CANANDAIGUA — Employees from Rochester Gas & Electric spent a day in this Ontario County city recently, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County.
WATERLOO — Seneca County contributes to the cost of testing for harmful algal blooms in Cayuga Lake, but it hasn’t been contributing money toward the testing and monitoring of streams and tributaries to Seneca and Cayuga lakes.
GENEVA — The Town Board will hold a special meeting Aug. 29 to discuss a possible agreement with the city of Geneva and town of Waterloo over the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
SENECA FALLS — Police Chief Stu Peenstra and the Town Board have agreed to pay the outgoing chief $1 a month to provide consulting services to his successor for the first six months of 2023.
GENEVA — Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association’s annual dinner meeting is scheduled for later this month.
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GENEVA — City police are asking for the public’s help to identify the person accused of stealing a generator from the new Harbor Freight Tools store last month.
PHELPS — A local man accused of killing a dog during a domestic dispute was arrested Friday and could face another charge.
LYONS — A Wayne County man has been sentenced to a short prison term for an incident last year that resulted in a sheriff’s deputy being shot in the foot.
GENEVA — When Hobart and William Smith announced the addition of 12 new varsity sports to be added over a five-year span, women’s volleyball got the nod as the first to play. The team just revealed its starting roster for its inaugural season — and to call it diverse would be quite the under…
UNION SPRINGS — Eighty-one pounds was all that was needed to win the six-day Major League Fishing tournament on Cayuga Lake. But just to be safe, Dustin Connell reeled in 96 pounds worth of smallmouth bass to win the Fox Rent A Car Stage Six Presented by Googan Baits.
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HORSEHEADS — The Geneva ELITE 11U baseball team was scorching hot heading into August. The team capped off July with two straight tournament victories in which they won every single game. The team then finished its season in epic fashion with its third consecutive undefeated tournament victory.
(Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series that began on Saturday.)
WATERLOO — The Board of Directors of the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency has given initial approval to an application for financial aid for Wilkins Recreational Vehicles Inc.
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It’s easy for many of us to approach life insurance with a “I’ll handle that later” or a “set it and forget it” mentality, and to assume that you have time to sort out the details of adequate coverage down the road. Yet, life insurance can play a key role in protecting your loved ones financ…
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GENEVA — Facebook users no doubt saw all the humorous posts about wine drinking during the pandemic.
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In January of 1966, representatives of Wolcott, Red Creek and North Rose met to discuss the possibility of a merger for a new school district.
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In the early 1800s, worshipers in the hamlet of Pultneyville, in the town of Williamson, faced a problem. Busy with clearing land, planting crops and other activities of daily living, these few hundred settlers first met in private homes to worship. A Methodist circuit rider held church in t…
GENEVA — St. Paul’s Evangelistic Outreach Ministry will be holding a free “Backpack Giveaway” on Saturday, Aug. 20.
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The Yates County Legislature has appointed an ad hoc committee to investigate the pros and cons of establishing Yates County as a “constitutional county.”
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CANANDAIGUA — The F.F. Thompson Foundation netted approximately $60,000 with its annual Thompson Health Golf Classic.
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GENEVA — St. Paul’s Evangelistic Outreach Ministry will be holding a free “Backpack Giveaway” on Saturday, Aug. 20.
