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FL1 DAILY: What can we do in our back yard to improve lake health? (podcast)

During the first full week of May, a group of lake health advocates will be coming together for Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week. The goal will be to educate members of the community on ways ... more
FL1 DAILY: Geneva Supervisor Mark Venuti talks proposal to lower speed limit on Carter Rd.

The town of Geneva was one of those communities that fared pretty well during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Today on the podcast we highlight a recent conversation between Ted Baker, the host of Finger Lakes Morning ... more
FL1 DAILY: Livingston County gets creative with economic development to spur Main St. growth (podcast)

The Dream-O-Vate Busienss Competition is a local effort in Livingston County to bolster downtown business. The program awards $300,000 in prizes to a total of 15 winners. Bill Bacon, who serves as Director of Economic ... more
FL1 DAILY: Selling infrastructure is lot more challenging if its not personal (podcast)
Since President Joe Biden took office there has been an intense amount of talk about infrastructure. Specifically, an infrastructure deal that would pave the way for widespread investment across the country. Bill Fulton, director of ... more
FL1 DAILY: How important is professional baseball to small cities like Auburn? (podcast)

Earlier this month Bill Fulton wrote a piece featured on Medium about the challenges small cities are experiencing, as they watch professional baseball be taken from them. The city of Auburn was one such place- ... more
FL1 DAILY: Answering your questions about news coverage (podcast)

We get a lot of questions- and oftentimes we answer those questions on The Weekend Debrief. In this episode, I was joined by Ted Baker to answer the questions that were submitted over the last ... more
FL1 DAILY: Signs of spring at the Montezuma Audubon Center and Wetlands Complex (podcast)

Despite the spring feel that Wednesday gave us we all know winter is still here. And it will stick around for a while. That said, Chris Lajewski, Center Director for the Montezuma Audubon Center, says ... more
FL1 DAILY: Wanda John talks about Cayuga Nation arrests after last year’s violent weekend (podcast)

What happened with the individuals who were taken into custody after violence along Rt. 89 in Seneca Falls last winter? It happened on Cayuga Nation property, and Cayuga Nation Police took individuals into custody - ... more
FL1 DAILY: Two tales of economic development in the Finger Lakes (podcast)

Heather McDaniel leads Ithaca Area Economic Development, which was previously known as TCAD or Tompkins County Area Development. In part one of our conversation with Heather, a look at what economic development was before the ... more
FL1 DAILY: Offering journalists a different kind of platform (podcast)

What's next for journalism? What about journalists who were laid off or are underrepresented in the news business? Well, Patch Labs could be a solution to that problem. We caught up with Abe Brewster, President ... more
FL1 DAILY: Doug Paddock & Nonie Flynn talk about goals for Yates County (podcast)

Over the last several weeks we've been catching up with county leaders to talk about how they are looking at 2021. Most are expecting to see reimbursements from the state to decline by upwards of ... more
FL1 DAILY: What’s the real death toll in New York’s nursing homes? (podcast)

On September 1st, Bill Hammond of the Empire Center published a piece providing an update to a FOIL request connected to New York State's response to the coronavirus pandemic in nursing homes. Hammond and the ... more
FL1 DAILY: Vaccine rollout needs to speed up if ‘normal’ is going to arrive by summer (podcast)

How is vaccine rollout going in New York State? This week we heard important updates from Governor Andrew Cuomo about the vaccination effort happening now in the state, but a lot of details are still ... more
FL1 DAILY: How did CSX, Ginna help Wayne County prepare for Coronavirus Pandemic? (podcast)

This week we're featuring two parts of our upcoming Sunday Conversation with Wayne County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ken Miller. He serves as Palmyra Town Supervisor as well, and spoke with us about his outlook ... more
FL1 DAILY: What impact will pandemic have on local addiction? (podcast)

The Addiction Center estimates that nearly 21 million Americans suffer from some form of addiction. Yet only 10% of them receive treatment. Since 1990 overdose deaths have more than tripled; and between 1999 and 2017 ... more
DAILY: Are taxes increasing an inevitability if municipal relief is not passed? (podcast)

Jack Marren serves as Victor Town Supervisor and Chairman of the Ontario County Board of Supervisors. He's also the President of the New York State Association of Counties. Last week we caught up with him ... more
DAILY: What was it like getting the COVID-19 vaccine? (podcast)

Last week Dr. Gregory Heeb from Newark-Wayne Community Hospital became one of the first in the region to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. That vaccine, while politicized throughout the pandemic, is viewed as one of the ... more
DAILY: Boys and Girls Club of Geneva responds to pandemic (podcast)

Chris Lavin is the executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Geneva. He has watched the need in- and around- his community grow. The pandemic has caused a surge in need, which has ... more
MONTEZUMA SPOTLIGHT: Cranes still prevalent at wetlands as mild December continues (podcast)

What's happening at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah, Wayne County? Each month, Center Director Chris Lajewski joins us in-studio to talk about some of the species being observed at the wetlands complex, as well ... more