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MMRI approved to administer rapid COVID-19 tests
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) of Utica has been approved to administer rapid COVID-19 tests. The New York State Department of
Chemung Canal Trust Company executive DiFabio retires
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Louis DiFabio, executive VP and business client services division manager at Chemung Financial Corporation retired on Dec. 31 after 33 years of
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. tests positive for COVID-19
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. on Tuesday announced he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m feeling fine. I have no symptoms.
NUAIR hires new president and CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse–based NUAIR announced it has hired Ken Stewart as its new president and CEO. Stewart most recently served as CEO of Boston,
Lockheed Martin executive, a Clarkson graduate, dies
Michele Evans, a Clarkson University graduate who was serving as aeronautics executive VP at Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), died on New Year’s Day, the
Oneida County reports 6 COVID deaths in latest day
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported 6 new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the county’s total to 243 since the pandemic started. In the last
Kirkland Art Center uses more than $1,500 grant for PPE to continue to offer arts programming safely
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Kirkland Art Center (KAC) announced it will use a $1,530 grant from the Jack and Trudy Owens Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and related supplies. The PPE is needed to meet public-health requirements and continue to offer arts programming in
Cayuga Health to open additional COVID-19 testing sites in Ithaca, Cortlandville
Besides Cayuga Medical Center, Cayuga Health also includes Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls. The Cayuga Health Cortland sampling site is located in Gutchess Park in
New director of security appointed for Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Tioga Downs Casino Resort has named Robert Otto as its regional director of security, overseeing security operations at both Tioga Downs Casino
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels posted an occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) of 37 percent in November, down 29.7 percent from a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the biggest year-over-year decline in occupancy in the county since July as
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