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The Genesee Community College Foundation will be celebrating its 31st season of Encore on Friday, December 15, 2023, with an elegant event of holiday music and fine dining. This annual gala fundraiser directly benefits the student scholarship program at Genesee Community College. This year’s co-chairs, Jeremy and Sandra Liles, are...

The results are in! These 6 counties are officially the drunkest in New York State. Listen, I'm not completely judging. Adulting needs an antidote, I guess for some people it's excessive drinking. New York State keeps track of the percentage of people in each county who drink excessively. County Health Rankings has compiled the data.

Image The 2023 Kiwanis of the Year Award goes to Peter Guppenberger of the Batavia Kiwanis Club during a special gathering of three area clubs this month at Terry Hills in Batavia.Photo by Julia Ferrini Members of the Batavia, Warsaw, and Pembroke-Corfu-Darien (PCD) Kiwanis clubs recently celebrated their accomplishments — and, more importantly, the lives they have impacted — with two centennial and one golden jubilee gatherings, respectively, for the international organizations.“I am always excited to introduce new people to Kiwanis,” said Gene Scherline, Lt. Gov. Designate Genesee Division, during their dinner at Terry Hills restaurant in Batavia. “I’ve been in Kiwanis for 43 years. It is a very exciting time to have people just starting on their journey. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.”

Witness the unexpected turn of events as the Genesee County Economic Development Center faces citation from state environmental officials. Discover the repercussions of a drilling mishap in a sensitive wetland, as the STAMP pipeline project goes awry.

Target Area: Allegany; Cattaraugus; Chautauqua; Genesee; Northern Erie; Southern Erie; Wyoming. Patchy dense fog is expected to continue until daybreak in certain areas of western New York, including the Buffalo Metro and valleys of the Southern Tier. Travelers should be prepared for reduced visibility, with patches of fog causing visibility to drop below one-half mile at times. It is advised to use low-beam headlights when encountering foggy conditions.

(WNY News Now) – A 24-year-old man has been sentenced for the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross. Buffalo – Michael Alan Jones, 24, previously convicted of two felony crimes in Alamance County, North Carolina, has been sentenced to time served (10 months) by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. Jones, legally barred from possessing firearms and ammunition due to his prior convictions, was found in possession of a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition in the Town of Leroy, Genesee County, on March 19, 2022, near Route 33 and Griswold Road and School Road.

State environmental officials have cited the Genesee County Economic Development Center for a drilling mishap in a sensitive wetland. It’s the second spill since mid-August. The state has cited the developers of the STAMP industrial park for violations involving a spill of drilling fluids in a wetland through which it is constructing a sewage pipeline.

State environmental officials cited the Genesee County Economic Development Center for a drilling mishap in a sensitive wetland. It’s the second spill since August.

BATAVIA, N.Y. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Buffalo office raided a home in the Town of Batavia on Wednesday morning. FBI agents, along with the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, were seen removing items from a home at 3604 Pearl Street Road. According to Genesee County Tax records, the...

From the Genesee County Sheriff: A homeless man, 46-year-old Warren Cotton, was arrested in Stafford and is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was allegedly in possession of methamphetamine. Sheriff Deputies and State Police located a disabled vehicle on Route 33 in relation to a separate complaint where Cotton was a passenger, and found they had active warrants for his arrest. Cotton is now held at the Genesee County Jail pending arraignment. ALSO: 44-year-old Tony Graber of Marilla, New York has been charged with burglary and criminal contempt. He was arrested following a domestic incident in the Town of Batavia. Graber allegedly violated a full stay away order of protection. He’s being held without bail and is due back in Town Court at a later date.

Arc GLOW will be holding its annual Arc GLOW Fall Basket Raffle Nov. 10 and 11. Currently Arc GLOW is seeking theme basket and gift card donations, with a starting value of $25. They can be dropped off at Arc GLOW Community Center, located at 38 Woodrow Road in Batavia, Arc GLOW’s Genesee County administrative office at 64 Walnut St. in Batavia, or at Arc GLOW’s headquarters at 18 Main St. in Mt. Morris.

BYRON — The Genesee County Dances for Adults with Developmental Disabilities that ended in 2016 are coming back to the Byron Fire Hall. The first dance will be a Halloween Dance on Oct. 19, almost exactly seven years from the date of the last dance, the Byron Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary said in a news release. People are encouraged to wear their costumes and prepare for a fun-filled evening.

BATAVIA — The industrial parks in the county are starting to fill up, with the Genesee County Economic Development Center starting to look elsewhere for land. There are four parks in which over 87% of the buildable acres have been sold or are in use by projects, GCEDC leaders said during a tax base analysis presented to the county Ways and Means Committee. In six other parks, more than 67% of six of the parks is in use for projects or has been sold.

County Legislature affirms its support of a lawsuit that's intended to stop construction of a sewage pipeline that would discharge into Oak Orchard Creek. Orleans County lawmakers, already engaged in a legal battle over a wastewater pipeline for a major Genesee County industrial park, adopted a resolution on Tuesday that solidified the county’s position, further entrenching the government against the neighboring economic development agency.

The YWCA of Genesee County Board of Directors has completed its search for a new executive director. Jamie Beedham-Rada will start Oct. 9 in the executive director position. “The staff and board are excited to work with Jamie and look forward to growing the programs of the YWCA,” Board President Christi Waldron said in a news release. “The board would like to thank Millie Tomidy-Pepper once again for all she has done for the YWCA over the last five and a half years.”

BATAVIA — Fall foliage is finally emerging onto the scene after an unusually green September. The brilliant autumn reds, yellows and oranges have been slow to arrive in recent weeks. But the pace is quickening, according to I Love NY. “In the Greater Niagara region, Erie County spotters reporting...

Last night, the Orleans County Legislature voted unanimously for a resolution to preserve the Oak Orchard River and local tributaries in Orleans County. The Legislature continues to push back against Genesee County’s Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park’s (STAMP) plan to discharge to six million gallons of wastewater a day from STAMP into Oak Orchard River by way of the Town of Shelby.

Batavia, N.Y. — Rochester Regional Health is preparing to open a new facility in Genesee County. 13WHAM got a sneak peek Wednesday inside the new Batavia Medical Campus. The $45 million, 95,000-square-foot facility is located right off the New York State Thruway on Route 98. The center includes cardiology,...