BINGHAMTON, Nov. 11, 2023 — A newly formed company with Texas roots wants to drill thousands of new natural gas…
Schmitter Coasts to Win as Seneca Falls Town Supervisor; Dyson and Puylara Gain Four-Year Seats on Town Board
SENECA FALLS, Nov. 8, 2023 — Frank Schmitter, a 64-year-old former state trooper, cruised to victory Tuesday over incumbent Michael…
Galvanizing Plant Needs More Energy Than It First Estimated … 50 Times More; Will NYSEG Dig It a New Gas Pipeline?
ROMULUS, Nov. 6, 2023 — Developers of a hot-dip steel galvanizing plant who minimized the project’s energy needs when they…
Texas-based Waste Giant Funds Negative Campaign Flyers in Bid to Purge Seneca Falls Town Board of Landfill Critics
SENECA FALLS, Nov. 2, 2023 — For the third straight election cycle, Texas-based Waste Connections Inc. is far outspending all…
Farmers’ Favorite Preventive Insecticide Harms Birds, Bees and Aquatic Species; Will Hochul Sign or Veto Bill Limiting It?
ALBANY, Oct. 27, 2023 — A bill to partially ban the use of pesticide-treated seeds deadly to birds, bees and…
Hochul Urged to Protect Cayuga Lake by Requiring $10B Bond and Safety Exam Before Allowing Cargill to Sell Salt Mine
LANSING, Oct. 25, 2023 — State and local lawmakers joined clean water advocates today in a virtual press conference to…
Advocacy Group Linked to Landfill Buys Mailers Touting Two Candidates for Seneca Falls Board in Nov. 7 Election
SENECA FALLS, Oct. 20, 2023 — A political advocacy group linked to Seneca Meadows Inc., the state’s largest landfill, has…
Thurston Bans Sewage Sludge Spreading, Setting Up Legal Confrontation With Casella Over Steuben County Farm Fields
THURSTON, Oct. 19, 2023 — The Thurston Town Board last night enacted a local law that bans the spreading of…
Sky-High PFOS in Fish in Kendaia Creek Links Former Seneca Army Depot to Contamination of Seneca Lake Fish
ROMULUS, Oct. 13, 2023 — Small fish from a creek that originates in the former Seneca Army Depot and empties…
USDA Rates Steuben County Area Poorly Suited for Sewage Sludge Spreading, According to Draft Thurston Sludge Ban
THURSTON, Oct. 5, 2023 — A revised draft of a local law that would ban the spreading of municipal sewage…