Six years ago Brittany (Drexler) Dippel was diagnosed with and conquered ovarian cancer. Since then, Brittany and her husband Andy have been blessed with two precious children, Graham and Raegan. However, after the birth of Raegan this past spring, Brittany found out her ovarian cancer had returned and was also found in her spine, lungs […]
Damn Yankees will be presented at the Ohmann Theatre in Lyons, NY Friday August 5 and Saturday August 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday August 7 at 2:30 p.m. The story follows Joe Boyd (Garrett Fries of Marion) a loyal Washington Senators fan who makes a deal with the devil, Mr. Applegate (Luke Cornwell of […]
Some great deals, some not so great deals, some hanky panky by bidders, some property owners calling foul As tax foreclosure sales go, this was Wayne County’s biggest. Wayne County Treasurer Tom Warnick attributed the increase in properties seized owing back taxes to the slump in the economy. Seventy-four properties, an increase of about […]
The town of Titusville, FL played host to an estimated crowd of one million to view the final launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. Despite a slight delay at T-31 seconds to verify the retraction of the Oxygen Vent Arm, also called “Beanie Cap”. There was also a threatening weather forecast which included two lighting strikes to the launch tower that started talks about delaying the launch until Sunday. The Space Shuttle Atlantis would not be denied. With the International Space Station as it target, at 11:29 EST Atlantis roared off into history in the last space shuttle mission. Veteran reporters, astronauts and visitors...
The WXXI Educational Outreach Center is proud to announce that Williamson High School science teacher Brendan Noon has won a PBS Teacher Innovation Award. Noon was one of 12 educators across the country who was recognized for his creative and inventive use of public media to engage students and improve learning. PBS invited educators across […]
From the time that Palmyra-Macedon teacher Greg Russell sparked Jason Oaks’ interest about East Asia in the district’s International Baccalaureate program, he’s been hooked. This week Oaks, now 24 and a PhD candidate in International Relations at Cornell University, embarked on his fifth trip to China. He was one of 575 graduate and undergraduate students […]
Marion Youth Baseball and Softball hosted one of many local PITCH, HIT & RUN™ competitions on the League’s Opening Day in April. Competitors who achieved scores high enough at the local level qualified for the Regional event. Last weekend the Regional competition took place at Rochester’s Frontier Field. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks was on […]
Newark High School Junior and French horn player Kelsey Williams has been performing this school year with the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. And that’s no small feat. The RPYO is comprised of more than one hundred of the most accomplished middle-and high-school musicians from over thirty schools in the greater Rochester area. Each year the […]
A local Marine who was injured in Afghanistan, was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart recently On Friday May 20, 2011, Corporal Zachary D. Byron, a Pashtu linguist from Marion, stationed at Camp Pendelton was presented the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for actions while serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in […]
Amy Zeller, daughter of Scott and Julie Zeller, has been named the Valedictorian for the Marion Senior High Class of 2011. Amy has earned this distinction by accumulating an overall academic average of 97.741. In addition to completing her four years of high school with the top average in a class of 67 students, Amy […]
The Town of Macedon Code Enforcement Officers are cleaning house. Starting last week Code Enforcement Officers Scott Allen and Michael Nelson began “red tagging” empty mobile homes in the Town’s mobile home parks. The Town has seven mobile home parks, and Allen stated that several of the park owners are offering abandoned trailer homes on […]
Newark High School seniors Matthew Plain and Eli Ebanks became the 2011 recipients April 28 of the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Youth Awards. Given at the annual community awards dinner at the Newark Quality Inn, the Outstanding Youth Award winners were announced by WHAM 13 Associate News Director and Anchor Don Alhart. Alex […]
She made it official on Friday afternoon. After 31-1/2 years as the Wayne County Planning Director, Sharon Lilla is retiring. Her official last day will be July 8th. Sharon received her Bachelors degree in Geography from SUNY Oswego, which she explained was about as close to a planning degree as one could get in the […]
A few weeks ago, rumors circulated that the Marion Post Office would be closing as part of the U.S. Postal Services’ effort to save money. While postal officials say no such closure is planned, they do acknowledge their may be some changes on the horizon in how services are delivered. “We are looking at possible […]
Hundreds of Walworth residents - friends, family and those who only knew his legacy, attended the memorial service on Thursday for Stuart Huntley. The service was fittingly held at the place Stu called a second home - the Walworth Fire Hall on Church Street. In full dress uniforms, his colleagues/fellow firefighters, stood at attention during […]
