Around Town
GENEVA — The Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board Inc. has canceled its workshop for human resource professionals scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5 at its office.
LYONS — The Lyons Public Library, is holding its second annual Gingerbread House Contest.
NEWARK — A gently used book sale will be 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at Park Presbyterian Church.
NEWARK — Retired Perkins School music teacher Maria Walton, who volunteers on behalf of the Newark school district’s music department to help the Newark Food Closet, said that non-perishable, food, personal hygiene items and monetary donations will be collected at 11 concerts this school year.
SENECA FALLS — Now that the community has been awarded a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, local people have to come up with a specific plan on how to spend it.
CLIFTON SPRINGS — Sebastian Maroundit was just a child when his family, fearful of armed rebels invading their southern Sudanese village, told him to run for it.
WATERLOO — The Taylor-Brown Auxiliary, which supports the Huntington Living Center, is celebrating its annual “Festival of Stars.”
CANANDAIGUA — Ontario County Master Gardeners Debbie McWilliams and Sandy Eckhert will lead a tabletop Christmas tree workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 3 at Ontario County Cornell Cooperative Extension, 480 N. Main St.
AUBURN — The Cayuga Museum of History and Art and the Schweinfurth Art Center seek proposals from emerging Central New York artists for exhibitions to be held in both locations simultaneously.
CANANDAIGUA — Ability Partners Foundation recently hosted its 11th annual Bowling to Raise Bucks fundraising tournament at Roseland Bowl.
Copies of the free 2020 Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor calendar will be available beginning Dec. 1 at libraries and visitor centers throughout the National Heritage Corridor.
AUBURN — The Cayuga Museum of History and Art has received $10,000 from Shirley Long Woodward, a longtime member of the museum and the daughter of the museum’s late, founding director Walter Long.
CANANDAIGUA — Ontario ARC recently hosted its second annual Harvest Fest at Lincoln Hill Farms.
SENECA FALLS — Finger Lakes Christian Fellowship wrapped up its monthly Caring for Community series featuring local non-profits and how they impact the community.
CANANDAIGUA — The Ontario County Arts Council is accepting grant applications through March 1, 2020, from individuals and organizations for small projects to enhance the visual and performing arts in Ontario County.
Schools
NEWARK — Approximately 150 Newark Middle School eighth-graders recently learned about the value of clean water.
SODUS — Reliant Community Credit Union has underwritten Victor Central School District’s participation in the Budget Challenge for the 2019-20 school year.
GENEVA — For more than 20 years, Hobart and William Smith Colleges have recognized exceptional students from the region with the Finger Lakes Scholarship.
CANANDAIGUA — The Voluntary Service Executive Committee at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center has established its first Youth Scholarship Program sponsored by the Seeley B. Parish Post 457 American Legion Family in Phelps.
PENN YAN — Penn Yan Academy recently held its Project Lead the Way White Coat ceremony.
Business
CANANDAIGUA — Canandaigua National Bank & Trust and Hillside Family of Agencies are teaming again this year to support the Hillside Special Santa holiday giving program.
GENEVA — FLH Medical, P.C. recently welcomed Lauren Morabito, MSN, FNP-C to its FLH Medical, P.C. Urgent Care team.
ROCHESTER — Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP, a locally owned accounting firm providing a variety of financial services, announces eight promotions in its Rochester and Canandaigua offices.
GENEVA — The Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board Inc. has canceled its workshop for human resource professionals scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5 at its office.
SODUS — Reliant Community Credit Union has underwritten Victor Central School District’s participation in the Budget Challenge for the 2019-20 school year.
Health
PENN YAN — Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will again sponsor the “That Their Lights May Shine” project.
GENEVA — The Geneva General Hospital Auxiliary will host a bake sale and holiday drawing at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 until all is sold.
CANANDAIGUA — The Service Excellence Team (SET) at UR Medicine Thompson Health recently announced the fourth-quarter recipients of the health system’s Service Excellence Awards:
IDG Benefits Fund will provide free flu shots for New York state’s Uber, Lyft and other Black Car service drivers.
PENN YAN — FLH Medical, P.C.’s Pre-Emption Family Medicine is hosting flu clinics for its patients at its office location, 1930 Pre-Emption Road.
Farming
PENN YAN — A cow comfort workshop at Tiestall barns will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Daryl Z. Martin’s Farm, 2086 Havens Corners Road.
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball last week announced $1.1 million in funding is available through two programs to advance farmland protection actions across New York state. The Land Trust Grants program supports outreach efforts to better connect farmers to landowners and the Farm…
