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Trial postponed
The trial of a man accused in a 2015 mass shooting on Genesee Street has been postponed until June. Michael Mathis was one of three men charged in the case and will be the last to be tried. Three people were killed in the shooting and four others were injured.
Cuomo hits the road
Governor Andrew Cuomo will take his State of the State address on the road. Instead of delivering one message to the State Legislature, as is tradition (and some say the law), Cuomo will give a series of regional addresses. The idea landed with a thud, and at least one legislator has worked up a bill that would require governors to give the State of the State address in Albany.
Irondequoit recovering from fire
A Christmas Eve fire caused heavy damage to Irondequoit’s Department of Public Works building, and the plow trucks parked inside. The town has temporarily moved its DPW operations to the former McGraw library at 2180 Ridge Road. Municipalities across the
county have loaned or offered to loan plow trucks to the town; the county will loan sanitation trucks to Irondequoit on an as-needed basis.
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Letter attempts to talk sense to Trump
A coalition of state attorneys general from across the country, led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, wrote to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to defend the federal Clean Power Plan, which Trump has vowed to gut. The letter warns Trump that if he undoes the Clean Power Plan, his administration will almost assuredly face lawsuits.
Daniele Family Companies continues to pursue its plan for a Whole Foods store and retail plaza along Monroe Avenue in Brighton. FILE PHOTO
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Henrietta considers Frontier
The Town of Henrietta may join the list of Monroe County communities in line for cable television service from Frontier Communications. The town will hold a public hearing on a proposed franchise agreement with Frontier at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, at Town Hall, 475 Calkins Road.
Daniele: Delay is Wegmans' fault The Daniele family’s getting a little edgy about its proposed Whole Foods store and retail plaza on Monroe Avenue. The Brighton Town Board decided last week not to put the proposal’s latest traffic analysis and environmental statement up for public comment. The decision amounts to another delay for the controversial project, which the developers originally hoped to open in summer 2017. Danny Daniele, president of Daniele Family Companies, blamed Wegmans for the delay. Wegmans has a store on Monroe and the company told Brighton officials that it’s concerned about the impact that Whole Foods Plaza could have on area traffic.
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But Daniele says that Wegmans is worried that Whole Foods would cut into its business. “The town of Brighton has now become very scared of a well-funded lawsuit which would inevitably delay the development and cost the taxpayers money to defend,” Daniele said in a statement. “Whenever you bring in competition, it’s inevitable other stores will want to retaliate and fight back.” A Wegmans representative says that its concerns remain, but that the company has no additional comment. Brighton Supervisor Bill Moehle says that the board rejected the study and statement because they were incomplete. The company provided
an updated traffic analysis, which incorporates a recent timing change in the Monroe-Clover traffic signal, as well as responses to a previous round of public comments. But it didn’t synthesize the information into a narrative explaining what the numbers mean, Moehle says. The Danieles can submit revised documents, he says. Neighbors say that the project – not necessarily the Whole Foods store itself – is too much for the location. Residents, commuters, town officials, and some nearby businesses are worried about the development’s potential impact on Monroe Avenue traffic, particularly during the already crushed commute hours.