With fundraising not where they hoped it would be at the end of the year, Christopher and Andrea Mercurio asked the Rome Common Council on Wednesday to consider using American Rescue Plan Act funding to help build the Stone F. Mercurio Memorial Skatepark.
Sending $3 million of the city s American Rescue Plan Act funding to Rome Health is on this month s agenda for the city s Board of Estimate and Contract, among many other municipal contracts at the end of the year.
Local dignitaries, donors and Rome Health officials gathered Wednesday to mark the start of a $45.7 million project to construct a 30,000-square-foot, three-floor addition on the north side of the hospital, which will allow the hospital to replace its aging operating rooms and intensive care units.
I’m compelled to correct some unspoken expectations the community may have with the accessibility of local government, after a recent experience. For two months, I have exhaustively attempted to reach