This last summer, after months of preparation, Newark High School juniors Broden Haltiner and Michael Oberdorf built two new pedestrian bridges in the Silver Hill Technology Park for their Eagle Scout projects. For their efforts in making such a wonderful improvement for so many in our community to enjoy, the Newark Chamber of Commerce, at […]

Family Promise of Wayne County, a non-profit, non-governmental organization which helps homeless families achieve sustainable housing, is happy to announce a wonderful new Fundraiser: “Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child” Christmas Tree Auction. Beginning November 30 and lasting  through December 7, a wide variety of themed Christmas trees will be available for bidding at […]

The Lyons Public Library is offering two Grab and Go craft kits this month, one for children and one for teens and adults.  For children, the library is  are offering a paper plate turkey craft. You’ll make a turkey (all supplies and instructions included) and there’s a few activity and coloring pages too. Come on […]

On Saturday, November 21, 2020 Wayne Masonic Lodge #416 located at 1932 Ridge Road in Ontario will be host its annual Holiday Festival, featuring a Christmas village train display which will be setup all day, with trains and winter scenes. Enthusiasts will be well entertained. Also part of the program will be a select number […]

John Van Niel, director of the Finger Lakes Community College Muller Field Station, will give an online presentation about his use of trail cameras to capture images of wildlife on Wednesday, November 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For the link to his talk, “Trail Cameras in the Classroom: Research and Education in the Finger […]

The Wayne County Nursing Home and the WCNH Foundation will still  be holding their annual Festival of Trees.  This is a silent auction in which holiday décor items are sold. The sale this year will be done virtually. Pictures of items being sold will be on the WCNH Facebook page.  Bids will be placed over […]

Cotton candy it is! The yummy pink and blue-swirled ice cream flavor, reminiscent of the fluffy sweet cottony confection popular at carnivals and amusement parks, emerged as the clear winner by two dozen votes in the Lincoln School mock election November 3. The official total was 97 votes for cotton candy and 73 for chocolate […]

 On a beautiful fall Saturday at the end of September, dozens of volunteers and 24 teams, with members ranging in age from toddlers to senior citizens, came together for Pal-Mac Rotary Club’s first annual Amazing Race. Following COVID guidelines, Leslie Vecchiotti, event coordinator, got things started just before the 1 pm post time.  The “race” […]

On October 9, 2020, thirteen members of the Newark Garden Club assembled in Central Park in downtown Newark to present their annual Civic Beautification Award to very worthy recipients. The Newark Garden Club encourages civic pride in the village community and each year publicly recognizes a local business or organization which has done an outstanding […]

The Wayne County Bicentennial Committee is looking for  artists and photographers interested in helping  with the Wayne County Bicentennial projects between now and 2023.  One particular need is for someone to do renderings to illustrate things that happened PRIOR to photography.  These might be line drawings, sketches, watercolors or paintings.  Wayne County has a LOT […]