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Former fire department treasurer in Oneida County charged with stealing $92,000
DURHAMVILLE, N.Y. — A former treasurer of the Durhamville Fire Department in Oneida County has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $92,000 from the
Oneida County website address to change on Nov. 21
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County announced it will transition its government website and email domains to .gov on Wednesday, Nov. 21 to comply with a
Herkimer launches Brownfield Opportunity Area Plan
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The Village of Herkimer announced it has formally launched its Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Plan and will host a series of engagement
Finger Lakes Land Trust purchased land along Black Diamond Trail
ULYSSES, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) announced it purchased 23 acres in the town of Ulysses in Tompkins County from the Cayuga Nature Center. The property, which is a mix of meadows and woodlands, is located along the Black Diamond Trail at the Houghton Road crossing. The FLLT intends to transfer the
Lowe to step down as Wolfspeed president and CEO
DURHAM, N.C. and MARCY, N.Y. — Gregg Lowe is out as president and CEO of Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), which operates a fabrication plant in
MVHS Foundation surpasses $30 million fundraising goal
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Foundation’s “This is for You: The Campaign to Transform Healthcare” exceeded its $30 million fundraising goal
Berkshire Bank parent company to pay Q4 dividend of 18 cents in late November
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) — parent company of Berkshire Bank, which has a significant presence in the Mohawk Valley region — recently announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on Nov. 27, to shareholders of record as of
Corning Inc.’s Canton plant to create up to 130 jobs
It comes after winning $32 million in CHIPS funding CANTON — More manufacturing jobs are on the way for the Canton plant of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW). The company has reached an up to $32 million preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) funding
Firm that recently expanded into Utica plans more growth
Just months after opening a satellite office in Utica, architecture and engineering-design firm CSArch has inked a new partnership deal that will fuel more growth at the Albany–based firm. CSArch finalized a partnership deal on Oct. 31 with Signal Hill Equity Partners, a Canadian middle-market private-equity firm that focuses on investing in regulated and essential-service
Upstate N.Y. Energy Storage Engine CEO starts position
VESTAL — An engineer with “decades of experience in industry and higher education” is now serving as the CEO of the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine that Binghamton University leads. Meera Sampath previously served as the associate dean of research in Binghamton’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, according to its
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