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Counties in the News, March 1, 2018

Thursday's news from counties across the state.

NATION

Sessions unveils new task force targeting opioid manufacturers, distributors

Worst states for retirement

STATEWIDE

New York State Holds Hemp Research Forum

Can New York solve harmful algal blooms?

Gov. Cuomo pushes legislation requiring transparency on who pays for political ads on social media

Cuomo Announces $26.5m Available For Rail And Port-Infrastructure Improvements

Once It Was Overdue Books. Now Librarians Fight Overdoses.
NEW YORK CITY

Mayor de Blasio plans to shut down 13 struggling city schools

Who's bigger in NYC, tech or Wall Street?

LONG ISLAND        

Suffolk County Considers Ban On Ride-Share Services

Curran: New sewage plant will save water & taxpayer money

HUDSON VALLEY

County Executive's Corner: “Keeping Moving”

State Addressing Toxic Algae Blooms In Putnam, Orange

Ulster RRA report, now under wraps, details tri-county plan for waste disposal

CAPITAL

Washington County using single, centralized location to conduct town court arraignments

Washington County budget can't support all paving plans

More people means more storage units in southern Saratoga County

The arts fuel regional economy

NORTH COUNTRY

Franklin Co. Official Objects To Prison Filming

St. Lawrence County accepting Agricultural District request applications in March

DEC seeks comments on plans for two sites in southeast St. Lawrence County

MOHAWK VALLEY

Deadline extended for hospital-area property owners

Grant Application Hearing Quiet; Community Members Honored

SOUTHERN TIER

Delaware board decries plan to move clinic

Upbeat mood at Chemung chamber economic forum

CENTRAL NEW YORK                                             

Cayuga County, sheriffs police union sign collective bargaining agreement

Why doesn't Tompkins County have more hydropower?

Cayuga County asking for intervention in FEMA disaster declaration

FINGER LAKES

Casella, DEC trying to solve vexing problem of landfill litter in trees

Seneca County Supervisors committee approves motion opposing Romulus incinerator

Prime time for farming in Ontario County

Sheriff's deputies warn of phone scam in Genesee County

Passion, dedication cultivate success at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County

O'Mara, Palmesano hear from Yates lawmakers

Enhanced budget flexibility moves Monroe County, N.Y. up a notch

Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires land along Owasco Lake shore

IEC Electronics to add hundreds of jobs in Wayne County

WESTERN NEW YORK

Legislators continue to review police budget

Allegany County Legislature goes to battle with heroin and opioid abuse

Can more school resource officers prevent school shootings?

Erie County seeing increasing suicide rate

Cattaraugus, Allegany counties showcased on Amazon in ‘Fireball Run'

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