About 150 people attended a meeting at the Lyons Community Center May 22 meant as a “listening session” to get the public’s opinion on the future of the Center. It is currently up for sale because the LLC that owns the building has been unable to cover its expenses, including a mortgage held by the […]

When given a chance to voice their thoughts on how gaming can be used in student learning, educators have an unlimited number of ideas. The NEA Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft Partners in Learning and the U.S. Department of Education, is recognizing Brendan Noon, a science teacher at Williamson High School in Williamson, NY, who […]

                      June 2nd, Wolcott Rotary will hold its 4th annual Golf Tournament at the Port Bay Golf Course. Joe and Dawn Hess, owners of the golf course, have promised me a nice day for our tournament with a beautifully groomed course. The day will start […]

John Graham, an alumnus of the Palmyra-Macedon Class of 1984, recently established three new scholarships with the Palmyra-Macedon Chapter of Dollars for Scholars. Each of these scholarships will be presented for the first time at the Senior Awards Ceremony on June 7, 2012 at the High School. Graham Enterprises will sponsor the Lock 29 Scholarship […]

‘Apples’ are at the core of the new Wayne County logo adopted by the Board of Supervisors at last Tuesday’s (3/20) meeting. The logo went through several revisions, including the addition of water showing a pleasure boat, meant to emphasize not only the importance of the apple to the local economy, but the County’s recreational […]

The North Ontario United Methodist Church, 7200 Ontario Center Road, Ontario, NY is celebrating a new era in the music ministry of the church. Wayne Skinner will on Saturday March 31, 2012 at 6 P.M. at the Church with a concert to dedicate our new Allen organ. Mr. Skinner is a graduate of Boston Conservatory […]

Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) recently announced that employees at its Ginna Nuclear Power Plant raised more than $187,000 to benefit United Way of Wayne County during the 2011 campaign year. The campaign total includes CENG’s corporate match of fifty cents for every employee dollar. “The remarkable support of our employees, particularly in these challenging […]

Thursday’s meeting of the Palmyra Community Library’s Board of Trustees was loaded with public comment, pleadings and outrage, as the ownership of certain historic records were challenged. According to Executive Director of Historic Palmyra, Bonnie Hays, she and the members of the Historic Palmyra board were present at the Library meeting under the assumption that […]

Cortney O’Connell, a junior at Gananda High School  travelled in November to the Color Breed Congress Horse Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show hosted almost 700 exhibitors,  representing 31 states and three different countries for five days of  competition between five different horse breeds. Cortney won her division of 14 to 18 years olds and […]

When initial reports came in Friday morning, the news was not good, Macedon resident Michael Murphy, age 41, had been ill for several days. On Friday morning while at home, Mike collapsed and was found by his wife, Kristine. The father of two, active in scouts, Rotary and local Chambers, was rushed by ambulance to […]