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CNY Biotech Accelerator selects teams for Medical Device Innovation Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University’s CNY Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC) has selected the participants for this year’s Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC). The program —

Oneida County man arrested for forging documents in seeking rental assistance
ROME, N.Y. — New York State Police recently arrested a man from the town of Lee (Oneida County) for forging documents in an attempt to

People news: Helio Health names new chief growth officer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Helio Health, Inc. announced that it has appointed Shawna Craigmile as its chief growth officer. She will work with Helio Health’s executive

Onondaga County announces COVID-19 testing sites for the week of Aug. 9
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Friday announced additional asymptomatic testing sites in Onondaga County for the week of Aug. 9. Those

Parking-deck project at Syracuse airport to begin Monday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first phase of a multi-year parking-deck rehabilitation project will begin Monday at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR). In anticipation of the

CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. announced it has opened an office in Herndon, Virginia to provide services to the U.S. Department of Defense and the

People news: Finger Lakes Health elects Mooney, Nardozzi to board
GENEVA, N.Y. — Finger Lakes Health announced that its board of directors has elected Dr. Scott A. Mooney and James Nardozzi as new members

Rasheed takes over as board chair for Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties
UTICA, N,Y, — Jawwaad Rasheed, a recently retired Oneida County Family Court Support Magistrate, is serving as the new board chair of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. In addition to his years of service on the Community Foundation board, Rasheed has been involved in the Eastern Regional Child Support Enforcement Association, 100
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UTICA, N,Y, — Jawwaad Rasheed, a recently retired Oneida County Family Court Support Magistrate, is serving as the new board chair of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties.
In addition to his years of service on the Community Foundation board, Rasheed has been involved in the Eastern Regional Child Support Enforcement Association, 100 Black Men of the Greater Syracuse area, United Way of the Mohawk Valley, and Mohawk Valley Frontiers and Junior Frontiers.
He has guided the Community Foundation’s racial equity and social-justice work since the organization launched a 10-year, $10 million equity initiative last year, the Community Foundation said in a recent news release.
“As chair, I look forward to working with fellow trustees, staff, our donors, and nonprofit partners to address community needs, especially from an equity perspective,” Rasheed said. “The Community Foundation is committed to making a difference as we advance opportunity, education and awareness, and fairness and justice for all in our two counties.”
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties was founded in 1952.

Finger Lakes Health elects two new board members
GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health recently announced that its board of directors has elected Dr. Scott A. Mooney and James Nardozzi as two new board members. Mooney is a radiologist with Finger Lakes Radiology, LLC and currently serves as president of the Geneva General Hospital medical staff. He attended medical school at New York Medical
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GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health recently announced that its board of directors has elected Dr. Scott A. Mooney and James Nardozzi as two new board members.
Mooney is a radiologist with Finger Lakes Radiology, LLC and currently serves as president of the Geneva General Hospital medical staff. He attended medical school at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Mooney, who attended high school in Newark, N.Y., earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester.
Nardozzi has served as president of Nardozzi Companies, including Nardozzi Holdings LLC and Closed Loop Systems LLC, since 2006. A graduate of Geneva High School, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Geneva YMCA since 2018. Nardozzi also serves on the Syrabex Board and is a member of JAMNCO.
Finger Lakes Health says it is a nonprofit health system that provides a full range of acute and long-term care health services to residents of the Finger Lakes region. The health system encompasses two hospitals (Geneva General in Geneva and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Penn Yan), four living centers (Living Center-South in Geneva, Living Center-North in Geneva, The Homestead in Penn Yan, and Huntington Living Center in Waterloo), multiple physician practices and laboratory-service centers, a free-standing ambulatory surgery center, and three urgent-care facilities. The 660-bed health system is governed by a common board of directors and is served by a common management team. The health system offers a broad range of primary, specialty, and sub-specialty services to residents of the Finger Lakes region.
New York milk production rises more than 3 percent in June
New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.32 billion pounds of milk in June, up 3.1 percent from just under 1.28 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,090 pounds in June, up almost 2.5 percent from 2,040 pounds a
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New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.32 billion pounds of milk in June, up 3.1 percent from just under 1.28 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,090 pounds in June, up almost 2.5 percent from 2,040 pounds a year before.
The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 630,000 head in June, up less than 1 percent from 626,000 head in June 2020, NASS reported.
Milk prices rose in the latest report. New York dairy farmers in May were paid an average of $19 per hundredweight, up 70 cents from April, and $5.70 higher than in May 2020.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 846 million pounds of milk in June, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier.
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