SENECA FALLS — The town police department is seeking a part-time school resource officer to oversee the school district’s two elementary buildings.
CANANDAIGUA — The 2023 city budget proposal contains a 4.65% increase in the tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value. That equates to $7.75, up from $7.41.
VICTOR — State police are investigating a fatal incident involving an all-terrain vehicle Thursday in this Ontario County town.
BUTLER — A local man died Monday in a one-vehicle accident.
WATERLOO — The village of Waterloo and the town of Romulus are among 54 municipalities awarded federal housing and infrastructure grants for low and moderate income residents.
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COVERT — In what was called a dangerous situation at times, an Ithaca man who allegedly broke into three occupied homes in this Seneca County town — and was held at gunpoint by one homeowner — was arrested early Thursday morning after a large-scale search.
WATERLOO — Several people were arrested last week following a welfare fraud investigation by the Seneca County sheriff’s office and county Division of Human Services.
CANANDAIGUA — A Geneva man whose trial for a 2020 home invasion was to begin Monday has taken a plea deal.
It was another successful year for most of the Wayne-Finger Lakes girls volleyball programs and it was a 2022 season that ended with Wayne Central and Harley/Allendale-Columbia playing in state championship games.
It was a season to not forget for the Penn Yan boys soccer program. The Mustangs finished in second place in the Finger Lakes East standings, just behind the league champion Wayne Central Eagles. They also advanced to their first sectional final since 1996.
GENEVA — For the majority of the William Smith Herons basketball team, Tuesday evening against the 18th-nationally ranked University of Rochester was just their third game of the season. For senior forward and Geneva High School graduate Lauren DeVaney, it was the beginning of her second ath…
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CANANDAIGUA — Michelle Pedzich won the Women’s Leadership Award and Tara Rago the Young Professional Leadership Award at this year’s Ontario County ATHENA Leadership Program annual dinner Nov. 18.
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GENEVA — The city is searching for ways to underwrite the long-term costs of maintaining the additional landscaping created through the downtown streetscape and Routes 5&20 work, which is edging closer to completion.
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NEWARK — Runaway Blue Brewing Co. has opened its doors in downtown, marking Wayne County’s second brewery.
MANCHESTER — Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) announced that his annual donation drive for local animals was a success. Thousands of pounds of new dog food, cat food, treats, toys, litter and cleaning supplies were collected and distributed to the Happy Tails Animal Shelter in Onta…
Following the March 23, 2022, fire at the Thatcher Group Inc. plant on Route 104 in Williamson, demolition work uncovered a mural hidden behind an interior wall, signed and dated in 1974.
CANANDAIGUA — It will be a festive and family-friend holiday weekend in downtown Canandaigua with everything from shopping specials to the arrival of Santa Claus straight from the North Pole.
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MANCHESTER — Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) announced that his annual donation drive for local animals was a success. Thousands of pounds of new dog food, cat food, treats, toys, litter and cleaning supplies were collected and distributed to the Happy Tails Animal Shelter in Onta…
NEWARK — Author Jim Farfaglia will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society, 120 High St.
CANANDAIGUA — Randall Buick GMC Cadillac and the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes are co-sponsoring a food drive for Ontario County food pantries.
