Your Morning Edition for Friday, December 22nd presented by Canandaigua Dentistry!
The 5 biggest headlines to get your day started + high school basketball recap, weekend betting preview, and an exclusive look at electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Upstate New York.
Daily Debrief: The biggest stories to start your day!
We kick things off with new reporting from Peter Matnius on PFAS levels in water sites adjacent to fields that spread sewage sludge. Water wells, streams and ponds adjacent to fields spread with municipal sewage sludge have levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ roughly nine times higher than non-adjacent fields, according to Sierra Club test results from dozens of sites in a section of Steuben County. The data was presented last night to the Thurston Town Board, which recently passed a town law banning the spread of sewage sludge on its fields. [Keep Reading]
The community of Wolcott faces a pivotal decision as residents gathered at the Village Hall to discuss the upcoming vote on whether to dissolve the village. The proposal, initiated last month through a certified petition, suggests merging the village into a single town, a move that could reshape the community’s future. A vote has been scheduled for early-March. [Keep Reading]
Would Chick-fil-A have to change its hours if proposed bill gets adopted? That question has been looming since the announcement of a state bill that would require food service establishments at Thruway and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey rest areas operate seven days a week. The short-answer is no, but advocates say this bill doesn’t go far enough. [Keep Reading]
In a somber session at the Cayuga County Court, a bar employee, who was inadvertently shot multiple times during a gunfight last year at the Lavish Lounge Bar & Restaurant in Auburn, shared her traumatic experience through a statement. Cayuga County District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci read the statement during the sentencing of Zachariah McKoy, 31, of Geneva, one of the shooters involved in the incident. [Keep Reading]
And lastly, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a news release that Montezuma Town Justice William H. Futrell should be removed from office after he posted inappropriate things to Facebook. The Commission found that he posted Nazi imagery on his Facebook page and expressed approval of pages that denigrated and objectified women. [Keep Reading]
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News in View: How does Upstate’s EV charging infrastructure stack up?
The holiday weekend is here and for many across Upstate New York that means travel! Today on Inside the FLX we’re taking a closer look at electric vehicles or EVs. Specifically, how folks go about preparing for holiday travel, or travel any time of year. One of the biggest criticisms of EVs is the lack of charging infrastructure in-between population centers in Upstate New York. To discuss that, as well as the direction of EV charging technology we were joined by Michael Treiman, VP of Sales for ChargeSmart EV, which is headquartered in Rochester.