News from August 2009

SEMC plans Dinner Dance to Benefit Orthopedic Unit

UTICA – The St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation will hold its 31st Annual Dinner Dance Gala on Saturday, September 26, from 6 to 11 p.m. “An Era of Elegance” will be held at Daniele’s Banquet Specialists in New Hartford. Proceeds from the event will benefit the new Orthopedic Unit. The evening begins with cocktails at [...]

Tri-Valley Trail Riders to meet Sept. 2

The Tri-Valley Trail Riders will meet on Wednesday September 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Verona VFW. The club has regularly scheduled meetings the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm.

Annsville Residential Center Garage to get new Roof

New York State Office of General Services Commissioner John C. Egan recently announced the awarding of bids for 11 contracts representing more than $7.4 million in new construction, providing work in seven counties of New York. The contracts are expected to be awarded to the apparent low bidders following the normal process of review and [...]

The Murray Brook Frog: Plans Made to Restore Vienna Town Cemeteries

By Brandyann Phelps Caption by John A. Kussmaul. This book contains 13 interesting and informative pages about Otto and Elsie Kussmaul, residents of North Bay until the early 1900s. You may read John’s words at the Town hall in North Bay, or by contacting the Murray Brook Frog. In July I told you that Sinclair [...]

Utica College Set to Welcome Students Back

Record Number of Freshmen Headed to Burrstone Campus UTICA, N.Y. – Utica College is set to welcome students back for the fall 2009 semester. Sunday, Aug. 30 is move-in day for students living in the residence halls and on Monday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m., convocation will be held in the Harold T. Clark Jr. [...]

Mohawk Valley Community College 2009 Fall Athletics Schedule

Sunday, August 30 Men’s Soccer vs. CC of Morris (NJ) at Tompkins-Cortland CC Tournament, 2:30 pm Women’s Soccer at Erie CC, 1:00 pm Wednesday, September 2 Women’s Soccer hosts Tompkins-Cortland CC, 4:00 pm Saturday, September 5 Cross Country at SUNYIT, 10:00 am Men’s Soccer hosts Onondaga CC, 1:00 pm Women’s Soccer hosts Onondaga [...]

The Gorman Foundation Awards Scholarships to USC Students

USC The Business College, with locations in Utica, Canastota and Oneonta, recently announced that several of its Canastota campus students are recipients of scholarships from The Gorman Foundation. The Foundation, established in 2003 in the memory of Owen T. Gorman, Catherine (Kay) Gorman, and Alice M. Gorman, exists to help better society through support of [...]

Mohawk Valley Heart Institute to be Clinical Study Site

UTICA – Medtronic, Inc. selected Mohawk Valley Heart Institute in Utica as one of 125 sites for a new clinical study titled, “The Shock-Less Study”. The purpose of this research is to analyze patient outcomes after implanting cardioverter-defibrillators, with a goal to determine whether periodic therapy programming reports illustrating physician usage of shock reduction can [...]

Community Action to Receive Stimulus Funding to Prevent Homelessness

The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance recently announced the award of nearly $25 million in homelessness prevention grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funds will allow 25 agencies to provide services in 33 counties through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP). Locally, awarded funds is the [...]

St. Elizabeth Medical Center holds Open House for new Orthopedic Unit

Caption: Pictured left to right are: Varinya Sheppard, MS, RN, Vice President, Lissette Grimaldi, BS, RN, Nurse Manager of the Pediatrics/Orthopedic Unit, and Sister M. Johanna, President/CEO. UTICA – St. Elizabeth Medical Center held a ribbon cutting and public open house for its new Orthopedic Unit on Wednesday, August 26. Tours were conducted for employees [...]

News from August 2009

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