3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (120+ words) An Ontario County committee voted 6-0 to advance a request that would allow the county to raise its room occupancy tax from 3% to as much as 6%, according to the Finger Lakes Times. The full Board of Supervisors must approve the request…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1465+ words) The Victor Planning Board approved final plans Tuesday for 71 townhouses in the Woods at Valentown development after removing a proposed 100-unit apartment building from the current application because engineers could not yet confirm the town’s downstream sewer system could handle…...

1+ week, 41+ min ago   (1395+ words) Note: This column was originally published on Substack here. An interesting question came out of the map I released last week looking at school district enrollment across Upstate New York. Well, there were two questions. But they’re inexplicably linked. Why…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (378+ words) FEMA has approved nearly $50 million for disaster recovery and hazard-reduction projects across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, including road repairs, flood-prone property buyouts and utility upgrades. The package includes more than $10.7 million through the Public Assistance program and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (345+ words) FEMA has approved nearly $28 million for disaster recovery and hazard-mitigation projects across five Mid-Atlantic states, with most of the money supporting repairs and cleanup in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The package includes $26.5 million through Public Assistance and more than…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (604+ words) Auburn’s new downtown parking system is drawing criticism from residents and business owners who say the payment process is too complicated, too dependent on phones and potentially discouraging people from visiting downtown. The concerns surfaced repeatedly during this week’s city…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (243+ words) FEMA has approved another $137 million for 114 recovery and hazard-mitigation projects in North Carolina, pushing federal support for Hurricane Helene and other recent disasters in the state above $7.5 billion. The latest round includes $102 million for 104 Public Assistance projects and more than…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (348+ words) FEMA has approved more than $2 billion for 1,477 recovery, mitigation and state-managed assistance projects across the United States, including infrastructure repairs, flood protection, property acquisitions and support for disaster survivors. The package includes more than $1.5 billion in Public Assistance funding for…...