In a recent filing with the NYS Public Service Commission, Exelon said it would close Nine Mile Point 1 if it doesn’t get a guarantee from the state for a financial lifeline by September. New York’s proposed Clean Energy Standard includes a mechanism to compensate nuclear plants through zero emissions credits. However, the company said it couldn’t count on a CES that is “merely speculative.”
The Fulton Common Council addressed a modest crowd at their most recent council meeting (June 7) to gather public opinion for the proposed rate change for building permit and other fees. Ultimately, the council unanimously passed the rate increase but not before hearing the reasoning behind the decision and public opinion on both sides of the discussion. “We’re very concerned, we don’t want our fees to be way up higher than other cities, we’re definitely not the highest. In 2005, we lowered them in hopes that it would bring a whole bunch of people in, but it didn’t,” said Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. Mayor Woodward asked Joe Fiumara, Director of Code Enforcement and Executive Director of the Fulton Community Development Agency to further explain the background of the decision to raise fees.
The small but mighty Phoenix community came together to address the devastating heroin epidemic hitting all over the nation, even in quiet, cozy neighborhoods like their own. H.O.P.E, Heroin Opioid Prevention Education, hosted a community forum at J.C. Birdlebough High School complete with an agency expo, multiple keynote speakers, and a diverse panel of specialists with a wide range in background and expertise to answer questions from the public.
Michael Barry, the town of Scriba Highway Superintendent who was elected last November after failing to disclose his arrest for driving while intoxicated earlier that summer, plead guilty to a Class A Misdemeanor charge of Driving While Intoxicated in the Town of Brutus on June 8, according to the Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office.
Today (June 15), legislation introduced by U.S. Representative John Katko, H.R. 4202, the Fort Ontario Study Act, was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources. The bill advances the designation of Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum in Oswego towards National Park status.
State Police in Fulton are investigating a two-car fatal crash that occurred Tuesday (June 14), at approximately 6 p.m. at the intersection of County Route 9 and County Route 6 in the town of Volney.
A recently published children’s book that deals with hate and bullying is especially relevant currently in the wake of the Orlando night club murders. Ann Marie Chalone-Leis and Patricia Chalone-Hardwick published the book based on the memories of co-author Gail Danziger Klein’s mother (Renee Danziger), an Auschwitz survivor.
On behalf of the state’s 57 counties, the New York State Association of Counties today (June 14) called on the State Assembly to pass a bill that will reimburse counties for a state-mandated District Attorney salary increase enacted by the state on April 1.
The Great Lakes Research Consortium has awarded $44,819 for research projects that will investigate vitamin B deficiency in Lake Ontario fish, analyze a dataset on harmful algal blooms in nearly 200 lakes in New York State, and test DNA-based barcoding as a way to more accurately analyze the Great Lakes food web.
Following a lengthy debate Monday night, the resolution was approved 5-2 with councilors Shawn Walker and Robert Corradino voting no. The WiFi service will modernize downtown Oswego and provide an additional amenity to visitors and patrons of downtown businesses, the mayor said. However, opponents believe the cost and length of the contract is prohibitive. And, some residents aren’t in favor of paying more taxes just to benefit the downtown district.
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