New firefighters join Sodus Department
By Casey Carpenter The Sodus Fire Department voted in three new volunteer firemen trainees on Monday, January 6th. This is especially good news for the Sodus community following the recent serious fire...
View ArticleTown of Macedon appoints retired Highway Superintendent to fill Town Board...
At a Macedon Town Board meeting, held on Thursday, January 9th, the Board passed a resolution to declare the Town Council seat of Kim Leonard as a vacancy, as she had been appointed Town Supervisor at...
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Threat puts Gananda School on lock-down
On Wednesday (12/8) morning Fairport Village Police received a report from a concerned mother asking for a welfare check on her daughter. The daughter was living with her boyfriend and their baby in...
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Former Wayne County District Attorney, County Judge Stephen Sirkin is remembered
The Honorable Stephen R. Sirkin, 80, died Wednesday (January 15, 2020) at about 3 p.m. at his home on Pine Ridge Drive in Newark. Born on October 15, 1939 in Newark, Steve was a 1957 graduate of Newark...
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Macedon larceny report leads to crash in Perinton
On Wednesday, January 15, at approximately 3:39 P.M., the Macedon Police Department was called to the Tractor Supply store at 280 Route 31, Macedon, for the report of a larceny that had just occurred....
View ArticleWalworth man’s hobby… restoring old stereo consoles
by Amber Linson Times Writer Local Walworth resident, Dan Bogel, has been engaging in the unique hobby of restoring old stereo consoles, inside and out, for approximately 3 years now. With his company,...
View ArticleThe passing of a Church
With only ten members left, the United Methodist Church in Palmyra was put up for sale. With a buyer in the wings, what are the plans for the 153 year-old church? For more than 153 years, the First...
View ArticleSnowmobile operator loses arm in Sodus accident
Unsafe Speed was given as the cause of a lone snowmobile accident on South Centenary Road, a half mile south of Ridge Road in the Town of Sodus on Friday (1/31) around 9:48 p.m. The snowmobile was...
View ArticleState Legislators rally with law enforcement to Repeal Bail Reform
Assemblyman Brian Manktelow (R,C,I,Ref-Lyons) joined law enforcement officials, state senators and some of his fellow Assembly members in the State Capitol for a rally regarding the issue of bail...
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Troopers chase vehicle driving on three tires and a wheel rim
A State Trooper out of Lyons, heading westbound on Route 31, came upon a eastbound vehicle travelling towards him at a high rate of speed, operating on only three tires and the rim of the fourth wheel...
View ArticlePlane flips at Williamson Airport
State Police, along with emergency responders received a report on Wednesday (2/12) at 2:54 p.m. of a small plane flipping upon landing at the Williamson Airport, located at 5502 Route 104 in...
View ArticleSodus house a total loss
Firefighters were called to a house fire at the home of John Iamele, at 5736 Defisher Road in Sodus. Initial reports came in at 8:45 a.m. on Friday (2/14). Fire officials on scene said the fire was...
View ArticleButler residents voice concerns over compost site proposal
Back in November 2019, Tully Environmental gave a presentation about a Bio Solid Composting facility project, for property owned by Syracuse Sand and Gravel, LLC/Richard Riccelli on Route 89. The...
View ArticleStolen vehicle chase ends with driver crashing into apartments
It began when a customer walked in to a 7-11 convenience store in the Town of Farmington in Ontario County on Saturday (2/15) night. The customer left his unlocked vehicle, running and went in to the...
View ArticleSenator Schumer announces $4.5M in funding to address breach on Charles Point
High water along the shores of Lake Ontario has been plaguing residents and municipalities for the past several years. While both local government and state officials have long recognized the need for...
View ArticleNewark Public Library unveils new WARE book collection at reception
The Newark Public Library held a formal reception on the evening of Friday, February 28th to officially open to the public an extensive book collection that the Library has recently received from a...
View ArticleFormer Lyons Rectory becomes new Family Promise Center
Family Promise of Wayne County was delighted to announce recently the acquisition of a permanent Day Resource Center at 3 Holley Street in Lyons, NY. It was the former Rectory of St. Michael’s Church)....
View ArticleBowling is right up their alley: Lancasters to reopen Bowling Center in Clyde
You could say for Don and Norma Lancaster, bowling is right up their alley. The Clyde couple, previous owners of the now-shuttered Donselaar’s Sports Bar & Grill Bowling Center in their hometown,...
View ArticleTruck shears utility pole, driver walks away, found dead the next morning
Witnesses confirmed that Matthew J, Vandergrift, age 37, of Marion was at Tommy’s Boys Bar the night of Saturday (3/7). Vandergrift’s pick up truck sheared off a utility pole on Murray Street shortly...
View ArticleReally big into plumbing supply…Thefts!
Michael Carr, age 34, giving an address of 570 Quaker Road in Macedon is well known for plumbing, well at least stealing plumbing supplies. Carr was caught on store surveillance cameras on February 23,...
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