CANANDAIGUA — Tom Crane is a strong believer in basic human rights. He also sees the Finger Lakes Region as a major contributor to several such movements nationwide. In fact, Crane views the social reform movements of hundreds of years ago and today so important that he calls our region “the…
CANANDAIGUA — Another candidate vying for the Republican nomination in the 24th Congressional District race is out.
SENECA — The Town Board and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County have partnered to apply for a state grant to be used toward improved housing for farm workers in the town.
GENEVA — Following the final week of school this week, Geneva 2030, in collaboration with Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Finger Lakes Community College, Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES and Geneva City School District, is offering a week-long, half-day “What’s Next?” college and career readiness…
TYRE — There are no solar farms in this Seneca County town as of now. And, no one has applied for a permit to operate a large-scale solar farm.
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JUNIUS — A Seneca County youth accused of stealing a vehicle and crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer faces criminal charges.
GENEVA — One person has been arrested, another is being sought and more people could be implicated in the death of a Waterloo man found Sunday in a parking lot behind Geneva General Hospital.
ROCHESTER — Three years after proclaiming his innocence in the death of his 3-year-old stepson and trying — unsuccessfully — to withdraw a guilty plea, a Seneca Falls man may get a trial after all.
PENN YAN — When Dan Rector looks at his two gold medals from the Empire State Senior Games he can’t help but think of Ambrose “Amby” Cook, a legendary physical education teacher and coach at Penn Yan Academy.
GENEVA — The Dove Block Project, an arts center in historic downtown Geneva, is announcing a call for programming proposals for the 2022-23 season. The deadline for submissions is July 15.
GENEVA — In 1972, football was beginning its exponential rise in popularity and revenue across the country, but baseball was still very much America’s pastime.
They say that 90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the fishermen. No doubt the guy on the right in the accompanying photo fits into that category.
NEWARK — A retail spot at Newark Plaza formerly occupied by the now-defunct Stage Stores chain is getting new life.
Getting married or divorced, having or adopting a child and retiring are significant milestones in life. These “qualified life events,” as they are commonly referred to in the insurance industry, may permit you to make adjustments to the benefits you receive through your employer or other pr…
LYONS — Mike DeCola and his friends are fixtures at the Community Co-op at Newberry on William Street in downtown Lyons.
narrow-gauge rails (the weight was from a 3-foot section) laid on gravel that came from the Glen Edith quarry near Rochester. Thirty-five sidings were located approximately every mile for the expected traffic of one trolley every five minutes that was never realized. Business was such that a…
LYONS — The Peppermint Museum in Lyons at 95 Water St., will begin offering tours in June by appointment only and by calling (315) 946-4596. The 2021 Landmark Society Award Winner museum will open with regular hours in July and August from 10-noon and 1-3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
GENEVA — The Dove Block Project, an arts center in historic downtown Geneva, is announcing a call for programming proposals for the 2022-23 season. The deadline for submissions is July 15.
I can only recall one conversation with my maternal grandmother. I lived with her, my mother and my younger sister in Lakewood, N.Y., for more than a decade before I left home at 21 to move west.
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ITHACA — The Finger Lakes Toy Library (FLTL) will be celebrating five years of operation this Saturday, June 25th from 10am-2pm with a free event at the Shops of Ithaca Mall.
WATERLOO — The Waterloo Central School District is teaming up with the Village of Waterloo to offer the Waterloo Enrichment Program this summer.
WATERLOO — On Friday, June 24, a celebration will be held at St. Mary’s Church, 33 Center St. in Waterloo, for the 41st anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Medjugorje. Exposition, Rosary, Confession and Benediction begin at 6 p.m. followed by Mass with Celebrant Fr. Paul Bonacci at…