The growing EV market and the companies leading the charge There is a movement afoot and it will drastically impact the way you live, think and move. Not since the emergence of automobiles, slowly putting horse travel to pasture, has such a potential of change challenged the social factor of life. The revolution started slowly […]
Following scathing remarks from numerous County Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) heads and State politicians, State DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder released his own blistering response to the $25 new license fee for state drivers. Wayne County Clerk, Mike Jankowski, State Assemblyman, Brian Manktelow (R,C-Wayne County) and New York State Assemblyman/Minority Republican Leader Brain Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) […]
Newark Village Police responded to 112 West Maple Street in Newark on Monday (8/19) at noon for a report of a domestic assault. Miguel Gonzalez Jr., age 32, reportedly beat his 72 year-old father with a wooden bat on the left leg and arms. The injuries occurred as Miguel Sr, took a defensive stand preventing […]
New York State’s DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) proposes license plate replacement with mandatory $25 fee. This comes on the heel of numerous complaints that the current license plates have been plagued with peeling problems Wayne County Clerk Mike Jankowski calls the move by the State as nothing short of an “unnecessary money grab”. Jankowski […]
State Police Investigators out of Wolcott are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men who caused damage to golf carts at the Port Bay Golf Course on August 15. These images were caught on surveillance video. Anyone with information is asked to call 911, or Investigator Michael Sarno at 315 594-8071.
It was reported on Tuesday (8/6) that Dennis J. Howell, age 53, residing at 3657 South Townline Road, Lot #21 in Palmyra, was arrested on an out-of-state Las Vegas Police for 20 counts of Possession of Visual Pornography of a Person Less Than 16 years old. Originally it was reported Howell was taken to Centralized […]
The Times of Wayne County and the Wayne Writers Guild are sponsoring a Wayne County Book Fest on Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 11:00-4:00. They are seeking Wayne County authors to participate and promote their works, and reading and literacy, in general. The Palmyra Town Hall has been secured for the event. This facility is […]
On Friday, August 16, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a deceased male in the bed of a pickup truck at Tops, 3949 Lockport-Olcott Road, in the Town of Newfane. Initial investigation revealed that a female operator left Wayne County Friday morning between 8:30-9 a.m. enroute to Niagara County. The female reported that […]
The large, multi-building complex, located on a hill overlooking Route 31 in Macedon will soon change the Town forever. Built as the “Kordite Technical Center” back in the early 1960s, it went through a series of changes and expansions over the subsequent decades, eventually becoming the Exxon/Mobil Center before being sold to the multinational India […]
In a lengthy letter to the Times, Phil Provenzano, President of EPCP Properties at 1043 Gravel Road, Webster and owner of the Canalside Mobile Home Park in Lyons, who has come under scrutiny over the past month, responded with an explanation. Dear Editor, I am the owner of Canalside Mobile Home Park in Lyons, NY which has […]
The Macedon Police Department received a report on Friday (7/26) of two intoxicated kayakers flipped over in the canal and stumbling around. The caller was concerned for their safety as her child had to jump in the water to assist them. While enroute to the call, police were updated that the kayakers had left in […]
By Amber Linson Since the Fall of 2018, representatives from the Wayne County Board of Supervisors, the Town of Ontario, the Wayne Central School District, and Exelon (Ginna Nuclear Power Plant) have been negotiating a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement. This agreement coincides with Local Law #5, established on July 22, 2019 by […]
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 […]
