By Joe Mahoney, contributing writer to the New York State Association of Counties As local governments grapple with a growing public divide over the rapid expansion of data centers, a county official from Virginia says his years of experience on the front line in the...
Fort Stanwix National Monument in Rome, NY | Photo taken by the U.S. National Park Service Located at the heart of the Mohawk Valley, Oneida County stretches from the eastern shore of Oneida Lake to the foothills of the Adirondacks and the Tug Hill Plateau. The county...
Boldt Castle, located on Heart Island in the Thousand Islands | Photo from the Boldt Castle Website Few places in New York are as closely associated with the water as Jefferson County. Home to a significant portion of the famed Thousand Islands Region, the county...
Seneca Mills Falls | Photo from the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance website Yates County occupies a unique place in the Finger Lakes region, with shorelines on Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake, and Canandaigua Lake. Its landscape combines rolling farmland, lakefront communities,...
The Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) is proud to announce that outstanding students from the Peru Central School District and Beekmantown Central School District have been selected as recipients of the 2026 MEGA Member Scholarship. Peru’s Lauren Davey and...
The Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) joins municipal leaders, colleagues, and friends across New York in celebrating the life and legacy of Barbara Blanchard, whose vision, dedication, and leadership helped lay the foundation for the organization that has...