Woman charged with embezzling over $200,000 from Ontario Church
She had been active in the Living World Assembly of God Church for years and had worked for the Church for years.In the fall of 2019 she was terminated from her duties with the Church for unrelated...
View ArticleNewark Superintendent Cook accepts job with BOCES
Superintendent of Schools for the Newark Central School District since June of 2013, Matt Cook has accepted the position of District Superintendent of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES. As its Chief...
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Election 2020: A Guide to Voting in Wayne County
With just 2-1/2 weeks to go, voters in Wayne County may still need some updates. Where do I vote? When can I vote? Who is running in Federal, State, County and my local town/village contests? All...
View ArticleWayne County Census below NY State preliminary numbers
According to information from Wayne County Action Program, who promoted and coordinated volunteers for the Wayne County area of the Census, the count for the 2020 Census concluded at midnight on...
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Newark Schools appoint Interim Superintendent
With the departure of longtime Newark School District Superintendent Matt Cook, the School Board announced the appointment of retired Amherst Central School District Superintendent Dennis Ford. Having...
View ArticlePalmyra man sentenced to 15 years for making/distributing child pornography
David Gfeller, age 35, formerly of Fayette Street in the Village of Palmyra was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting in January to making child pornography and distributing it to...
View ArticleDeMay Nursing Home in Newark has cluster of cases of COVID-19
Wayne County (Lyons, NY) – Over the last few days Wayne County Public Health and the Rochester Regional Health System have confirmed a cluster of positive COVID-19 cases in the DeMay Nursing Home. The...
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Amber alert in Orleans County - Child Abduction
UPDATE AMBER ALERT CANCELLED 3:30 PM 10/28/20 - CHILD HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. Two suspects still at large. **************************************************** An Amber Alert was issued by the Orleans...
View ArticleClyde Woman charged with Murder
On Wednesday (10/25) State Police Investigators reported the arrest of Linda R. Martinez, age 53, of Clyde for Murder. The arrest came after Linda Martinez originally reported her husband, Rafael...
View ArticleCovid cases on the rise in Wayne County
It came to light last week that there was a significant surge in positive COVID-19 cases at the DeMay Nursing Home. Wayne County Public Health and the Rochester Regional Health System reported that...
View ArticleTeens abduct their 2-month-old baby, setting off an Amber Alert
On Saturday (10/24) Kevin Huntington, age 16 of Newark got into a domestic incident with the father of Alyssa Bel, age 15, setting off a series of events that led to the issuing of a State wide Amber...
View ArticleWayne County joins rest of nation with record early voter turnouts
Whether it is COVID nervousness, the contentious Presidential race, or just public awareness going into overdrive, the 2020 election will be one for the record books. Absentee Ballots already received...
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Domestic argument leads to Murder in Clyde
Family members became concerned when Rafael Martinez, age 59, disappeared from his home on Caroline Street in the Village of Clyde. They posted on social media sites asking for anyone’s help in...
View ArticleGrand Jury indicts three in shooting death of Rafael Martinez
A Wayne County Grand jury has handed down indictments on Monday (11/2) against three people in the shooting death of Rafael Martinez on, or about October 25 Family members became concerned when Rafael...
View ArticleWayne County Elections results so far and what is still coming
On Election Day, every year, most local and County races in Wayne County have results, at least, unofficially the day after or the same night. This year, along with the miniscule movement of election...
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Macedon “Banked” on a new Court House
When COVID-19 started raging out of control in the Spring, local government officials had to scramble to keep even basic services in place, including Court facilities. In the Town of Macedon, that...
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Newark Police nab woman stealing cars
“We knew who, it was just putting the case together,” said Newark Police Chief Mark Thoms. He added it was “solid investigating” that led to the arrest on Wednesday (11/18) at 9:54 p.m. of Lorainne I....
View ArticleSheriff Virts: No, the police will not be knocking on your door on...
Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts released an announcement concerning Thanksgiving day and the Covid 19. Dear Neighbors, “I encourage families to voluntarily abide by the Governor’s executive order of...
View ArticleSurprising statistics on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic
by James M. Haitz, LCSW-RDirector, County of Wayne Department of Mental Health & Wayne Behavioral Health Network People have always struggled with anxiety and depression well before the term...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in Lyons
The Wayne County Office of the Sheriff reported the investigation of a fatal motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian which occurred on Broad Street in the Town of Lyons on Wednesday (11/25 at...
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