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 […]
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 […]
