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Happy Retirement Ann Marie! After 17 years of client service at Bryant Asset Protection, we are saying goodbye and good luck to Ann Marie Benedetto! We will certainly miss her and have a great appreciation for her dedication to our agency. She has been a significant part of our office family and it will be very difficult to say farewell. In her retirement, Ann Marie plans to volunteer and spend ...read more

Community Bank System to Enhance Capital District Presence withAcquisition of Kinderhook Bank Corp.  January 22, 2019 - SYRACUSE, NY and KINDERHOOK, NY—(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Bank System, Inc. (“Community Bank System”) (NYSE: CBU) and Kinderhook Bank Corp. (OTCQB: NUBK) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Community Bank System will acquire ...read more

ALBANY – January 3, 2019 – CAP COM Federal Credit Union has announced today that Paula Stopera, the credit union’s President and CEO, will retire in late May 2019. Christopher McKenna, CAP COM’s Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of its mortgage subsidiary, Homeowners Advantage, will take the reins as the organization’s new President and CEO.  Stopera began her career at CAP COM ...read more

We are always looking for new members. Visit our department website and click on the Volunteer Now link, or contact us via email. We are a 100% Volunteer Fire Department and need your help!

Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect 12/31/2018. New York State’s minimum wage will continue to increase annually, taking effect December 31st of this year. For Upstate New York, the wage will increase from $10.40/hr to $11.10/hr and for fast food workers, the wage will increase to $12.75/hr for fast food workers. This increase will help to lift the wages of workers across the board – especially for ...read more

Bethlehem’s third annual First Night celebration will provide a fun-filled, family-friendly event to celebrate the passing of the old year and the ringing in of the new.  This event is presented in partnership with the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, Bethlehem Community Fund, Bethlehem Opportunities Unlimited, Bethlehem Senior Projects, and Friends of Bethlehem Parks and Recreation.  First Night ...read more

KINDERHOOK, NY., November 16, 2018 – Kinderhook Bank Corp. (“KBC”), (OTCQB:NUBK), the holding company for The National Union Bank of Kinderhook (the “Bank”), announced record earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.Net income available to common shareholders was $3.3 million, or $2.50 (diluted) per common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared with $1.0 ...read more

Join us for To Life!’s premier fundraising event, the Pink Ball to be held on Friday, October 26, 2018. at the Hall of Springs, Saratoga Springs at 6:45 p.m (VIP reception begins at 6:15). This elegant black-tie event celebrates survivorship, honors members of the community dedicated to supporting women and families dealing with breast cancer and provides the resources necessary to continue To ...read more

BETHLEHEM, N.Y. – On Sunday, Sept. 30, from 1-4 p.m., Bethlehem Public Library is holding a Local Author Book Fair to celebrate and support the writers in the area. The event will feature a keynote address from audiobook narrator George Guidall at 1 p.m.Guidall, an acclaimed and prolific narrator, has lent his voice to classics like “Crime and Punishment,” “The Iliad,” “Don Quixote” and more. In ...read more

COLONIE, N.Y. — Pioneer Bank today will launch the Pioneer Bank Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting charitable organizations in the Capital Region that provide important services to children and their families related to education, nutrition, clothing, and housing.  At the 10 a.m. press conference, Pioneer Bank President and CEO Tom Amell will discuss why the Foundation was created ...read more

Sunmark Introduces New State -Of -The -Art location in Delmar   (Latham, NY) Sunmark Federal Credit Union’s recently announced the opening of their second branch in two years. Following the successful opening of Sunmark’s Rotterdam location in early 2017, Sunmark selected 265-267 Delaware Avenue in Delmar as the site of their most recent branch.   Sunmark has constructed an eighteen hundred ...read more

Policy Research Associates, Inc. (PRA) has been named a 2018 Top Workplace by the Times Union and was awarded first place in the small employer category. In addition, PRA received the Doer Award, given to a company where the majority of employees agree with the statement "At this company, we do things efficiently and well." The Top Workplace Awards are conducted each year by the Times Union. ...read more

Latham, NY (March 9, 2018) -- Just for a moment, imagine the impact of empowering high schools students to become the Sherlock Holmes in their communities and diagnose the risks of developing one of the fastest growing health care crisis that Americans face today; peripheral arterial disease.  What if we were then able to then connect the dots and educate them on the implications of the genetic ...read more

(Kinderhook, NY – February 22, 2018) The National Union Bank of Kinderhook (OTCQB:NUBK)  has appointed Kelly M. Bailey to the position of Assistant Vice President Residential Mortgage Sales Manager. “Kelly brings over 20 years of banking and lending experience to the residential mortgage team at Kinderhook Bank,” said Lee Carman, Senior Vice President. “She will help us to grow our mortgage ...read more