards of compliance. The Joint Commission breaks down compliance into two levels: conditional and standard.
Community Memorial Hospital met the Joint Commission’s standards of compliance across the health-care system.
Community Memorial Hospital, a Crouse Health partner, says it is a critical-access hospital in Hamilton, serving Madison County along with parts of Chenango, Oneida, and Onondaga counties.

New infrastructure law to aid Centro, other transit systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “largest ever” federal investment in public-transit systems will provide millions of dollars for organizations serving communities in upstate New York. Centro in the Syracuse area, TCAT in the Ithaca region, and BC Transit in the Binghamton area are among the public-transportation systems that will benefit. The infrastructure measure (Infrastructure Investment and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “largest ever” federal investment in public-transit systems will provide millions of dollars for organizations serving communities in upstate New York.
Centro in the Syracuse area, TCAT in the Ithaca region, and BC Transit in the Binghamton area are among the public-transportation systems that will benefit.
The infrastructure measure (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) will provide $11 billion over the next five years for New York transit agencies, the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) said.
The funding includes about $74 million for Centro in both Syracuse and Utica–Rome ($55.8 million in Syracuse and $18.2 in Utica–Rome); more than $27 million for BC Transit in Binghamton; more than $8 million for CitiBus in Watertown; nearly $18 million for TCAT in Ithaca; and more than $10 million for C-TRAN in Elmira.
“The record-breaking $11 billion for [New York] transit agencies in the bipartisan infrastructure framework will boost jobs, build vital transit infrastructure and improve service for Upstate commuters,” Schumer said. “Transportation is what connects our communities and keeps the wheels of the local economy rolling. The bipartisan infrastructure deal is a greenlight for much needed progress and will pave the way for expanded service, good-paying jobs, more clean, zero-emission buses, and better accessibility for all.”

Rome Lab awards SUNY Poly professor $5.5M for computer chips that can learn and adapt
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Lab has awarded a professor at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) $5.5 million to fabricate small, low-power neuromorphic computer chips. The
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