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State awards Griffiss Institute $2M for IDEA NY business competition targeting Mohawk Valley

ROME, N.Y. — The Griffiss Institute will use a $2 million state grant to support IDEA NY, a business-accelerator competition. Read More

Syracuse University appoints former Bond attorney as director of equal opportunity, inclusion

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University announced Wednesday that its Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services has hired Alyssa Campbell as its new director of equal opportunity and inclusion. Read More

ConMed to pay quarterly dividend on Oct. 8

UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based medical-device maker, announced this week that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the third quarter. Read More

St. Joseph’s Health formally opens cardiovascular center

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health on Thursday formally opened its new 45,000-square-foot cardiovascular-care center inside the hospital at 301 Prospect Ave. in Syracuse. Read More

Lyft names new market manager for “Greater New York State” operations

Lyft Inc. has named Matt Rodrigues as the market manager of its “Greater New York State” operations, which includes the Syracuse market. Read More

Town of New Hartford to move to former Gander Mountain building after buying the property

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The offices of the Town of New Hartford will be moving to the former Gander Mountain location in the Orchard Mall. Read More

Oneida County truck driver pleads guilty to perjury for defrauding workers’-compensation system

UTICA, N.Y. — New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott has announced the guilty plea of an Oneida County trucker, who recently took a job with New York State, on charges he falsified hearing testimony, falsified documents submitted as part of his state job application, and defrauded the workers’-compensation system. Read More

CFCU plans to open new branch in Seneca County in 2019

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — Ithaca–based CFCU Community Credit Union announced it plans to open a new branch office early next year in Kingdom Plaza at 1963 U.S. Route 20 in the town of Seneca Falls. Read More

Syracuse’s Hendricks Chapel to use $1M donation for “student-opportunity fund”

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will use a $1 million donation to help students having a “financial hardship” and to “ensure access to academic enrichment opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.” Read More