4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (262+ words) SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After 13 days on display at the New York State Fair, the 58th Annual Butter Sculpture is headed to a Western New York dairy farm to be recycled into renewable energy. "We're proud to give this butter a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (227+ words) Walking For Rochester, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate litter from Rochester, has announced its 20x1,000 campaign, a community-wide fundraiser to raise $20,000 by bringing 1,000 people together to contribute $20 each. Walking For Rochester launches 20×1,000 fundraiser to raise $20,000 for litter cleanup ROCHESTER, N....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) New York has completed two Long Island highway-renewal projects totaling $31.5 million, resurfacing nearly 100 lane miles and adding pedestrian, drainage and traffic-signal improvements in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The work covered sections of Route 25, the Sunrise Highway service roads, Hempstead Turnpike…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (120+ words) ROCHESTER — Roughly 8,000 customers are without power in Rochester on Wednesday morning, according to Rochester Public Utilities. At 7:07 a.m., 7,970 customers were affected by 59 outages, the RPU Outage map reports, spread around Rochester. RPU has three active crews out and has restored…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) New York has awarded more than $18.6 million to 10 downtown Albany projects that are expected to create nearly 300 homes, reuse vacant office space and support historic and community properties. The awards are the first project grants through the state's $400 million Championing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (621+ words) New York rebate checks worth up to $200 will begin arriving in mailboxes this month as the state starts distributing $1 billion in one-time payments intended to help households offset higher energy costs. The Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate, or POWER, program…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (221+ words) Rochester and Syracuse are among 10 New York communities receiving $2 million each for youth programs aimed at expanding opportunity and preventing violence, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The $20 million Project RISE investment will support 136 programs statewide, including mentoring, mental health services,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (483+ words) New Yorkers rank among the nation’s better budgeters, with relatively low debt compared with income and the lowest credit utilization rate in the country helping push the state into the top 10 of a new nationwide analysis. New York ranked ninth…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (177+ words) Bars and restaurants seeking New York liquor licenses no longer have to disclose whether patrons will be allowed to dance under a statewide policy change announced Friday. The State Liquor Authority has stopped considering patron dancing when it reviews applications…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul said three million fewer Canadians visited New York during the past year as federal tariffs and political tensions disrupted tourism and cross-border commerce. In a Friday television interview, Hochul said the decline has affected communities from Buffalo…...