Brooks, Duffy Announce Collaborative Effort To Attract Google Fiber Network

Wed, Mar 17 2010

County Executive Maggie Brooks and Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy announced a partnership between Monroe County and the City of Rochester to encourage Google to build an experimental fiber network in Monroe County.

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Sheriff's C-Zone Substation Begins Accepting Pharmaceutical Waste

Tue, Mar 16 2010

Monroe County residents can drop off their unused, unwanted and/or expired medications to the Sheriff’s C-Zone Substation at 4201 Buffalo Road in Chili on the third Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

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Brooks Announces Future Arrival of Snow Leopards to Seneca Park Zoo

Tue, Mar 09 2010

County Executive Maggie Brooks announced that this spring Monroe County’s Seneca Park Zoo will bring in a pair of young snow leopards into its collection.

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County Expands Pharmaceutical Waste Collection Program to Sheriff's A-Zone

Mon, Mar 08 2010

County Executive Maggie Brooks and Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn announced that the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Environmental Services are expanding the County’s pharmaceutical waste collection program.

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Brooks Announces Past-Year Airport Passenger Data

Tue, Feb 23 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks announced that year-end passenger boardings at the Greater Rochester International Airport (GRIA) totaled 1,287,552 passengers for 2009.

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Brooks and Seneca Park Zoo Announce Arrival of New Male Polar Bear

Fri, Feb 12 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks joined officials from the Seneca Park Zoo Society, Seneca Park Zoo, County Parks Department, and ESL Federal Credit Union President and CEO Dave Fiedler to announce that the Zoo is home to a male polar bear. Zero, a 1,150 pound bear comes to Rochester from the Milwaukee County Zoo.

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Brooks Announces Janet Anderson-Seaquist As New Public Safety Laboratory Administrator

Thu, Jan 28 2010

County Executive Maggie Brooks announces the appointment of Janet Anderson-Seaquist to the position of Administrator of the Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory.

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Monroe County Announces Veterans' Forums

Wed, Jan 27 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks announced a new initiative aimed at providing local veterans with the best possible care and services from Monroe County: Veterans’ Forums.

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Brooks, Friendly's Restaurants Collaborate for Monroe County's Senior Breakfast Club

Wed, Jan 27 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and representatives of Friendly’s Restaurants  announced an extension of the Monroe County Office for the Aging’s Senior Nutritional Program, the Senior Breakfast Club.

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Monroe County and MCC Unveil LEED Gold Certification at PAC Center

Wed, Jan 20 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and Monroe Community College President Dr. Anne M. Kress unveiled the County’s first municipal Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification plaque at MCC’s PAC Center. 

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Brooks Announces Getinge as "Business of the Month."

Wed, Jan 13 2010

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks announced that Getinge, a global provider of infection control equipment, medical systems, and extended care products, has been named Monroe County’s “Business of the Month.”

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