The state gives local governments a pretty powerful tool for helping their residents and businesses buy renewable energy, and Brighton resident Sue Hughes-Smith has campaigned hard to get local elected officials to use it. But now Smith is worried that a new initiative may undercut those efforts. The state’s mechanism, called community choice aggregation (CCA), […]
Jeremy Moule
Covers county government and whatever else comes my way. Greyhound dad; vegetarian; attempted photographer with a love for film and fixer; sometimes cyclist.
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Power struggle
Renewables have a bunch of things working both for and against them. Trump’s solar tariff is just one.
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Funke to face challenge from Penfield Democrat Lunsford
Jen Lunsford, an attorney who lives in Penfield, will try to unseat Republican State Senator Rich Funke. Lunsford, a Democrat, announced her candidacy for the 55th State Senate District seat this afternoon at Monroe County Democratic Committee headquarters. The seat covers parts of eastern Monroe County and western Ontario County, and though the registration in […]
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Business incubator space opens in Sibley building
High Tech Rochester has a new name: NextCorps. And this morning, the organization officially opened its new business incubator space in Sibley Square (the new name for the Sibley building). High Tech Rochester has operated out of temporary space in the Sibley building for the past few years while its new space was under construction. The […]
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NextCorps coworking space
NextCorps, formerly known as High Tech Rochester, has officially opened its space in Sibley Square, the new name for the former Sibley’s department store building. The business incubator facility includes a coworking space in the former Tea Room.
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Towns, DOT at impasse on bike lane
East Avenue between the Rochester city line and its junction with Route 31F in Pittsford is overbuilt. It has capacity for far more cars than actually travel it and, because it’s so wide, it psychologically enables people drive faster than they should. So the State Department of Transportation wants to put it on a road […]
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Reimagine RTS moves into next phase
The first phase of Reimagine RTS, an effort to plan for the future of the region’s bus system, is complete. And RTS officials expect to release a draft plan in May that’ll lay out potential route designs and make recommendations about things such as bus frequency. During the first phase, RTS and its consultants gathered input […]
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Law enforcement agencies launch heroin task force
The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and law enforcement agencies across the county are partnering on a new task force that will collect data about heroin overdoses and route intelligence to local agencies in the hopes of building strong cases against heroin dealers. The task force is the latest county-level plan targeting the opioid epidemic. Monroe […]
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Rejected grant was a missed opportunity for Monroe County
Monroe County officials don’t often turn down grants, especially big ones. So when the county rejected a $2.6 million state grant for the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office to expand its representation of parents facing child neglect or abuse allegations, some members of the local legal and social-services communities were understandably confused. And they see […]
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Wilmorite withdraws Pittsford hotel proposal
Wilmorite has pulled its application to redevelop key property along Schoen Place in the Village of Pittsford, according to a notice sent out by the village this afternoon. Village officials say that they were notified of the company’s decision to withdraw its application on Friday by its attorney, Alan Knauf. Wilmorite planned to buy the […]
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Collins’ Trump support draws big slate of opponents
Republican House Representative Chris Collins has a target on his back. He was the first member of Congress to support President Donald Trump’s 2016 run, and since then, he’s been a full-throated supporter. He’s defended Trump’s orders blocking the entry of immigrants and refugees, and when the president called on GOP Congress members to pass […]
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Assini calls off congressional run
Republican Gates Supervisor Mark Assini will not run against Democratic House Representative Louise Slaughter for a third time. He was going to, but he abandoned those plans on Sunday. Assini had organized an event for last night to announce his candidacy. But as he took the stage, he explained that the audience and media had […]
