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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.
Jefferson County hotel occupancy rate jumps nearly 67 percent in June
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County again saw a big surge in guests in June compared to a year ago, as the travel and leisure business continues to recover from the pandemic, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county climbed 66.6
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WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County again saw a big surge in guests in June compared to a year ago, as the travel and leisure business continues to recover from the pandemic, according to a recent report.
The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county climbed 66.6 percent to 56.6 percent in June, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, soared 99 percent to $55.98 in the sixth month of the year compared to June 2020.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, rose 19.4 percent to $98.84 in June from the year-prior month.
The strong June 2021 hotel-occupancy report follows Jefferson County’s more than 114 percent jump in occupancy in May, nearly 158 percent increase in April, and 49 percent rise in March. These are the first four months in which the year-over-year comparisons are to a month affected significantly by the COVID crisis. The prior 12 reports each featured double-digit declines in occupancy as the comparisons were to a pre-pandemic month.
Broome County hotel occupancy rate soars more than 70 percent
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels continued to see a sharp rebound in customers in June as they recover from the business disruptions of the COVID pandemic, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county jumped 70.6 percent to 59.1 percent in June,
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels continued to see a sharp rebound in customers in June as they recover from the business disruptions of the COVID pandemic, according to a recent report.
The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county jumped 70.6 percent to 59.1 percent in June, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was just the fourth monthly increase in occupancy in the county since January 2020, with all of them coming in the last four months.
Broome County’s revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, more than doubled (up 108 percent) to $52.25 in June.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, increased 21.9 percent to $88.40 in the county in the sixth month of the year.
The strong June 2021 hotel-occupancy report follows the May, April, and March results when occupancy rose 102 percent, 86.1 percent, and 38.5 percent, respectively, from a year earlier. These are the first four months in which the year-over-year comparisons were to a month affected significantly by the COVID crisis. The last year of monthly reports before that showed significant declines in occupancy as the comparisons were to a pre-pandemic month.
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