SENECA FALLS — The Seneca Meadows Education Center will host a bird walk Oct. 20 where participants will learn about birds and their fall migration.
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OVID — The posted, official capacity of the old Papa Bear courtroom in the Three Bears Courthouse Complex is 49.
GENEVA — During the final week of July, 11 craft breweries on Seneca Lake sponsored a fundraising initiative that raised $3,000 for the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association.
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GENEVA — State environmental officials are marking the official end of the Geneva Foundry cleanup following the removal of 94,000 tons of contaminated soil from 244 properties surrounding the former Jackson Street plant.
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ROMULUS — For years, outdated ammunition was exploded and burned at a 403-acre area in the northwest corner of the former Seneca Army Depot.
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OVID — The Seneca County Board of Supervisors makes its annual trek to the south end of the county tonight, meeting in the Papa Bear Courthouse.
It’s apple harvest season in New York State. To show appreciation for NYS farmers and provide local NYS apples to schools, the FarmOn! Big Apple Crunch encourages apple enthusiasts across the state to sign up for the Big Apple Crunch Challenge and register for a chance to win a $1,000 schola…
CANANDAIGUA — To encourage more community input on the future of the Ontario County Landfill, officials launched a dedicated website at https://oclandfillfuture.org.
SENECA FALLS — Faced with major decisions regarding the landfill, the Town Board voted Oct. 1 to hire consultants to help with a response to the draft Environmental Impact Statement submitted by Seneca Meadows Inc. related to its application to expand.
CANANDAIGUA — If it seems there are more harmful algal blooms in Canandaigua Lake this summer, the people who monitor the lake would agree.
SENECA FALLS — People who get their drinking water from the town water treatment system on Cayuga Lake may be among those benefiting from a new conservation easement on 260 acres of lakeshore land in Cayuga County.
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WATERLOO — After years of not getting involved with issues involving Seneca Meadows landfill, the Seneca County Board of Supervisors moved toward taking a more active role.
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SENECA FALLS — Already past due, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Seneca Meadows Inc. have agreed to extend the deadline for DEC review of the draft Environmental Impact Statement related to a proposed expansion of the landfill.
CANANDAIGUA — Every two years, Ontario County has a study done on materials taken to the county landfill. It looks at what kind of waste comes to the Ontario County Landfill in the town of Seneca and where it comes from, local or otherwise.
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GENEVA — The task of deciding what will happen to the Ontario County Landfill after 2028 didn’t get any easier after Tuesday’s public meeting on the topic.
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PENN YAN — Two individuals and an organization received 2024 volunteer awards during the annual meeting of the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association Sept. 12.
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SENECA — Already the home of the Ontario County Landfill, the town of Seneca may also host a facility that produces natural gas from cow manure.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is offering two ways for people to “get offline and get outdoors” this week, and the agency is seeking volunteers for the inaugural Fish and Wildlife Day Sept. 28 at locations in Seneca and Ontario counties.
DRESDEN — Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law firm, will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Greenidge Generation against the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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GENEVA — City officials are keeping a close eye on Geneva’s drinking water supply amid widespread algae blooms on Seneca Lake that have turned the water on the north end green.
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GENEVA — This summer, it’s been a case of the HABs — not the HAB nots — in local lakes.
CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Board of Supervisors will host three public meetings on the future of the county landfill in the town of Seneca.
SENECA FALLS — The question has been raised as to whether Seneca Meadows Inc. must obtain a permit from the Town Board before it can acquire a new, state operating permit.
SENECA FALLS — The amount of phosphorus allowed to enter Cayuga Lake will be reduced by 30%, according to a new plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
ITHACA — The Finger Lakes Land Trust recently announced it has protected 406 acres of scenic farmland in the town of Milo, Yates County, with a perpetual conservation easement. The farm is owned by Robert and Kay Henderson and operated by Robert and his son, Matthew Henderson. The farm grows…
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CANANDAIGUA — In what likely will be the first of many public sessions on the future of the Ontario County Landfill, a panel discussion has been scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Sept. 19 at Manchester Town Hall, 1272 County Road 7.
WATERLOO — From now until 2033, Seneca County should continue to dispose of most of its solid waste at a landfill but should also take several steps to divert how much ends up in those landfills.
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OSWEGO — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday celebrated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.
CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Board of Supervisors Planning & Environmental Quality Committee voted Tuesday to recommend the full board formally accept the Landfill Alternative Analysis Report done this summer by a Florida consulting firm.
LYONS — The Town Board, acting as lead agency, has determined that a solar farm project on Route 14 will not have a significant adverse environmental impact.
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SENECA FALLS — The Town Board voted 5-0 Tuesday evening to table a decision on issuing a town permit to Seneca Meadows Inc. for 2024.
BRISTOL — Registrations are being accepted until Sept. 19 for an Ontario County household hazardous waste collection event.
TYRE — For the first time ever, residents of this northern Seneca County town will not have to contract with a private trash hauler in 2025.
SENECA FALLS — Back in May, the Town Board voted unanimously to table a motion approving a town zoning permit for Seneca Meadows, instead putting it off until September.
WATERLOO — Nearly 25 years after the last one expired, a new, 10-year Solid Waste Management Plan for Seneca County moved a step closer to reality Tuesday.
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CANANDAIGUA — Fourteen months in the making, a Florida consulting firm has drafted a 320-page report on the Ontario County Landfill.
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SENECA FALLS — The president of Waterloo Container Co. is seeking help and guidance from the Seneca County Health Department on odors emanating from Seneca Meadows Landfill.
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ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that $42 million is earmarked to help protect water quality and battle harmful algal blooms in the seven eastern Finger Lakes.
PENN YAN — The Village Board, as lead agency, has determined the proposed Lake Street corridor and Water Street zoning amendments will not have a significant adverse environmental impact.
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SENECA — The Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to hire a law firm that specializes in environmental issues and litigation.
GENEVA — The quality and health of water in the deepest Finger Lake will be the focus of a Seneca Lake Water Quality Symposium scheduled for 5-7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at 41 Lakefront Hotel.
PENN YAN — A range of topics were discussed at the Keuka Lake Association’s annual meeting July 20 at Keuka College.
CLIFTON SPRINGS — State environmental officials are continuing to investigate fuel contamination at the site of Crosby’s gas station at the corner of Kendall and Main streets in the village.
ITHACA — The Finger Lakes Land Trust has purchased 34 wooded acres in the town of Italy, Yates County, near the south end of Canandaigua Lake. The parcel was identified as a priority for protection due to its strategic “puzzle-piece” location between lands owned by the FLLT and the New York …
SENECA FALLS — The Seneca Meadows Education Center and Wetland Preserve will host a bird walk to learn about and observe birds during their annual fall migration. It’s set for 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 15 at the Preserve, 1712 Black Brook Road.
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SENECA FALLS — Seneca Meadows Inc. has identified about a dozen potential impacts related to the proposed expansion of its landfill along Route 414.
SENECA FALLS — Waterloo Container Co. has awarded a $5,000 grant to FLX Craft Beverage Environmental Coalition — or FLX CBEC — to help the new sustainability group expand its programming.
CANANDAIGUA — A draft of a data-driven study regarding the Ontario County Landfill has been given to members of the Board of Supervisors.
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SENECA FALLS — Seneca Meadows Inc. has submitted a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the valley infill expansion it has proposed at its landfill.
