When transmission lines go up, something else comes down—quiet farmland, family campgrounds and the character of local communities. Large-scale projects like these are often promoted as essential upgrades to meet state energy goals, but too often they...

Volunteer firefighters exemplify what it means to be a good community member. They selflessly give countless hours of their time to protect the homes, businesses and families in their communities. Unfortunately, though, recruitment and retention of volunteers...

For nearly two weeks each summer, the Great New York State Fair transforms Central New York into one of the state’s most beloved annual traditions.­ Each year, the Fair draws hundreds of thousands of attendees from across New York, a true testament...

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski) is once again teaming up withUnited Way of Greater Oswego County, the Village of Pulaski and local restaurants and businesses to host the “Stone Soup Pulaski Luncheon” to provide local families and...

New York has an energy problem, and it seems to be getting worse by the day. The latest setback for New Yorkers came by way of a recent court ruling clearing the way for the state to impose a wildly burdensome new requirement that nearly all new buildings...

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski) was among the state legislators honored today with the prestigious Upstate Medical University Award for Exemplary Service in recognition of his consistent support and dedication to the State University...