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Northeast Grocery completes executive team
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Northeast Grocery, Inc. (NGI) says it has completed its executive team with the promotion of John Persons to the role of chief operating officer (COO) and a couple of other personnel moves. NGI is the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Friendly Markets. Persons has spent 39 years with Tops, […]
Avalon’s new CEO leads firm with fast-growing cyber division
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After joining the business a few years ago as COO, Jon Bates is now leading Avalon as the firm’s CEO. The Syracuse–based company announced the promotion on May 22. JP Midgley, who previously was Avalon CEO, stepped down from the position in April and will now serve on Avalon’s board of directors
Digital literacy summer program for students includes cybersecurity
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — AT&T (NYSE: T), Syracuse University, Tech4kidz and the Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School plan to host a free digital literacy and education summer program. The AT&T ‘Cuse Youth Digital Ambassador program seeks to address equity issues in technology education and careers, “while supporting local students impacted by the digital divide by
New dean of Syracuse University’s iSchool has Upstate connections
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — He was educated in the Capital Region and previously worked at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Andrew Sears will soon begin his time as dean of the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool). Sears’ appointment, which was approved by the executive committee of the Syracuse University board of trustees, begins
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), the Florida–based insurance-brokerage parent of Syracuse–based Brown & Brown Empire State, recently announced it has appointed Barry Hensley as chief security officer (CSO) and Rob Burch as chief information security officer (CISO). “With the addition of a CSO role and the talents of Barry and Rob, Brown & Brown
GrammaTech wins nearly $10M Navy contract modification for cyber technologies
ITHACA, N.Y. — GrammaTech Inc. was recently awarded an almost $9.85 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for the Matured, Enhanced Total Platform Cyber Protection (TPCP) technologies for Improved Security (METIS) effort. The purpose of the METIS initiative is to build a fleet of relevant tools and capabilities based on
Fred L. Emerson Foundation names two to board of directors
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Fred L. Emerson Foundation announced it has elected Ann Mackey Huston and Darlene Motley to its board of directors. Huston is a native of Cayuga County with 40 years of diverse experience as a public-school teacher, consultant, and executive leader in nonprofit health care. She has served as a partner at
Report: Most CNY regions added jobs in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Ithaca regions all generated job growth between May 2022 and this past May. Bucking the trend in the broader Central New York area was the Elmira region, which lost jobs in the same period. The data comes from the latest monthly employment report that the New York State
Updated state law now prohibits mandatory nurse overtime
ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory overtime for nurses is now prohibited under an updated state law that took effect Thursday. Under the law, health-care employers are
Community Bank System CEO, Tryniski, to retire at year’s end
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) President/CEO Mark E. Tryniski will retire at the end of this year, and Dimitar A. Karaivanov,
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