The Village of Honeoye Falls will use a $30,000 state grant to study the future of its waste water treatment plant. Officials expect that the plant’s treated water will eventually be subject to new limits on the amounts of phosphorous and copper it can contain, says village administrator Greg Emerson. Village leaders say that they […]
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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The Rochester 10
The Greater Rochester area is filled with talented, driven people working to make the region a better place to live, work, and play. But often it seems that the same names dominate headlines, while others who are working tirelessly within their own spheres go under the radar. This annual project — the Rochester 10 — […]
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Landowners’ lament
In a recent conference call, House Representative Tom Reed said that the state’s decision to ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing is “the wrong decision for New York State’s future.” And he said that property owners should be compensated for the money they could’ve made from fracking on their land. Reed called the decision a missed opportunity […]
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State’s Comcast-Time Warner merger review trudges on
The state’s decision on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger will not be made by the end of the year as previously projected. Comcast and Time Warner have again agreed to grant state Department of Public Service staff additional time to review the proposed transaction, where Comcast would swallow-up Time Warner to create one cable mega-corporation […]
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The legacy of New York’s fracking decision
New York’s long struggle with fracking is over, except that it isn’t. Next month, the State Department of Environmental Conservation will officially wrap up its review of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction technique under review since late 2008. The big news: it intends to prohibit high-volume fracking in New York, DEC Commissioner Joseph […]
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Reed: state should compensate landowners because of fracking decision
House Representative Tom Reed says that the state’s decision on high-volume hydraulic fracturing is “the wrong decision for New York State’s future.” During a conference call this morning, Reed said that the decision is a missed opportunity for the state and that fracking could provide jobs and a boost for the Southern Tier’s depressed economy. […]
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New York officials reject fracking
State environmental and public health officials have concluded that high-volume hydraulic fracturing is too risky to allow in New York. In January, the State Department of Environmental Conservation will finalize its environmental statement on high-volume fracking, and as part of that process will officially prohibit the extraction technique in New York. Fracking is used in […]
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Money for PAC study
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has been awarded $80.7 million this year for projects across the area. And some of the awards are substantial: $5 million for a high-tech startup incubator in downtown, $2 million for Eastman Business Park’s Biosciences Manufacturing Center, and $3 million toward redeveloping the Sibley building. Buried in the […]
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Restoring the balance
Invasive species have mucked up Lake Ontario’s food webs; many scientists, environmentalists, conservationists, and anglers have observed the disruptions themselves. Take the alewife — a species of herring — which entered the lake in the late 1800’s via the Welland Canal and never left. In time, the more aggressive fish pushed out the native lake […]
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Pittsford group files lawsuit over Westport Crossing
A controversial project in the Village of Pittsford is the subject of yet another lawsuit, bringing the total to five. Last month, the village Planning and Zoning Board approved the site plan for Westport Crossing, Mark IV Enterprise’s proposed 167-unit apartment complex off of Monroe Avenue along the Erie Canal. On Friday, the Friends of Pittsford […]
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[UPDATED] Finger Lakes projects to get $80.7 million
UPDATED 4:15 p.m. — Details regarding some of the funded projects are starting to trickle out. The Finger Lakes Council’s award includes a $5 million Empire State Development grant for High Tech Rochester to establish a facility for high-tech startups in the city’s Downtown Innovation Zone. The facility will include office space, conference rooms, and […]
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Pittsford board votes down Westport Crossing designs
A proposed canal side apartment development in the Village of Pittsford has hit another roadblock. Mark IV Enterprises wants to build 167 high-end apartments at 75 Monroe Avenue, a brownfield at the edge of the village. But this afternoon, the village’s Architecture and Preservation Review Board rejected the developer’s designs for the buildings. Mayor Bob […]
