GENEVA — City Council will meet tonight and Wednesday in special video conference sessions on zoning and a public beach.
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WATERLOO — Seneca County’s special COVID-19 business advisory committee will meet Monday to consider amendments to current protective measures for county businesses related to the pandemic.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is reminding New York consumers that many of the state’s indoor farmers markets are open this winter season, following state guidance for operating safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PENN YAN — The Yates County sheriff’s office law enforcement division has received state accreditation for another five years.
Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team has decided to transition the 2021 Corn Congress into a virtual conference scheduled for Jan. 6-7.
WATERLOO — The Village Board will be presented with the final draft plan for a proposed art center at 38 Washington St. at today’s 7 p.m. meeting.
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WATERLOO — The sale of the former Hillside Children’s Center in Varick will proceed.
Here is a listing of the most up-to-date information on the number of COVID-19 cases in the four-county area. The information comes from the websites of the public health departments in Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties (Note: not all the departments provide the same information).
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Barren fields shimmered, painted in an icy glaze, as a muted, rising sun crested over valley fog that nestled neatly within rolling plains. Frost surviving wildflower stems danced in the cool morning breeze, as hovering altocumulus clouds wisped across the sky in a manner reminiscent of wave…
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SENECA FALLS — When it’s December in the town of Seneca Falls, the yearly It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in lovely Bedford Falls comes to mind.
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SENECA FALLS — Six Black American women were inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame posthumously Thursday, part of the organization’s inaugural virtual ceremony.
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SENECA FALLS — In an attempt to “humanize the badge,” the Seneca Falls Police Department has initiated a pilot project where male officers can grow beards and female officers can have longer hair.
CANANDAIGUA — Laura Lee Edwards, a resident of Canandaigua and grandmother of nine, has sewn and given away hundreds of large teddy bears to those lacking normal physical connections during the COVID-19 epidemic.
NEWARK — This last summer, after months of preparation, Newark High School juniors Broden Haltiner and Michael Oberdorf built two new pedestrian bridges in the Silver Hill Technology Park for their Eagle Scout projects.
The holiday season is a memorable time of year, featuring food, family, and community. Ontario County 4-H’ers enjoy the annual Harvest Food Fest for many of the same reasons — a great time of preparing food, enjoying time with their 4-H family, and engaging in creativity and learning.
SENECA FALLS — Normally, the Seneca County House of Concern focuses on its food distribution efforts during the holidays.
WATERLOO — The head of the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency urged the Board of Supervisors to act quickly in filling two vacant seats on its Board of Directors.
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CANANDAIGUA — Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson used words like “inexcusable” and “unacceptable” to describe the actions of two drivers in Tuesday’s crash on Route 332.
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GENEVA — In the midst of a pandemic, it would be easy to write off live theater as simply “too hard.” Many organizations may be deterred by the obvious technical challenges.
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CANANDAIGUA — The people who caused an accident on Route 332 earlier this week exceeded 90 mph in a 40 mph zone, Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson said during a press conference late Friday morning.
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While more than 11,000 doses of the first COVID-19 vaccine have been targeted for the “Finger Lakes” area, possibly by this weekend, where exactly they will go is a well-kept secret.
GENEVA — The Geneva Police Reform and Reinvention Collective is continuing to analyze the Geneva Police Department’s policies on use of physical and deadly force for possible revisions.
RED CREEK — The Wayne County sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a local man after his body was found in a wooded area Saturday.
PHELPS — Police believe alcohol and speed were factors in a crash Wednesday night that left a Rochester-area man dead.
WATERLOO — The Seneca County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to segment county Sewer District No. 2 into two separate service areas, and to increase the cost to the two remaining users of a wastewater treatment plant on the former Hillside Children’s Center property by over 1,000%.
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PENN YAN — Early this year, the 11 Daisies of Girls Scout Troop 61087 began working on their “5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals!” journey.
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WATERLOO — It has survived format changes, different locations, a new name, even opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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SENECA FALLS — It was icing on the doughnut. Literally.
CANANDAIGUA — An update on Tuesday’s fatal crash on Route 332, including the name of the deceased, will likely not come until Friday.
GENEVA — Maureen Ballatori and her 29 Design Studio at 100 Castle St. are on a roll.
GENEVA — The Ramada Inn and City Comptroller Adam Blowers will negotiate how much the hotel chain will pay under its Payment In Lieu Of Taxes — or PILOT — agreement for the next two to three years.
PENN YAN — School district voters approved a $28.8 million capital project Tuesday.
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WATERLOO — After going more than eight months without a resident testing positive for COVID-19, Huntington Living Center is in the midst of an outbreak that has seen 72 residents infected, including four deaths.
CANANDAIGUA — Bristol Mountain resumed snowmaking operations recently, hoping to take advantage of the colder temperatures that arrived early this week.
PENN YAN — The Yates Community Endowment has awarded $31,300 in grants to a dozen organizations that are serving Yates County residents.
LYONS — Lyons National Bank has promoted Allison Verkey to branch manager at LNB’s Clyde office and Carrie Vincent to the same position at the Jordan office.
PENN YAN — The Bank of the Finger Lakes’ Penn Yan branch office team honored the Penn Yan Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps recently with baked goods from Blue Heron Bakery. It was part of a bank-wide initiative to show support and gratitude to healthcare workers and first responders, while als…
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SENECA FALLS — In a private ceremony kept simple due to COVID-19 restrictions, Frances “Fran” Barbieri was presented the 17th annual George Bailey Award recently.
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CANANDAIGUA — State police said Wednesday night they found a missing Canandaigua teenager, and she was in "good health."
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GENEVA — The city Planning Board will meet Monday night, and a review of Massa Construction Inc.’s proposal to convert DeSales High School into 15 apartments is part of its two-pronged agenda.
SENECA FALLS — Wednesday’s administrative hearing on alleged violations of COVID-19 protocols by Sauders Store was canceled after store owner John Sauder agreed to a consent order.
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PENN YAN — Starry stonewort is an invasive plant from Europe and Asia that impacts aquatic ecosystems in a variety of negative ways.
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GENEVA — In a year when Steve Duprey didn’t plan to direct any theatrical performances, largely the result of COVID-19, he has been busier than ever.
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SENECA FALLS — The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of several popular events throughout Seneca County. Waterloo’s Celebrate Commemorate Memorial Day weekend in May, the Seneca County Fair and Seneca Falls Convention Days in July, and the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in S…
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GENEVA — Connecticut artist Mia Brownell will create back-panel designs for three proposed bicycle parking shelters in the downtown area
PENN YAN — Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Dec. 16 meeting of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Center Board of Directors will be held via video and audio teleconference.
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PENN YAN — A local man could be spending the rest of his life behind bars after admitting he sexually abused a child.
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WATERLOO — Voters in the Waterloo school district approved two propositions Tuesday authorizing $23 million in capital improvements to the middle and high school facilities.
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GENEVA — In a meeting that lasted 12 minutes Tuesday night, City Council approved the introduction of Local Law 1 of 2020, legislation that would create the city’s first-ever Police Review Board.
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CANANDAIGUA — Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson confirmed to the Times Tuesday afternoon that one person was killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Route 332.
