Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Evans Bank has been purchased by Norwich, NY-based NBT Bank in a $236 million deal. All 18 Evans Bank locations in Western New York will be added to the NBT portfolio. According to Buffalo Business First, Evans Bank has $2.3 billion in assets and 281 employees.
Buffalo-based Lawley Insurance has been named to Business Insurance's annual Best Places to Work in Insurance list. In a statement, Lawley Principal Bill Lawley, Jr. said "we're proud of our associates, our greatest asset."
Daemen University and UB cracked the Wall Street Journal's 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. list, ranking the two schools among the 500 best in the nation. Daemen is the only private school in the region to make the list. The honor places both Daemen and UB in the top 20% of schools across the country.
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