Solar energy: Is is right for Wayne County Towns?
The Town of Williamson is now the first town in New York State to be 100% powered by solar. Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. (SED), an Ontario, NY-based company, completed the installation of a...
View ArticleWill the Village of Clyde follow in the path of Lyons in disbanding its...
When Village voters opted to dissolve the Village of Lyons government, there was always the possibility the Town of Lyons would not take on the cost of the Village Police Department. The Town board...
View ArticleCat in a carrier dumped in a dumpster
Green Meadows modular home park owner Jason Windburn aided in the rescue of an abandoned cat on Monday (3/2) after a park resident discovered the feline thrown into a dumpster in its cat carrier....
View ArticleState Police find body in Arcadia
Arcadia, N.Y. – New York State Police confirm they have found the body of a woman on Martin Rd. at approximately 2:00pm Thursday afternoon. Police have not yet said if the body they discovered is that...
View ArticleTops Friendly Market to open in Lyons
Tops Friendly Market has signed a lease and will operate the former Loson’s Big M in Lyons. Renovation at the store will start in the coming weeks and the store will open as a Tops Markets within the...
View ArticleTransgender debate in Sodus
What do you do when your little boy keeps telling you something is wrong? He feels like a girl on the inside and is persistent in his feelings? Mom hears him crying at night and even though she is...
View ArticleSodus woman charged with Grand Larceny and I.D. Theft
On Wednesday (3/18) The Wayne County Office of the Sheriff reported the arrest of Erica M. Wickman, age 29 of 40 Carlton Street in Sodus following the investigation into a case of missing money....
View ArticleSavannah woman chalks up two Driving Drug arrests in 3 days
A Town of Savannah woman chalked up two separate Driving While Impaired by Drug arrests within three days, one with a child in the vehicle, the other involving a serious pedestrian accident. State...
View ArticleLocal Counterfeiting
In one case involving a Newark man, the $10 bills look very good, but feel bad to the touch. It really did not matter since the man was sticking them in envelopes and passing them off to drug dealer in...
View ArticleMother dog and litter of 11 pups found frozen to death
According to the veterinarian’s report, the Pit Bull mix mother was starving and had no evidence of any food in her gastrointestinal tract. Although she was about 20 pounds underweight, her maternal...
View ArticleNewark teen charged in making counterfeit bills on home copier
Following a lengthy investigation into the making and passing of counterfeit U.S. currency, Newark Investigator, Jay Warren, reported the arrest on Friday (3/27) afternoon of Jeffrey S. Tyler, age 19,...
View ArticleEmployee admits to $11,000 theft
On Wednesday, Macedon Police Sergeant Steve MacNeal slapped a pair of handcuffs on Edward C. Vandyne, age 39, of McCann Road in Canandaigua. Vandyne had been employed by Lowes off Route 31 since...
View ArticlePalmyra man dies following Easter crash
State Police responded to a one vehicle crash on Easter Sunday (4/5) at 5:08 p.m. on Hammond Road in Palmyra. According to police, a vehicle operated by Christian D. Miskell, age 22, of 1103 Vienna...
View ArticleRecycling: Law vs. Reality
In a perfect world, after reading this newspaper, you would fold it back up, pile it with other papers to prepare for recycling. That cardboard pizza box would find another recycling bin, along with...
View ArticleNew Insurance requirements crippling small companies
When the Board of Supervisors passed Resolution 652-14 in October of last year, few, if any of the Board realized the consequences of their action. The “revised” Resolution set minimum insurance...
View ArticleLyons man forces way into ex-girlfriend’s residence, threatens her with knife
Lyons Village Police responded to a Shuler Street residence on Tuesday (4/21) at 3:30 p.m. for a report of an ex-boyfriend breaking into a residence and threatening a woman with a knife. When police...
View ArticleTim Horton’s employee charged in theft from bank deposit
Newark Village Police reported the arrest on Wednesday (4/22) of Melissa Brooks, age 40, of 431 West Avenue in Newark. It is alleged that on Tuesday (4/21), Brooks, an employee of the Tim Hor- ton’s on...
View ArticleDrunk Newark man drives stolen ex-girlfriend’s car into the canal
The Newark Police Department reported the arrest of Steward A. Malkowski, age 21, of 25 Park Street, Newark after receiving complaints that he was driving recklessly in the area of East Union Street...
View ArticleParole check finds two men cooking crack cocaine on apartment stove
When parole officers were doing a routine check on Thursday (4/30) at the residence of Michael Danzey, age 30, of 21 Jackson Street, Apartment B in Lyons, they found something cooking on the stove....
View ArticleMedical Marijuana company to open facility in Wolcott
On Friday (5/8) morning, local businessman Scott Marshall, surrounded by a team of experts, announced the creation of a new patient-centered biopharmaceutical company called Butler Evergreen. The...
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