St. Elizabeth Medical Center on Friday announced the appointment of Richard Ketcham as its next president and CEO.

He'll begin his new job on Sept. 8, the hospital said in a news release. Ketcham most recently served as president and CEO of Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk in Western New York from 1986 to 2009.

Home Funding Finders, which also has an office in Syracuse, will become a subsidiary of SEFCU when the transaction closes Sept. 1. Terms were not disclosed.

FAYETTEVILLE — During these difficult economic times, the Fayetteville Free Library (FFL) has stepped into the breach, providing local community members with low or no-cost alternatives for entertainment and access to technology.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The agreement formalizes a "longstanding medical partnership" between the two Southern Tier health-care providers, St. Joseph's said in a news release.

Tyszko has led SRCTec since it launched in 2006. SRCTec is the for-profit manufacturing subsidiary of nonprofit research company SRC. Tyszko resigned for personal reasons and to move on to new challenges, says Lisa Mondello, a spokeswoman for the company.

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