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People news: Tompkins Insurance Agencies creates new training-team leader position
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Insurance Agencies, a unit of Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP), announced it has created a new position of training-team leader and
Community Bank System to pay Q4 dividend of 45 cents on Jan. 10
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) — parent company of Community Bank, N.A. — recently announced that it has declared a quarterly
Oneida County hotels see a rise in guests in October
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) increased 3.3 percent to 68.5 percent in October from the
Broome County hotel occupancy edges up in October
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels registered a slight rise in guests in October compared to the year-ago month, while two other business indicators posted
Onondaga County hotels saw business decline in October
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels posted a drop in three key benchmarks of business performance in October. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a
Chemung Financial to pay Q4 dividend of 31 cents in early January
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) recently announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents a
Lockheed’s suburban Syracuse plant wins $9M U.S. Navy order
SALINA, N.Y. — The Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems plant in the town of Salina has been awarded a nearly $9.3 million order
Herkimer County IDA receives $270,000 grant for brownfield inventory
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The New York State Department of State has awarded $270,000 in Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) funding to the Herkimer County Industrial Development
Report: Solar-energy capacity to hit record high in 2023
But economic challenges mount WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. solar industry added 6.5 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity in the third quarter of
Empire Center fellow says N.Y.’s electric-heat push faces cold reality
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s plan to steer homeowners and landlords toward electric heat could backfire due to high costs and practical concerns, according