CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Economic Development Corp. and Finger Lakes Visitors Connection are establishing the Visit Ontario County COVID Relief Program to provide grants to small businesses within Ontario County’s tourism and hospitality industry that were negatively impacted by Covid-19.
GENEVA — In honor of National Human Rights Day, the Geneva Human Resources Commission is presenting a virtual “Know Your Community Resources Lunch and Learn” on Thursday, Dec. 9 from noon to 1 p.m.
SENECA FALLS — The Town Board will be asked to begin the search for a new zoning and code enforcement officer at today’s 6 p.m. meeting.
WATERLOO — More than two years after filing its application, NextEra Energy Resources received state approval to build Trelina Solar Energy Center its 80 megawatt solar facility.
LYONS — The Wayne County Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt a 2022 spending plan tonight that raises the tax levy 3.2% and drops the tax rate by 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
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Becoming cloudy. Snow likely this afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds light and variable. Chance of snow 80%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
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WATERLOO — A Syracuse woman who caused a deadly crash earlier this year while fleeing from a larceny at Waterloo Premium Outlets will be going to prison.
CANANDAIGUA — Two teenagers face charges for an alleged armed robbery Tuesday night, although one had to be captured Wednesday morning after escaping from the police department.
CANANDAIGUA — City police have leveled felony charges against the man they say hit a disabled man in crosswalk and then fled the scene and concealed his vehicle.
GENEVA — As clichés go, a small act of kindness can often snowball into something greater than the initial act itself. In the case of the Geneva boys basketball program, a single selfless act is beginning to transform into something that changes the culture of an entire school.
The Short Track Super Series released new series information regarding the STSS Elite Program, which will include six events with notably high payouts and a significant year-end championship prize.
ITHACA — The Keuka College men’s basketball has been playing better of late despite their winless record. The Wolves suffered back-to-back tough losses before heading to play Division I Cornell Sunday afternoon.
Personally, Thanksgiving is the only holiday I find significant. It is light on commercialism and heavy on gratitude, while at the same time allowing for reflection and thoughts about those less fortunate. That is why, for years, my daughter (as a youth) and I would spend part of that day wo…
CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Economic Development Corp. and Finger Lakes Visitors Connection are establishing the Visit Ontario County COVID Relief Program to provide grants to small businesses within Ontario County’s tourism and hospitality industry that were negatively impacted by Covid-19.
In the era of Covid-19, many charitable organizations find themselves in a precarious financial position while experiencing unprecedented demand, and they could benefit greatly from the generosity of those in their community.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball last week announced that more than $1.2 million in funding will support seven advanced research, education, and marketing projects to help specialty crop farms across New York state grow and remain competitive. The New York State Depart…
FAYETTE — It was cold and drizzling the night I dropped into Bottomless Brewing for some music and a pint. I ordered the porter and grabbed a seat at the bar just as Nate Michaels was finishing out a steady country number.
I recently read “The Prison Guard’s Daughter: My Journey Through the Ashes of Attica” by Deanne Quinn Miller, the daughter of William Quinn, the only corrections officer killed by inmates during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility uprising. Quinn and co-author Gary Craig, a Rochester Democ…
It’s the second holiday season that we are celebrating with Covid-19. I’m sure this season will be different than the last one, but it may still need your patience and creativity. As always, people have different traditions for celebrating, and this year, you’ll have to consider people’s fee…
Under Biden, US looks ‘weak, feeble’ to enemies
Now that we are safely bedded down between Thanksgiving and Christmas, not too close to either one to feel like a killjoy, allow me to share a fear with you. “Fear” may be a misnomer because I am not afraid so much as expectant, attentive, and resolved.
New York state must not lower the overtime threshold for farmworkers
NEWARK — Pirates and other volunteers affiliated with the Pirate Toy Fund, a non-profit organization that distributes free toys year-round to children in need throughout the Greater Rochester region, visited the Kelley School recently.
NEWARK — Newark Middle School Library media specialist Sam Lovejoy is busy these days signing out and checking in books thanks to an idea he hatched recently to get more students to become bookworms.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball last week announced that more than $1.2 million in funding will support seven advanced research, education, and marketing projects to help specialty crop farms across New York state grow and remain competitive. The New York State Depart…
