To increase the skills of the region’s workforce and provide residents with tools to train for new job opportunities, Finger Lakes Works has launched its “SkillUp Finger Lakes” program. All eligible residents can take classes, explore career pathways and even prepare for various industry-rec…
Around Town
Mozaic, formerly Arc of Seneca Cayuga and Arc of Yates, has new service offerings to meet the needs of families in Yates and Seneca counties.
NEWARK — The village of Newark has received a $30,000 grant for a Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study of Perkins Park.
CLYDE — The Galen Historical Society will host its quarterly meeting on Monday, Jan. 27 at the Brick Church Museum on North Park Street.
BATH — The Institute for Human Services Inc. will hold its annual nonprofit professional development conference, Recharge 2.0, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18 at Radisson Hotel Corning.
GENEVA — The Smith Opera House will host an open house at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 or 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29 inside the theater lobby at 82 Seneca St.
GENEVA — A Roundtable of Antiques and Books will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Geneva History Museum, 543 S. Main St.
PENN YAN — The Yates County Democratic Committee will open its 2020 campaign headquarters at 9 Main St., the former Books Landing location.
LYONS — People can apply for 2020 census jobs in person from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays until the end of February at the Lyons Public Library, 122 Broad St.
TYRE — Colin Jost, standup comedian, cast member and head writer for the “Saturday Night Live” TV show, will perform at The Vine at del Lago Resort & Casino at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18.
WATERLOO — The Seneca County Chapter of the Shooters Committee On Political Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Waterloo VFW Post 6433, 29 W.Elisha St.
CANANDAIGUA — The Finger Lakes Landlord Association will sponsor another monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at The Twisted Rail brewery, 169 Lakeshore Drive.
OVID — An informational meeting for the Ovid Farmers Market will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the STEPS Office in the Finger Lakes Health building, 7150 N. Main St.
The Finger Lakes region will benefit from its share of funding for workforce development totaling $3.4 million as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative.
GENEVA — John Grotzinger ’79, Sc.D. ’13, a project scientist and former mission leader for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, returns to the Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ campus on Tuesday to deliver a public lecture on the results of the Curiosity Rover’s work on the Red Planet, as well a…
Schools
NEWARK — It’s that time of year again when rehearsals for the Newark High School spring musical have begun and a flurry of myriad preparatory activities for the March 6 to 8 production is in full swing.
CANANDAIGUA — Finger Lakes Community College will host information sessions on two short-term technology programs that begin in March.
NEWARK — Newark High School students and staff returning from the recent two-week holiday break were greeted near the front doors by a new “Diversity Pole” art exhibit.
NEWARK – The following students have been named to the honor rolls for the first marking period of the 2019-20 academic year at Newark High School.
NEWARK — The 28th annual second-grade pen-pal breakfast was held Dec. 10 in the Lincoln School gymnasium.
Business
CANANDAIGUA — Canandaigua National Bank & Trust has welcomed Michael Pasley as mortgage loan originator.
GENEVA — Finger Lakes Health has named Tammy Seaberg as its new controller.
PENN YAN — Keuka To Go is bringing food delivery to the Finger Lakes starting Jan. 27.
GENEVA — Generations Bank has promoted Bernyce Maltman to Vice President – Residential Sales Manager.
CANANDAIGUA — Gary L. Babbitt, executive vice president and chief lending officer with Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, is retiring. Charlie J. Vita has been appointed as his successor.
In the Service
Health
As I reflect on past Christmases, many of them warm, bright, filled with love and happiness — there is one in particular where I felt depressed. I remember walking into a store where happy holiday music was loudly playing, shoppers were smiling… and it felt fake to me. I felt like an outside…
Finance
SODUS — A tax foreclosure workshop will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8 at the Sodus Community Library, 17 Maple Ave.
ROCHESTER — A home flipping workshop with special guest Tarek El Moussa will be offered 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 24 to 26 at Hyatt Regency Rochester, 125 E. Main St.
FAYETTE — A Mastering the College Planning Process seminar for high school juniors and their parents will be offered free from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Fayette Fire Department meeting room, 4200 Route 414.
Farming
OVID — An informational meeting for the Ovid Farmers Market will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the STEPS Office in the Finger Lakes Health building, 7150 N. Main St.
If you are a local producer of vegetables and fruits wondering how to sell your fresh local produce to New York institutions and schools, Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a two-day training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs).
LYONS — Wayne County is accepting landowner applications for including new parcels of viable agricultural land in the existing certified Agricultural District. The Wayne County Board of Supervisors established the annual Agricultural District Open Review Period from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31.
If you have farmland in Seneca County that you want to remain forever in agriculture, the the Seneca County Agriculture Enhancement Board — or AEB — is now accepting pre-applications in anticipation of the 2020 round of the New York State Farmland Protection Program.
