If you’re younger than 21, you should still be able to buy a can of whipped cream in New York. You just can’t buy a whippet, or whip-it, a small nitrous oxide-filled charger used to aerosolize the dessert topping. On Aug. 29, Democratic state Sen. Joseph Addabbo issued a statement to clarify the intent of a law he sponsored to combat the problem of teenagers getting high by inhaling nitrous oxide from whippets.
With fall just around the corner, apple orchards have begun to prepare for the u-pick season across upstate New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania.
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Andover native and Wellsville High School graduate Vinny Martinelli travels extensively.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is revising the Keuka Highlands Unit Management Plan (UMP) and the Keuka Lowlands UMP to create one UMP that details the management objectives for both lands. In preparation for the development of a single draft UMP, the DEC is seeking public input on the past or future management of these two properties.
Cases of New York kids and teens eating marijuana edibles shot up sixfold since 2019, according to the Upstate New York Poison Center.
The Yates County History Center has received a $5,000 Action grant from Humanities New York to support Yates 200, the exhibit anticipate to open next year in the L. Caroline Underwood Museum to celebrate Yates County’s bicentennial. Through commemorating 200 years of Yates County history, the exhibit will employ local artists to display that history and tell the story of Yates County through their artwork. It is expected the exhibit will open in February 2023.
GENEVA — Interlakes Orthopaedic Surgery (IOS) is proud to welcome SierraLynn Marie Johnson, PA-C to its team of providers. She will be seeing patients at Finger Lakes Health Commons, 789 Pre-Emption Road, Geneva. She will be joining the team of orthopaedic surgeons Dr. Raman Dhawan, Dr. James Mark, and Dr. Helen Wong as well as nurse practitioners Ashley Harris, FNP-C, RNFA and Cynthia Skorvrinski, FNP-BC, along with physician assistant Scott Mattoon, PA-C.
Special to The Chronicle-Express USA TODAY NETWORK PENN YAN — The Penn Yan Elks Lodge will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding Sept. 10 with a funfilled afternoon, from 1-5 p.m., with a lot of food and entertainment.
Patrick Harney Canandaigua Daily Messenger USA TODAY NETWORK HOPEWELL — Finger Lakes Community College unveiled a new building extension Aug. 25 on its main campus, designed to help boost the number of nurses graduating from the college.