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FASNY Seeks To Boost Local Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment With 14th Annual RecruitNY Campaign

March 17, 2023 Contributor
Volunteer fire departments across New York State will open their doors to residents Saturday, April 22nd and Sunday, April 23rd, as part of the 14thannual RecruitNY weekend. RecruitNY is a major initiative of the Firefighters Association of New York (FASNY) designed to help increase volunteer membership in local fire departments.

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Fulton Savings Bank Sponsors Fulton Student Athlete Of The Month

March 17, 2023 Contributor
Fulton Savings Bank (FSB) awards the Student Athletes of the Month for February. Each month the Fulton City School District (FCSD) administration selects a male and female student/athlete who have excelled in both athletics and the classroom. Those selected receive a gift certificate to B&T Sports Shop, provided by the bank.

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EPA Region 2 Announces Virtual Listening Session On PFAS Strategic Roadmap

March 17, 2023 Contributor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 will host a virtual listening session on March 30, 2023 to get feedback on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap from residents in EPA Region 2, which includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands communities and eight Indian Nations. In the session, EPA will provide information about EPA’s ongoing work under the PFAS Strategic Roadmap (2021-2024) and will ask for feedback on this work. In November 2022, EPA announced that the Agency would hold a series of virtual regional community engagement sessions in 2023 to fulfill a key commitment outlined in the PFAS Strategic Roadmap.

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DEC Releases Draft Solid Waste Management Plan

March 17, 2023 Contributor
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the release of the draft New York State Solid Waste Management Plan for a 60-day public comment period. The “New York State Solid Waste Management Plan: Building the Circular Economy Through Sustainable Materials Management” recommends actions to reduce the climate impact of solid waste and provides direction for New York’s waste reduction, reuse, recycling, collection, transportation, and disposal investments, policies, and practices over the next decade.

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