In 1942 a group of residents formed the Union Hill Volunteer Firemen’s Association Inc. as a volunteer fire company in the Town of Ontario. Their objective was to provide additional fire protection services in the Hamlet of Union Hill that straddles the western side of the Town of Ontario and the eastern side of the […]

Residents of one trailer park in Lyons have been without power for going on two weeks. It’s an issue they were assured would be fixed, but now problems are piling up for the park and its owner. Canal Side Mobile Home Park has been in the dark since July 11 when the town cut power […]

The new Farm Workers Bill sounds like a fair, socially acceptable right for workers. The problem is that it may put many smaller farms out of business, according to Williamson fruit farmer Gary Orbaker. He added that it will cut profits to family farms already struggling to survive. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Farm […]

On Sunday (7/7), at approximately 4:30 p.m., the State Police investigated a car vs. train accident near Brown and Locco Road in the Town of Savannah, Wayne County. The train originated in New York City, and was on its way west to Rochester after a stop in Syracuse. Troopers say that an unoccupied passenger vehicle […]

Is there is anything that can be done about Scott Kelly, the 53 year-old man who is arrested on a regular basis? Scott is a severe alcoholic who is the scourge of police and stores with his constant thefts, begging and public urinations. His last arrests were for shoplifting beer and stealing an American flag […]

Applications will be accepted by the Wayne County Human Resource Office at 26 Church Street, Lyons, New York up to July 30, 2019. The examination will be held on September 14, 2019. Applicants must be residents of Wayne County, have the minimum qualifications of a graduation from high school or possession of a high school […]

On June 17, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jacqueline V. Iati, age 31, of 920 Driving Park Circle, in Newark, following an Arrest Warrant that was issued out of the Town of Arcadia Court. It is alleged that on June 12th, 2019 Ms. Iati went to 5534 Tellier Road in the Town of Arcadia […]

On June 20 the Walworth Town Board authorized their Supervisor, Susie Jacobs, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to begin exploring the option of joining the Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority’s Western Regional Wastewater Treatment System improvements project.  This project is to regionalize and consolidate the wastewater treatment plants of Palmyra, Macedon, and Marion, […]

Police report that a 84 year-old Town of Savannah man was attacked by  what he believed was a wild dog on Monday (7/1) afternoon on Cotton Road. The animal first attacked Richard Rising’s wife at the end of their driveway, then turned and attacked him.  Rising was able  to get the upper hand in the […]

Police report that a Town of Savannah man was attacked by  what he believed was a wild dog on Monday (7/1) afternoon onCotton Road. The animal first attacked the 84 year-old man's wife. He was able to choke the animal to death. When police arrived they identified the animal as a fox. Both the man […]