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An oral wildlife rabies vaccine will be dropped by airplane over 10 northern Cattaraugus County towns as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

While we never received any reports in the Southern Tier of sick or dead song birds afflicted with an unknown disease in nearby Pennsylvania and other...

WILLIAMSVILLE — Grocery chain Tops will end the use of plastic shopping bags in all its New York and Vermont stores in early July. Plastic bags are al...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York won’t enforce it’s recently enacted plastic bag ban for another two months, the state announced this week. Amid an ongoing law...

I took some time off work last week, mostly to take a break and spend some time with my daughter. My mind, however, didn’t rest. My daughter and I wen...

New York’s upcoming plastic bag ban could cause a shortage of paper bags that might last up to five years, according to the New York Pos t. ”It’s a ma...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New York’s plastic bag ban is coming soon. Here’s what you need to know about the new law. Who’s covered and when does it start? Any ...

New York voters strongly support the new statewide ban on plastic bags and a permanent cap on property tax increases included in the state budget, acc...

ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow Democrats who control the Legislature reached a deal Friday to make New York the third state with a ban on ...

OLEAN — Those cleaning up after the spring have another day to get their yard waste gathered. The city’s Department of Public Works announced Tuesday ...

Wednesday was America Recycles Day, and while many New Yorkers have come to take recycling as a matter of daily life, it’s worth noting that the state...

ALBANY — With an estimated 20 billion plastic bags ending up in New York's waste stream each year, environmental activists are pressing state leaders ...