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Town planners field comments on biogas, racetrack projects; hear update on Byrne Dairy proposal
An employee of the company that owns and operates the Synergy Biogas manure digesting facility in Wyoming County on Tuesday night downplayed concerns over potential odors from a proposed renewable gas facility at the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park on the east side of Batavia.Speaking at the Batavia Town Planning Board meeting at the Town Hall on West Main Street Road, Melissa Franklin, technical sales & services representative, responded
Popular Western New York bakery is closing one location
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A popular European bakery in Western New York is undergoing some big changes. The owner of Chrusciki Bakery on Thursday shared in an Instagram post that the business will be merging its Clarence and Lancaster locations. The Lancaster site will close, and all staff will soon be working in Clarence.
All shiny and new, Genesee County Jail is shaping up with new deputy superintendent and dedication set for Friday
Jeffrey Searls has amassed a career so wide and varied that perhaps even he has underestimated just how much, such as when his wife Kristie asked him how many challenge coins he had collected.
History of the Richmond Mansion and unfortunate demolition
Batavia, like many other communities, has lost many buildings that were a reminder of the city's development. The possibly most glaring example is the Richmond Mansion, likely the most magnificent home built in Batavia. It was best known as the home of Dean and Mary Richmond, who became one
Knapp Scores First Career Win at Genesee
BATAVIA, NY – Robert Knapp II’s triumph in the 15-lap Mini Stock race marked one of the night’s greatest tales, as it was his first-ever feature win of his career. Brian Johnson and Mike Dinehart would lead the strong field of 23 Mini Stocks to the green. Cole Susice would take the lead on lap two and control the point for the time being. During Lap four, the caution would fly for debris, restacking the field with the top five of Susice, Weis, B. Johnson, Brumsted, and Knapp. Knapp of Avon would make his move and pass the former track champion Susice on lap seven and would never look back. The caution would fly on laps 7, 8, 10, and 14 but Knapp would be able to hold off all the challenges that Susice threw his way, scoring his first career win.
Notre Dame senior breaks 48-year-old school record in shot put
Mavrik Hall, a senior at Notre Dame High School, broke a school record in shot put at the Batavia Track & Field Invitational on Saturday that has stood for 48 years.Hall threw 51 feet, one inch, breaking Mike Cordes's 1976 record of 50 feet, eight inches.According to
First year for new visitors specialist at Iroquois Wildlife Refuge sees 538% increase in guests
When Logan Sauer learned there was an opening at the Iroquois Wildlife Refuge on Casey Road, he jumped at the chance to apply.Sauer, 27, who grew up in Virginia, was working as a visitors services specialist for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the Twin Cities and
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