QUEENSBURY — Warren County supervisors have put the brakes on a proposed local law to ban the use of one-time plastic bags, but the board wants to seek public input at its night meeting scheduled in June to hear what the public thinks about the issue. The board’s Legislative & Rules Committee opted last week […]

When Mindy Ryan of Greenport takes a morning run or walk around the village she notices many things: the charming houses, the beautiful harbor — and garbage. A lot of garbage. “It’s all so discouraging,” says Ryan. “I would see all this trash while I was running and I couldn’t pick it — you can’t carry garbage […]