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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (March 16, 2023) — Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company is pleased to announce the promotion of Danielle A. Pelletier to Branch Manager of the Troy Office. Ms. Pelletier joined the bank in 2015 as a Teller and was promoted to Assistant Branch Manager in 2022.  In her role as Branch Manager, Ms. Pelletier is responsible…

Ryan’s Wake Resurrects Outdoor Concert Series May 17 – June 21 “Wake Up Wednesdays” Free Music, Wednesdays at 5 PM TROY (03/16/23) – A popular public house in Troy is bringing back live outdoor concerts to its location beside the Green Island Bridge. Ryan’s Wake has announced a free, six-week outdoor evening concert series kicking off May 17. “…

he Commission on Economic Opportunity’s (CEO) Board of Directors Chairperson, Dr. Pat O’Connor, officially announced Tuesday that President/Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Maciol, will be retiring at the end of March 2023, and Vice President, Sue Rosa, will be stepping into the role. Katherine is retiring from CEO after ten years of service to…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Perritano [email protected] (518) 438-7895 x208 Kristin Vivian Named New Director of Institutional Advancement at Academy of the Holy Names Board of Trustees Member Will Step Down from Role to Accept New Position (Albany) – February 28, 2023. Dr. Martin Kilbridge, President of Academy of the Holy Names,…

Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation presented a $4,000 check to support the STRIDE Capital District Sled Warriors. The grant from Dick’s will aid the Capital District Sled Warriors team to travel to the Empire State Games and the Amelia Sled Hockey Tournament. The Capital District Sled Hockey was established in 2009 through STRIDE Adaptive Sports, an…

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jami Cordell and Zully Cordero as the newest members of the firm’s management team.  Jami Cordell is Marketing Manager, leading the firm’s marketing and PR functions. Jami started at the firm as a marketing coordinator in 2016 and has…

Troy, N.Y. – The Board of Directors of the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Norris Pearson as the next president/CEO of the organization. Pearson, who leaves Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute following a long career as operations manager of the Houston Field House, will take on the chamber role on March 1. “The board is…

BOSTON – January 31, 2023 – Berkshire Bank, a leading socially responsible community bank with financial centers throughout New England and New York, today announced that it joins 483 other companies across the globe as a member of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), a modified market capitalization-weighted index developed to gauge…

Event introduces hundreds of underrepresented students to STEM fields. TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will hold its 24th annual Black Families Technology Awareness Day on Saturday, February 4. The event, free and open to the public, is designed to introduce historically underrepresented students in grades K-12, their families…

January 27, 2023 (Albany, NY): First New York Federal Credit Union and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School announce the opening of a new in-school branch, the Spartan Branch. The new branch will be staffed by student volunteers, who will gain valuable experience by providing basic banking services to their fellow students and staff from the…

Our employee-funded DeCrescente Scholarship Fund has awarded $11,000 in scholarships to 22 children of DDC employees for the spring 2023 semester. Established in 1995, the scholarship fund has given more than $490,000 in financial assistance to DDC employees and their children since its inception almost 30 years ago. “We are so proud of everything…

December Nursing Grads Receive Multiple Job Offers Hayley Fenton received three job offers in her final semester of the Nursing bachelor’s degree program at Russell Sage College; Janella Benn and Praescilla Daquin both received two job offers.  High nationwide demand for registered nurses with a bachelor’s degree and Sage’s excellent reputation…

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2023 Net Income of $6.2 Million Albany, N.Y. – January 30, 2023 – Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (“Pioneer”) (NASDAQ: PBFS), the parent company of Pioneer Bank (the “Bank”) today reported the results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2022, which is the second quarter of Pioneer’s fiscal year…

Four-day event to target different career and education opportunities LOUDONVILLE, NY – Siena College will host a Career Expo on four separate days throughout February, with a different career and education focus each day. “Siena’s career events are always highly successful and much-anticipated on our campus,” said Alicia Pepe, MBA, assistant…

Thanks to the steadfast and generous support of its clients and friends, The Wojeski Fund has exceeded a significant milestone in its efforts to brighten the holidays for local children in need. With fundraising just concluded, the fund raised $90,000 in 2022, including $13,500 in matching funds provided by Wojeski & Company CPAs, P.C. of…

The E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy law firm is pleased to announce that David I. Iversen, Esq. and Julie A. Nociolo, Esq. have been named Partners in the Firm. David practices predominantly in the fields of personal injury, medical malpractice and commercial litigation.  Julie's practice includes state and federal criminal defense as well as…

Sandler Training in Albany, NY is delighted to be offering a 12-month sales training scholarship for women working in sales. This is a unique opportunity to participate in world class training with the leading sales and sales leadership training company.   The scholarship is specifically aimed at women located in the Capital Region who are either…

New York native with nearly 25 years of public media experience, most recently as COO & GM of New England Public Media, is the sixth individual to lead WMHT in its 70-year history  Albany, NY – WMHT Public Media, a multichannel public communications organization serving Eastern New York and Western New England, today announced the appointment…

Hudson Valley Community College has announced the appointment of a new academic department chair for English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language. Tony Podlaski, a faculty member at the college since 2004, will lead the department, which offers more than 160 course sections each semester. The department also oversees academic…

The Director of Institutional Advancement for Academy of the Holy Names is responsible for providing leadership and strategically managing all the school’s fundraising programs with special attention to capital and major gift campaigns, planned giving, and grant writing. S/he is a member of the AHN Management Team and works with the Board of…