Hartwick College President Drugovich to retire in summer 2022
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich plans to retire during the summer of 2022. Read More
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CNY fire departments get federal funding to hire additional firefighters, buy equipment
Some Central New York fire departments will use federal funding to hire additional local firefighters and to pay for firefighter safety training and equipment. Read More
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Live It Downtown complex in Utica to formally open Friday
UTICA, N.Y. — The Live It Downtown fitness and retail complex in Utica will formally open on Friday. Read More
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New York State reports more than 6,000 COVID cases in Friday update
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State on Friday reported 6,151 new cases of COVID-19 in the last day, marking the third time the state had topped the 6,000 mark in this latest wave, fueled by the delta variant. Read More
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Utica College announces school’s largest ever endowed scholarship as it dedicates Wilcox Center
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College has its largest-ever endowed scholarship with a donation of $2 million from the estate of Francis A. Wilcox. Read More
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Southern Tier 8, Leadership Alliance announce regional recovery-to-work program
DICKINSON, N.Y. — Workforce-development organizations representing the Southern Tier have announced a program called CREST, short for Collaborative Recovery Empowerment of the Southern Tier. Read More
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People news: MVHS adds new provider to Rome Medical Office
ROME, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Medical Group announced that Brittany Bonanza has joined its Rome Medical Office as a certified family nurse practitioner, where she will provide care to patients of all ages. Read More
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Hochul says State Fair to return to a 13-day event
The New York State Fair will return to a 13-day event in 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. (Photo credit: zoeyadvertising.com) Read More
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Centro scaling back service with ongoing bus-operator shortage, seeking to hire up to 40 drivers
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Centro plans to reduce its Syracuse-based weekday-service levels to an enhanced Saturday schedule, effective this Monday, Sept. 13. Read More
Opinion
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OPINION: Eviction Moratorium Extension Highlights Ugliest Parts of Albany The New York Legislature reconvened in Albany on [Sept. 1] to extend the state’s moratorium on evictions. The special session, which concluded after many New Yorkers had gone to sleep, was needed to e Read More
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OPINION: What it means to be an American What does it mean to be an American? I suspect each of us would answer this question in our own way, depending on our experiences. But there are features of the American identity, certain qualities of Read More
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OPINION: New York’s Public-Health Officials Must Regain the Public’s Trust After months of deceiving 20 million New Yorkers, former-Gov. Andrew Cuomo left office in disgrace. Among his many failures, Cuomo and his aides purposely hid the true impact of COVID-19 from the publ Read More
Business Mentors
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VIEWPOINT: How Resiliency & Reconnection Drive Our Community Forward There has been a lot written about how the past 18 months have been like nothing we’ve experienced efore, and while we hope that we never have to experience anything like the coronavirus pandemic aga Read More -
VIEWPOINT: Every business leader now has a new role: Healer-in-Chief A study released by the CDC in early July revealed some eye-opening statistics about frontline workers in my industry: • Since March 2020, respondents (health-care workers) reported experiencing trau Read More -
CEO FOCUS: GENIUS NY 5.0 Teams Work Toward Pitch Finals In mid-August, we announced the five new companies participating in the GENIUS NY program’s fifth round. These companies moved into CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden and put down roots in Central New York Read More
People on the Move
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People news: Capella joins Fust Charles Chambers accounting firm as partner DeWITT, N.Y. — Fust Charles Chambers LLP, a DeWitt–based accounting firm, announced that Patrick A. Capella, CPA has recently joined as a partner. Read More -
MVCC names new dean for the School of Public and Human Services UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) announced it has appointed Sheila Flihan as the new dean of its School of Public and Human Services. Read More -
People news: Lesko Financial Services names three advisors as partners/owners BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Lesko Financial Services, Inc. announced that three of its financial advisors have become partners in the firm. Read More