A new county law regulating grease traps could be in effect by the end of September.  Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Friday introduced legislation to that effect in the wake of the death of a 3-year-old.  The little boy ...

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A federal agriculture grant of $640,000 will help re-establish an urban youth 4-H program run by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County. The grant from the Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Project of the U.S. Department ...

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Monroe County continues to rank among the most fiscally stressed communities statewide, a new report from the state comptroller’s office shows, but the county’s scorecard has improved significantly over the last two years. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System ...

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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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Monroe County has allocated $32 million toward infrastructure improvements this year and plans to spend nearly $200 million through the next seven years. The investment will create and sustain nearly 4,000 jobs over the funding period, officials said Thursday. “Infrastructure ...

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The Monroe County Treasurer’s Office will be open this Saturday (Dec. 30) to accommodate city taxpayers who are trying to pay their property taxes before the end of the year. Changes in federal tax deduction policies under the Trump administration ...

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