U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal Department of Health and Human Services to release funds to enable local communities to offer free COVID-19 testing. Schumer was in the Orleans County town of Medina on Thursday, where he ...

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The Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties’ successful GLOW With Your Hands career exploration project has launched a new virtual platform to benefit students in the four-county region. GLOW With Your Hands Virtual expands the hands-on career exploration experience with innovative, ...

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Apex Clean Energy, the company planning to build a 33-turbine wind farm in the Orleans County town of Barre, has opened a community grant program.  “This is a difficult time for all New Yorkers and we want to step up ...

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Sen. Charles E. Schumer called upon the federal government Wednesday to allow more time for comment on proposed hemp regulations, concerned that the proposed rules would harm the rising industry of growing the useful plant. Schumer announced his concerns while ...

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The Early Head Start program at Community Action of Orleans and Genesee Inc. has been awarded nearly $800,000 in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding will be used to support childcare services for low-income families ...

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Orleans County’s Yates Town Board has voted to oppose a wind turbine project that would place 71 turbines in that town and the adjoining town of Somerset in Niagara County. Apex Clean Energy’s Lighthouse Wind project, which would create enough ...

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