OVID — The Friends of the Three Bears are set to open the Seneca County Courthouse Complex Tourism Site and Cultural Center.
Around Town
NEWARK — The Newark Rotary Club is partnering with Living Waters for the World to bring clean water, sanitation and economic development to the rural community of Tabi in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
NEWARK — On May 19, 12 members of the Newark Garden Club and two others planted red begonias and white superbenas in Newark’s Central Park.
NEWARK — June is National Dairy Month, and to celebrate, Wayne County Dairy Princess Gabriella Taylor of Newark visited one of the first babies born in June at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital.
GENEVA — The Geneva Woman’s Club held its annual election of officers June 7. The luncheon was catered by Bob Stivers.
CANANADAIGUA — Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Child Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes has canceled its annual gala. Instead, the center will be presenting a summertime-themed basket raffle.
PENN YAN — A chicken barbecue to benefit Hope Walk of Yates County will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of Lyons National Bank at 205 Liberty St.
SENECA FALLS — The Seneca Falls Town Board will hold a Special Meeting today, June 7, at 6 p.m.
FAYETTE — It has been said that timing is everything. That certainly rings true for the Fayette Rural Cemetery.
SENECA FALLS — NYS Women Inc. will hold its annual conference June 11-13 in the Quality Inn’s Killian Event Center on Mound Road (Route 414).
SENECA FALLS — The Kirk-Casey American Legion Post 366 of Seneca Falls will host a Feed the Future Project soon.
PHELPS — The Administration for Community Living celebrated May as Older Americans Month with the theme of this year being “Communities of Strength,” and the Rochester Finger Lakes Chapter of the National Aging in Place Council is honoring four older adults who are living this theme through …
CANANDAIGUA — The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a national listening session Wednesday for Spanish-speaking veterans and stakeholders.
GENEVA — Volunteers from Seneca Lake Guardian and two other groups made a deal with the National Lake Trout Derby this past weekend. In exchange for helping staff the derby’s three weigh stations, derby head Bob Stivers allowed the groups, which included The Committee to Preserve the Finger …
Schools
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PHELPS — A Midlakes senior wants to make sure that prom won’t be just for those who can afford an elegant or glitzy ballroom gown.
CLYDE — The Clyde-Savannah Central School District has announced its Class of 2021 valedictorian and salutatorian.
ROCHESTER — Continuing a tradition begun in 1996, the Hearing Loss Association of America Rochester Chapter has awarded $1,000 scholarships to six area high school graduates with hearing loss to further their educations.
SODUS — Twelve area students received scholarships through Reliant Credit Union’s 2021 Donald K. Rhine Scholarship program. The awards are open to any Reliant member who currently attends or plans to attend an accredited two- or four-year college full-time in the coming school year.
NEWARK — Newark High School seniors reached an important milestone in the waning days of their high school careers May 26, making the signature presentations of their NHS Capstone Project requirements to graduate.
Business
GENEVA — The Young Agency of Seneca Falls opened an expanded and renovated real estate office at 426 Exchange St. Monday.
MARION — Seneca Foods Corp., a company whose main facility is on Gambee Road in Geneva, reported increases in sales and profits for the third quarter and the last nine months of 2020.
CANANDAIGUA — Finger Lakes Visitors Connection’s ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response is being recognized for its strategic communications and the team’s response to quickly assist small businesses in Ontario County.
CANANDAIGUA — Bristol Mountain resumed snowmaking operations recently, hoping to take advantage of the colder temperatures that arrived early this week.
CANANDAIGUA — The Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce will hold a free, virtual holiday mixer alongside Canandaigua National Bank & Trust. The event is set for 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, and will be streamed live on the Chamber’s Facebook page.
Health
FINGER LAKES — This month's Zoom meeting of the Parkinson Support Group of the Finger Lakes will take place on June 30 at 1 p.m. and discuss “Palliative Care for Symptom Relief”.
GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health will be offering its monthly walk-in screening mammograms Monday in Geneva and Wednesday in Penn Yan.
GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health held its annual Employee Recognition celebration June 17-21 at its Geneva, Penn Yan and Waterloo campuses. It honored employees for years of service to the community and thanked them for their contributions and dedication to the ongoing success of the health system.
ROCHESTER — Beginning July, UR Medicine Home Care will be moving to a $15 minimum wage for personal care aides and other hourly positions. Home health aides will have a starting rate of $15.50 per hour.
GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health is introducing “108 Holes for Hearts,” a virtual golf fundraising event that will benefit cardiac rehabilitation scholarships at Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan.
Finance
If a person close to you has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it may be time to address some serious financial questions. Due to the debilitating nature of Alzheimer’s and related forms of dementia on your loved one’s ability to make sound financial decisions, the sooner you can get …
Farming
SENECA FALLS — A Seneca County student is one of three statewide winners of 2021 New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Youth Scholarships.
For many people issues like climate change, threats to the food supply, increase in the prevalence of invasive species and contagious disease have been thought of as things of science fiction. For those of us who work to research, develop and implement new technologies to combat any and all …
