Bridge Street Bridge work on schedule
CORNING – Work on the Bridge Street Bridge is progressing on schedule and is expected to reopen to traffic by the end of October. The heavily used bridge closed to all traffic in early April Read More …
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Business Parking Lot Extension Approved
The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a parking lot extension for a Third Street business. On Wednesday, the board approved the area variance to expand the existing parking lot at J. Edwards Insurance Read More …
Griswold honored for cutting-edge broadband
Excellence award goes to president/CEO of largest, independently-owned telephone company in New York state Paul Griswold, president and CEO of Ontario & Trumansburg Telephone Companies, was honored as the 16th recipient of the 2019 FTTXcellence Read More …
State OKs expansion of American Rock Salt mine
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation recently accepted the results an environmental quality review conducted by American Rock Salt and granted the company a permit to move forward with a 1,700-acre, underground expansion at its Read More …
Operator: Power grid is braced for peak summer demand
ALBANY — New York is “well equipped” to meet expectations for peak power demands in the coming summer months, the coordinator of the state’s electric grid reported this week. The New York Independent System Operator Read More …
Utica Common Council unanimously passes parks master plan
UTICA — The Utica Common Council unanimously passed the Utica Parks and Recreation Master Plan Wednesday evening, with no comments from members. The 200-page plan lays out a way for the city to fix current Read More …
‘Project Bruno’: $25M distribution hub OK’d with no mention of Amazon
A $25 million warehouse and distribution facility for a Fortune 100 company received the go-ahead from Town of Tonawanda officials without public disclosure of the tenant’s true identity. The Buffalo News previously identified the prospective Read More …
Eighth-generation Spencerport farmer directs $2,500 to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County’s 4-H Program
Eighth-generation Spencerport farmer Sarah Colby directed $2,500 to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County’s 4-H Program through the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Bayer Fund. As part of their mission, Monroe County Read More …
Waste authority hopes to ‘ramp up’ food scraps energy program
UTICA — What to do with those leftovers? Turn them into power. The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority is expected to digest 8 to 9 tons of food scraps per week initially this week when it Read More …
Herkimer County trail project eyes 2020 completion
LITTLE FALLS — The New York State Canal Corporation Board of Directors has approved funding for an Erie Canalway Trail project that is the final link in a 7.6-mile trail between Little Falls and Mohawk. Read More …