PENN YAN — When Dan Rector looks at his two gold medals from the Empire State Senior Games he can’t help but think of Ambrose “Amby” Cook, a legendary physical education teacher and coach at Penn Yan Academy.
TORREY — A Penn Yan man was killed Tuesday morning after his car collided with a dump truck on Route 14.
PENN YAN — Johnson-Costello American Legion Post 355 of Penn Yan awarded two Penn Yan Academy seniors scholarships during the organization’s monthly meeting.
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PENN YAN — After some controversy and criticism, the Yates County Legislature has approved new district lines.
BRANCHPORT — Those with a sentimental attachment to the former school in this Yates County hamlet may want to say their goodbyes before too much longer.
PENN YAN — The Penn Yan Action Coalition is reminding area residents of the third annual community read, which is being held this month.
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PENN YAN — If not for the Civil War, Lemmon v. New York could have gone down as one of the most memorable cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.
PENN YAN — A local man will be spending about six months in jail for sexually abusing two minors.
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GENEVA — Climbing Bines started crafting ales and growing its own hops 15 years ago, developing a business that now includes a tasting room and events venue on hills overlooking Seneca Lake in the Yates County town of Torrey.
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While there is no information pointing to a specific threat, local police agencies are stepping up their presence at schools in response to the mass shooting in Texas.
PENN YAN — In a case connected to one that made national news, a woman has been convicted of helping a local midwife run an illegal practice.
The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has planned a summer kickoff event and fundraiser from 4-8 p.m. May 27 at Cascade Falls on the Keuka Outlet Trail.
PENN YAN — Pennsylvania-based Wayne Bank, the parent company of Bank of the Finger Lakes, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony May 13 at the site of the new Penn Yan branch at 225 Main St.
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PENN YAN — Yates County has joined the growing list of municipalities helping drivers save money at the pumps in the current era of high gas prices.
PENN YAN — The village is asking for more time to comply with fecal coliform and total residual chlorine effluent limits for its wastewater treatment plant.
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PENN YAN — Just two days after a memorable blaze in Geneva, firefighters in this Yates County village battled one of their own.
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JERUSALEM — A Naples man who was trimming trees Friday morning outside of Penn Yan died after falling more than 50 feet.
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PENN YAN — Yates County residents will have a chance to weigh in on a redistricting plan.
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PENN YAN — Yates County residents who test positive for Covid-19 will no longer get a phone call from the state Department of Health virtual call center or Yates County Public Health.
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BENTON — A longtime bus driver in the Penn Yan school district was placed on paid administrative leave after her bus went into a ditch Monday morning with 13 students on board.
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PENN YAN — Village police arrested a Yates County man Friday after he allegedly stabbed someone during a fight.
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PENN YAN — A recent ceremony at Penn Yan Academy had the look and feel of students signing letters of intent to play college athletics.
PENN YAN — A local man who injured a fellow inmate at the Yates County Jail earlier this year is heading to prison.
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PENN YAN — After several meetings and considerable debate, it appears the Yates County Legislature is generally in agreement on how new legislative districts should look.
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GENEVA — As Toni Reed looks back on her 30-year career at United Parcel Service, she recalls a time when she didn’t think she would last three months.
PENN YAN — Today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Yates County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
PENN YAN — Pro Action Yates Office for the Aging will hold a walking program, “Walk with Ease.” This program will help ease arthritis pain, improve your balance, improve your walking and to motivate yourself to start a walking program. This class will be held Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday…
PENN YAN — The Penn Yan Action Coalition has announced its third annual community read will take place in June. The book selection this year is “Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to Her Son,” by Homeira Qaderi, which “challenges you to reconsider the meaning of motherhood, sac…
PENN YAN — There will be four candidates for one position on the school board in the upcoming election.
PENN YAN — The Yates County sheriff’s office will take part in the nationwide pharmaceutical collection event April 30.
PENN YAN — Johnson-Costello Post 355 of the American Legion honored several volunteers at the post’s recent birthday dinner.
PENN YAN — Village police have charged a Penn Yan Academy student with a crime for allegedly giving a concentrated cannabis gummy to another student who suffered a negative reaction.
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TORREY — A state Supreme Court justice will not be standing in the way of Greenidge Generation's expansion of its bitcoin mining operation on the shores of Seneca Lake.
PENN YAN — Village police have lodged a homicide charge against a resident of a local senior living facility following the death of another resident.
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PENN YAN — Village police have lodged a homicide charge against a resident of a local senior living facility following the death of another resident.
PENN YAN — A local man accused of possessing thousands of child pornography images was arraigned on felony charges Tuesday in Yates County Court.
PENN YAN — Three recreation projects totaling nearly $50,000 will get funding from the Yates County Legislature.
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PENN YAN — At some point, the Yates County Legislature will have to decide on a plan to redraw district lines — and it could mean adding a member and shifting to a weighted voting system.
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PENN YAN — This Yates County village has a new mayor — by a razor-thin margin.
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PENN YAN — This Yates County village has a new mayor — by a razor-thin margin.
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PENN YAN — Just minutes before his trial was set to begin, a former local resident pleaded guilty to his part in a home invasion.
PENN YAN — Local and state police are saying little about a raid Thursday at a village business.
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PENN YAN — Leigh MacKerchar has been the mayor of this Yates County village for a dozen years. Dan Condella has been deputy mayor the last four years.
PENN YAN — Yates County Public Health has scheduled a series of free rabies vaccination clinics for pets.
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PENN YAN — The Penn Yan Academy Drama Club and numerous community volunteers are pumping new meaning into the phrase “The show must go on.”
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PENN YAN — With the latest Yates County Habitat for Humanity project nearing the finish line, agency officials are setting their sights on a milestone build.
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PENN YAN — Following suit with neighboring counties, Yates County has lifted its mask mandate for employees and visitors in county buildings, regardless of vaccination status.
PENN YAN — Yates County Public Health is distributing free Covid-19 at-home test kits to several locations in the county. Free KN95 masks will also be available.
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PENN YAN — Two men who sold a large amount of methamphetamine in the village will be doing a combined 15 years behind bars.
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DUNDEE — Terrie Sautter read some good suggestions about giving recently in the “Hints from Heloise” column that appears daily in the Finger Lakes Times.