Whittet currently also serves as a director and vice chairman of the company and the bank. He served as president and CEO from 1998 until he retired in 2006. Whittet first joined Wilber in 1972.

The award, funded by the federal economic stimulus package, will save Crouse more than $100,000 per year in energy costs, Dr. Paul Kronenberg, CEO of Crouse Hospital, said in a news release.

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.

The Upstate figure is nearly five points below New York's consumer confidence level of 62.5, which is down 0.5 points from July, according to SRI. The institute released the new survey today.

The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in 2009 that a number of Chinese manufacturers and their U.S. distributors violated Pass & Seymour's patent rights. The appeals court has affirmed the earlier rulings in the case of seven of the nine manufacturers involved.