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Almost a quarter of all land in New York state is farmland, which may come as a surprise to those who think of the state as one Big Apple. A report issued by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Thursday says ...

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After 11 years, 150 public meetings and well over a million dollars in legal fees for all parties, Mark IV Enterprises says a judge’s ruling will finally allow construction on Westport Crossing Residential Community in the Village of Pittsford to ...

The state Department of Agriculture has confirmed four cases of equine infection with West Nile Virus, including one in Livingston County, and so is urging horse owners to vaccinate their animals. “This is the time of year when the risk ...

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A Syracuse suburb has told Robert Morgan’s development company that it will no longer entertain his plans for an apartment complex and retail center on a vacant brownfield site. The Board of Trustees for the Village of Fayetteville informed Morgan’s ...

Standing before a field of tens of thousands of solar panels in Hilton, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced on Wednesday that she has created a sustainability team to carry on work like the solar array and other energy-saving projects ...

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The College at Brockport officially opened its newest dormitory Thursday with a ribbon cutting for the $24 million, 263-bed residence. Eagle Hall also includes a smart classroom, multipurpose rooms and soundproof study rooms. Each floor of the four-story building has ...

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Nearly 80 percent of construction firms in New York state are having difficulty filling hourly craft positions, jobs that comprise the bulk of the industry’s workforce. In the long run, that’s not good for economic growth, one of the nation’s ...

New one- and two-family homes built in Rochester that receive funding from city-sponsored programs must be constructed in a manner that allows people with disabilities to visit with minimal assistance. The Visitable Home Design Guidelines were created by the city ...

Now here’s a landmark event: the butter sculpture at the New York State Fair, which opened Wednesday, is 50 years old. Not the sculpture that’s on display at the fair this year, of course. What’s 50 years old is the ...

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A citizen’s group that has been fighting the High Acres Landfill in Perinton because of odors has filed suit in U.S. District Court against landfill operator Waste Management of New York. The suit seeks an injunction to: Hold off on ...

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Anyone who has driven on Monroe Avenue in the vicinity of Clover Street knows that traffic near the Brighton and Pittsford town line can be more than annoying, especially during peak shopping times. It can feel like all 49,000 cars ...

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Delaware North Companies will be taking over operations of food and beverage concessions, as well as suite catering, at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial, according to job postings on the firm’s website. The Buffalo-based concessionaire will replace Savor ...

The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) rescinded today their 2016 approval of the merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable. According to the PSC, the company, operating as Spectrum, has failed to meet the public benefits agreed upon ...

The Federal National Mortgage Association has advised investors that one loan backing a Fannie Mae Guaranteed Multifamily Security is secured by a property identified in the federal indictment involving Morgan Management employees and business associates. Fannie Mae made the disclosure ...

The autos were rolling in, so the lumalon people had to pack up and move aside temporarily. Lumalon, a Pittsford company specializing in light-emitting diode, or LED, illumination, is executing an $866,000 contract to install LED lighting at six buildings ...

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