ROCHESTER — As residents and businesses wonder if the region will reopen for Phase 2 on Friday, the answer may not be what they want to hear.
WARSAW — A group of 12 people including county and local business and agricultural officials has been appointed to the ReStart Wyoming County Task Force.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled the ground rules last week for distributing $16 billion in direct payments to farmers and ranchers feeling financial pain from COVID-19, but several agriculture groups say producers may need more federal aid in the future.
Robert Rickner of Batavia said at around 7 a.m. Friday, he found about 20 emails from National Grid with other people’s bills and information such as addresses, amounts due and account numbers. Three more emails came in the afternoon.
ALBANY — It may take more than two weeks for regions to enter the next planned stages of reopening the economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
WANTAGH — Government must take the lead to stimulate the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Sunday, as campgrounds, RV parks and veterinarian services are set to reopen statewide.
GENESEO – With their signs held high and American flags flapping in the wind, about 20 people from a recently-formed group called “Reopen Livingston County” stood along Route 20A and Millennium Drive Friday afternoon to demand that business owners be the ones who decide if and when they shou…
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a plan to assist New York’s small businesses as try to cope with the major impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
BERGEN — Thursday night was a scene familiar to those who live in the village.
GENESEO –Denny’s on Lakeville Road is among more than a dozen restaurants operated by Feast American Diners, LLC, that are closing, according to WARN notices filed with the state Department of Labor.
BATAVIA — As Phase 1 of the Finger Lakes Region’s reopening continues, area officials are again advising people to stick with social distancing.
The owner of a Bergen gun shop has joined seven other plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed against Gov. Andrew Cuomo claiming abuse of power during the COVID-19 crisis.
WARSAW — As the area slowly begins to process Phase 1 of its reopening, area health and business officials have a big concern: Don’t blow it.
BATAVIA — Genesee County’s agricultural community will be able to get free hand sanitizer on Tuesday.
MEDINA — The medical billing firm that services Orleans Community Health has notified patients of the Medina medical center that an email breach may have exposed personal health information, according to a healthcare industry publication.
ALBANY — Horse racing tracks can open June 1 statewide without fans, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Saturday before calling on U.S. senators to act swiftly on the historic $3 trillion stimulus package the House passed Friday.
WARSAW — It felt nice for Brenda Kelly to reopen Tackbary’s Trophies on Friday.
ALBANY — In a joint agreement with New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware, state beaches will open Friday of Memorial Day weekend.
BATAVIA — A retired Le Roy businessman whose dedication to civil service is widely known in Genesee County will be honored at Genesee Community College’s first-ever virtual commencement.
SYRACUSE — As five regions statewide start to gear up for reopening, Gov. Andrew Cuomo again called for a careful process and continued monitoring.
WARSAW — A $120,000 grant will help pay for a new digital radiology imaging system at Wyoming County Community Hospital.
The state Thruway Authority is on track for the first overhaul of its 27 rest areas in nearly 30 years.
BATAVIA — Genesee County and Batavia business and economic development groups today announced the release of results of a small business online survey. The results were released with the start of Phase 1 of the reopening of the economy coming up Friday.
Gordmans stores in Albion and Geneseo will close unless a buyer can be found, the stores’ parent company announced.
SILVER LAKE — “Trolls World Tour” may never have seemed like more of a relief.
IRONDEQUOIT — The Finger Lakes region will be ready to reopen starting Friday.
BATAVIA — The Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) was unable to have its annual meeting and awards presentation in April, but BID honored its award winners and looked ahead to its goals for the year in a recently released video.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced legislation to address disruptions in the food supply chain caused by the coronavirus pandemic and directly connect farms to food banks.
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on seven major cable and satellite television providers to provide financial relief for consumers amid the COVID-19 pandemic
IRONDEQUOIT — The Finger Lakes region, which includes Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming and Livingston counties, meets all seven of the stipulations needed to start reopening once the statewide “pause” expires, according to information presented at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Monday update.
ALBANY — Some regions of New York can start reopening Friday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said, and nursing homes must comply with a new COVID-19 executive order amid growing backlash over the state’s handling of the virus in those facilities.
The New York State Association of Counties says counties across the state, on average, were making 26 percent less in sales tax money in the first month of the economic lockdown than they were at the same time last year.
ROCHESTER — With the exception of two metrics, the Finger Lakes region is looking very well for a reopening, said former Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy at a Thursday news conference.
PERRY — As the Finger Lakes region looks toward its economic reopening, two programs are aiming to help Wyoming County businesses prepare for the new reality.
ALBANY — The state’s moratorium on evictions due to COVID-related hardships has been extended to Aug. 20.
BATAVIA — Batavia needs to make up a financial shortfall, possibly as much as $2.5 million this fiscal year, and the hiring freeze announced earlier this week should save the county about $370,000, said the city’s manager.
ALBANY — What is the price of a human life?
SILVER LAKE — Drive-ins are usually a place to enjoy a movie.
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ALBION — On the day before Easter Sunday, Katie Bourke decided she had enough of working at The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehab Center.
ROCHESTER — No region in New York state has currently met all the requirements to reopen safely.
BATAVIA — Assemblyman Steve Hawley, R-Batavia, recently signed on with the Assembly Republican Conference to sponsor legislation that would divert state and federal funds received for COVID-19 relief to frontline firefighters and EMS workers who have been on the clock since the lockdown in N…
ALBION — Orleans County Legislature Chairwoman Lynne Johnson has called for the state government and attorney general to launch a formal investigation on The Villages of Orleans Health & Rehab Facility.
ROCHESTER - Bob Duffy spoke Tuesday of the need to strike a balance between allowing businesses in the Finger Lakes region to re-open while at the same time understanding that public health considerations do, and will continue, to outweigh economic ones.
BATAVIA — While most of the staff were going about their jobs Thursday morning at Rochester Regional Health United Memorial Medical Center, bakery owners were walking through the front door with goodies.
BATAVIA — The number of employees furloughed by Genesee County had risen from 46, as reported Tuesday, to 48, as of around noon Thursday, a county official said.
WARSAW — Elective surgeries are set to resume Monday at the Wyoming County Community Health System.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly states Colleen Cole is a registered nurse or RN. She is a licensed practical nurse, or LPN.
BATAVIA — The Jackson Square Concert Series and Beertavia have been canceled.
ALBANY — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be spearheading a “tracing army” to research those contacts who have interacted with those testing positive.
ALBANY — Elective surgeries will be allowed again in Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming and Livingston counties.
WARSAW — A resolution calling for increased farmland preservation and local assistance programs was approved at April’s Wyoming County Baord of Supervisors meeting.