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February 16, 2012
Gananda student is Horse Show winner

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 […]

February 11, 2012
Friend, family man, funeral director Mike Murphy remembered

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 […]

February 8, 2012
Sea Cadets honor Four Immortal Chaplains

Five members of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Rochester CA 124, paid tribute to Chaplains: Father John Washington (Catholic) Reverend Clark D. Poling (Dutch Reformed), Rabbi Alexander Goode (Jewish) and Reverend George Fox (Methodist), at a service held at Western Presbyterian Church, Palmyra on Feb. 5. The four Chaplains were honored posthumously with […]

February 3, 2012
Local Students to be immersed in State Government

Palmyra-Macedon High School senior, Allyson Blazey, and Wayne Central senior, Marina Barci, have a lot of interests, including government and politics. After hearing about the League of Women Voters (LWV) Students Inside Albany program, they applied for the local League sponsorship and were selected from several highly qualified applicants to represent Wayne County at this […]

January 29, 2012
County Board freezes support for Legal Aid Society of Wayne County

When Executive Director David Lee Foster asked the Wayne County Board of Supervisors for an additional $141,245 for the Legal Aid Society of Wayne County, Inc., it set off bells and whistles and raised eyebrows. Not only did the Agency not get the additional funds, but it brought to the surface tensions between the Board […]

January 21, 2012
Wayne County’s geology all but eliminates us from hydrofracking controversy

Although New York is in the midst of the “hydrofracking” debate and discussion, the Wayne County area may have dodged a controversial bullet in the fray. It seems that the Marcellus Shale, so widely discussed in recent months during the (DEC) open comment period on drilling, is not the same shale that is under the […]

January 13, 2012
Paul T. Freund Box Company to disappear after 120 years, 47 employees to be out of jobs

It is the end of an era as 47 workers at the Palmyra-based Paul T. Freund Rigid Box Division found out last week. The company is ceasing operations after 120 years as one of the Country’s top box manufacturers. Workers at the Park Drive in Palmyra were informed they’ll finish work on current contracts and […]

January 12, 2012
Mason Farms receives NYS Agricultural Society’s Bicentennial Farm Award

The New York State Agricultural Society honors families dedicated to farming, stewardship, and community involvement in New York. Mason Farms was recently named a “Bicentennial Farm” in continuous family ownership and operation for over 200 years. Five Bicentennial Farm families were honored as part of the 180th Annual Agricultural Forum of the New York State […]

December 22, 2011
Wayneport Historic Area marked with sign on Trail

At one time known as West Macedon, Wayneport was the first port in Wayne County east of Rochester on the original Clinton’s Ditch. The first Post Office in Macedon was located here. On the south side of the present Wayneport bridge over today’s Erie Canal, parts of the original Clinton’s Ditch and the Enlarged Erie […]

December 3, 2011
Wayne Central Voters: What is the FPP?

A special vote will be held on Deccember 14th, at the Wayne Central High School High School gymnasium between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to decide on the District’s proposed Facilities Preservation Project. The district began a long range plan with an advisory team, made up of parents, Board of Education members, […]

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Vernon, Jeanine K. 

LYONS: Jeanine K. Vernon, 63, passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Strong Memorial Hospital.   A private graveside service will be held at South Lyons Cemetery. Jeanine was born in Lyons, NY, on August 22, 1960 the daughter of the late Richard and Doris Bullock DeVay.  For years, she was a C.N.A. at […]

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Schultz, Enid E.

NEWARK: Enid E. Schultz, 98, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at DeMay Living Center. Friends may call from 10-11 AM on Friday, December 8, 2023, at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. Main St. in Newark.  A funeral service will follow at the Church at 11 AM.  Burial will be in East […]

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