In an era when small is preferred, “Blue” has a disadvantage. Humane Society of Wayne County processes many dogs and cats, finding new homes and owners for the overly cute and smaller pets, but Blue is finding a harder time finding love. Deana Costanza, a dog care attendant at the Humane Society of Wayne County […]
Here are the HSWC pets of the week. Snowball Snowball is a 3 year old spayed female all white kitty. She came to the shelter as a stray that had been in a neighborhood for a couple of years. She seems to like other cats and dogs. She has a sweet personality and is very […]
Sanford Sanford is a 3 year old neutered male grey kitty. He came to the shelter as a stray. He has a very sweet temperament and likes to hang out of one of the cat trees. He also likes to sit in sunny windows and watch what is going on outside. He likes to run […]
Outside the Bay Area, few wine enthusiasts realize that California's wine scene is incredibly welcoming. This is understandable; we see our favorite winemakers on the covers of magazines and struggle to contain our excitement when new wines hit the market. So expecting to meet any big name in the flesh seems as fantastical as expecting […]
Judy Gravino, the Town Clerk for the Town of Macedon for over 25 years, was recently honored by her peers, earning the distinction of “Town Clerk of the Year 2014” from the New York State Town Clerk’s Association, for District 7. She also received kudos and several presentations and plaques from her local counterparts around […]
The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District sponsored the Wayne County Envirothon at the Montezuma Audubon Center on Wednesday April 23 The Envirothon is a competition for high school students designed to test their knowledge and understanding of natural resource issues and to cultivate a desire to learn more about natural resources and environmental […]
David Murphy of Newark was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle in July of 2013 through Fairville, when he was hit by a 17 year old driving an SUV. He was taken to Strong by Mercy Flight where he spent a total of 9 weeks, 2 unresponsive and 4 in the Rehabilitation unit. According to […]
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office in association with the Badge of Honor Association of Western New York held a ceremony on Friday, April 25th at the Public Safety Building, to honor the memory of Wayne County Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of duty. The ceremony recognized Carl Clingerman, an Investigator with the Sheriff’s […]
Two notable events occurred on April 13th, 1914 in our local area: Buffalo lost to the Baltimore Terrapins in the first Federal League baseball game in the United States and Helen Paige Stanton was born in Greece, New York. One hundred years later, the Federal League is as extinct as the passenger pigeon, but Helen […]
Schumer bring news about federal aid to local Fruit Farmers On Freday (March 28th) at Van Acker Farms in Williamson, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that Wayne County fruit farmers that experienced an extreme and damaging Spring freeze in 2012 have federal aid on the way, and urged that the U.S. Department of […]
Nine high school students at Ruben A. Cirillo High School in Gananda pitched their business ideas before a panel of five real-life investors to compete for funding at the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Investor Panel Presentation Event in Gananda. The students presented before representatives from some of the area’s biggest companies as well as an […]
With a steady stream of voters on Tuesday in Lyons, and a few voting machine snafus, voters, in the end, chose to continue with the Dissolution Plan for the Village. The votes was 474 Yes, and 309 No. Nearly 800 Village voters appeared at the Lyons VFW. One of three voting machines stopped working early […]
