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Miami Beach firm to acquire Synapse car charging network
SYRACUSE — Car Charging Group, Inc., a nationwide provider of electric vehicle charging services, plans to acquire EV Pass, LLC and its local network of charging stations from Synapse Sustainability Trust, Inc. of Syracuse. Synapse is a nonprofit focused on sustainable environmental initiatives. EV Pass specializes in building destination and location networks for electric vehicle […]
NBT hires Bulger as director of retail sales
NORWICH — NBT Bank announced it has hired Steven Bulger as senior vice president and director of retail sales. In this position, Bulger is responsible
Binghamton Restaurant Week starts Tuesday
BINGHAMTON — Binghamton will kick off its 7th edition of Restaurant Week Tuesday, offering diners lunch and dinner deals at the 23 locally owned eateries
Vicks: A printing company adapting in the digital age
What if I should fall right through the center of the earth … oh, and come out the other side, where people walk upside down? — Alice in Wonderland YORKVILLE — Anyone operating a printing company today understands how Alice felt. In the past 13 years, over 10,000 establishments have vanished as the industry
National Water Main Cleaning Co. starts Utica office
UTICA — Sewer overflows enticed a New Jersey company to open a new location in Utica. National Water Main Cleaning Co., of Newark, N.J., will hold a grand opening for its new Utica location on March 13. Its new office is at 928 Broad St. The firm provides sewer-system cleaning, studies, inspections, and repairs. It
Empire Recycling: From rags to riches
UTICA — It was 1916. Woodrow Wilson was in the White House, the Rose Bowl held its first football game, Gen. “Blackjack” Pershing was chasing Pancho Villa in Mexico with 15,000 American troops, and Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity. This was also the year that Robert, Morton, and Louis Kowalsky opened a small
Tim Birnie: Steering the company to success through diversification
ROME — “All you men want to do is talk about buses,” Timothy (Tim) Claude Birnie remembers his mother saying. Birnie is the president of Birnie Bus Service, Inc. with headquarters located at 248 Otis St. at the Griffiss Business & Technology Park in Rome. “My father, Martin K. Birnie, joined his brother-in-law [Martin J.
Rome Memorial Hospital launches educational TV system
ROME — Rome Memorial Hospital has introduced a new television system to provide patient and staff education on the hospital’s 1500 N. James St. campus. The Rome Hospital Foundation, the hospital’s fund-raising arm, secured a $50,000 grant from M&T Bank for the purchase of a nine-channel medical media-on-demand system. It delivers patient education on topics
Strategic Financial eyes $1 billion in assets
UTICA — “Our goal is to hit $1 billion in assets within two years,” says Alan R. Leist, III, the senior portfolio manager at Strategic Financial Services, Inc. The firm is headquartered at 114 Business Park Drive in Utica, with additional offices in DeWitt and West Palm Beach, Fla. Alan R. Leist, Jr., company CEO
NORWICH — NBT Bancorp has hired William Glinski as its new corporate senior vice president and treasurer. Glinski will chair the bank’s asset and liability
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