The contract is from the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit. SRC will establish and maintain a security operations center under the deal that will help protect IT infrastructure against cybersecurity threats.

SYRACUSE — Fishable and swimmable — this is the vision for the future of Onondaga Creek as perceived by local community members. The creek, which meanders about 27 miles north through Syracuse to its outlet in Onondaga Lake, was used in the past for industrial salt extraction and as a sewage-disposal route, leaving numerous water-quality problems today.

The money will aid development of affordable housing, redevelopment of downtown areas, and upgrades to water and sewer systems.

St. Elizabeth Medical Center on Friday announced the appointment of Richard Ketcham as its next president and CEO.

He'll begin his new job on Sept. 8, the hospital said in a news release. Ketcham most recently served as president and CEO of Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk in Western New York from 1986 to 2009.

Home Funding Finders, which also has an office in Syracuse, will become a subsidiary of SEFCU when the transaction closes Sept. 1. Terms were not disclosed.

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