News across Greater Rochester
Rochester Beacon
Published September 25We should not turn a blind eye to littering
Our city is dying, under the weight of thousands of plastic bottles, fast food wrappers, and plastic bags that have been thrown carelessly around the streets. We often discuss large-scale industrial dumping, but we easily overlook another major problem, our daily habit of…
Orleans Hub
Published September 24Gillibrand seeks to halt tariffs, Trump’s import ban on Canadian products
Press Release, U.S. Kirsten Gillibrand WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference demanding passage of her legislation to curb President Trump’s costly trade war with Canada. This comes less than a week before a sweeping…
Orleans Hub
Published September 24Regular people hurt as tax cuts for rich, reckless spending fuel national debt
Editor: We may not be experiencing a temporary economic adjustment. Long-term problems hurting consumers since the Reagan tax cuts and now the further ballooning deficit are out of control. Nostrums to deal with this – too long in vogue – are killing us. Tariffs hurt prices.…
Orleans Hub
Published September 24After predicting last winter’s brutal weather, Papponetti sees less severe cold this time
Animal control officer says squirrels aren’t furiously stacking pine cones like a year ago ALBION – It was about a year ago when Harry Papponetti, Albion’s animal control officer for more than 30 years, made a grim prediction: the area would be facing a brutal winter. Papponetti…
Rochester Beacon
Published September 23The loan sharks in your pocket
Payday loan apps trap people in long cycles of reborrowing and debt. Enacting the STOP Act would strengthen New York’s ability to enforce the law and prevent its residents from getting fleeced.
Orleans Hub
Published September 23Roy-Hart duo on Alfred U. football team
Orleans Hub
Published September 21Summer’s swan song
Tuesday marks the start of autumn Today is the last full day of summer. On Tuesday, at precisely 8:04 p.m., fall will begin. It starts with the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22. This is the time when the sun shines directly above the Earth’s equator, creating nearly equal 12-hour…
Orleans Hub
Published September 21Gas jumps by 16 cents in US in past week with diesel up 28 cents
The average price for regular unleaded gas took another 16-cent jump in the past week to $4.47 a gallon, according to AAA. This is the second straight week regular unleaded week increased by 16 cents nationally. A year ago, the price was $3.18. The New York State average is…
Rochester Beacon
Published September 21Should government rethink its wager on sports betting?
Is it a matter of free will or vice? The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists debate gambling on sports contests.
Orleans Hub
Published September 20Train derailed in Holley 100 years ago, killing 1 while others narrowly escaped
By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian “Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 6, No. 26 HOLLEY – On a Friday afternoon, September 24, 1926, a fast moving east-bound freight train crashed head-on into a switch-engine on the Falls branch of the New York Central Railroad a short…
Times of Wayne County
Published September 18Once again, It’s the method and the madness
If you look at nearly any polling, President Trump’s approval is at an all time low. Even some of his most stalwart supporters have come to realize there’s no bridge he won’t cross, or moreover burn, in his quest to “Make America great again.” But what does that even mean? Prior…
Rochester Beacon
Published September 18Why your electric bill is going up
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which intentionally increases the cost of producing electricity from fossil fuels, is largely hidden from public view.