PALMYRA — The Breen family operated a grocery at 611 E. Main St. since 1966, before putting the 31,000-square-foot building on three acres up for sale in January, citing mounting losses amid a changing business climate.
LYONS — The two candidates squaring off in a Republican primary for Wayne County judge agree that experience is a factor in the election.
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LYONS — The county’s business startup competition has a new twist this year: There will be an opportunity for student entrepreneurs to make pitches as well.
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NEWARK — A retail spot at Newark Plaza formerly occupied by the now-defunct Stage Stores chain is getting new life.
NEWARK — Canal development takes center stage in plans to revitalize Newark’s downtown.
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LYONS — The Wayne County Office of Economic Development and Planning is hosting a business panel at 8:30 a.m. June 24, via Zoom. Programs and initiatives aimed at addressing housing needs and issues in Wayne County will be discussed.
ARCADIA — The Wayne County Water & Sewer Authority is proposing to install a 2-million-gallon water tank on County House Road, while also improving the pumping and transmission system serving the water main there.
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LYONS — The Ginna Nuclear Power Plant is set to close in September 2029, but the Wayne County Board of Supervisors plans to urge the state Climate Action Council to consider it and three other upstate facilities a component of New York’s carbon-free energy plan.
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LYONS — Mike DeCola and his friends are fixtures at the Community Co-op at Newberry on William Street in downtown Lyons.
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By the time Friday morning arrived, many Finger Lakes-area residents had all but forgotten about the line of thunderstorms that rolled through the region Thursday afternoon — and a tornado watch alert.
JUNIUS — A Seneca County youth accused of stealing a vehicle and crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer faces criminal charges.
NEWARK — Wayne Arts will participate in the ninth annual Wine, Craft Beverage, and Artisan Festival scheduled for 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at T. Spencer Knight Canal Port.
NEWARK — The Wayne County New York Genealogical Society (WCNYGS) is gearing up to help Wayneconians — past and present — celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Wayne County through its genealogy project “Pioneering Families of Wayne County 1783-1899.” It begins in January 2023 an…
NEWARK — The Free Lunch Program at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church provides grab-and-go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday, between 11 a.m. and noon.
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SODUS POINT — Wayne County Sheriff Ron Milby admits he’s frustrated.
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LYONS — Wayne County’s efforts to restore contaminated properties and put them back on the tax rolls has received a big boost.
MANCHESTER — Police don't believe it was intentional, but a Fairport man faces a felony charge for allegedly firing the bullet that hit the Hill Cumorah Visitors Center on Wednesday afternoon, leading to a tense scene at times.
SODUS — The Sodus Farmers’ Market opens its 14th season June 15. It will be open 2:30-6 p.m. each Wednesday through Oct. 12 in the parking lot of the United Third Methodist Church on Belden Avenue.
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SODUS POINT — Don Antal starts most of his days the same way, listening to the birds outside his window calling to him to fill his feeder trays.
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LYONS — A longtime can manufacturer is closing in September.
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WALWORTH — Wayne County Sheriff Rob Milby called Friday’s incident at Gananda Middle School — which at one time included a reported kidnapping and shooting — a “false alarm.”
If you fill up your car at gas stations in Wayne or Yates counties, you might be noticing something unusual: The price has dropped.
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ALBANY — For the second year in a row, the Finger Lakes Times’ “Community Giving” special section spotlighting community volunteers has won recognition from the New York News Publishers Association, while for the fifth time in the last six years, the Times’ preseason “Football 2021” magazine…
CLYDE — The Clyde-Savannah Central School District Board of Education has appointed Jennifer Kelsey to the position of elementary principal.
RED CREEK — State police are investigating an accident that resulted in the death of a dirt bike operator.
PALMYRA — Two people face a charge of first-degree murder in South Carolina after being tracked down in Wayne County Friday — and a third suspect remains at large.
NEWARK — The Newark Downtown Revitalization Initiative committee is moving ahead on its July deadline to develop a plan for using $10 million in state funding to spur business development in the village.
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NEWARK — The community has been calling for more monitoring of the canal area in downtown Newark following the assault of a teen and vandalism of a mural.
MACEDON — State police have arrested a Gananda High School student for allegedly posing with an assault weapon on social media.
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LYONS — Ellen Wayne has a desk job as commissioner of the Wayne County Department of Social Services, but that doesn’t mean you’ll always find her there.
LYONS — The Wayne County sheriff’s office is investigating a two-vehicle fatal accident that happened late Friday morning on Route 31.
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NEWARK — Several people have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault and robbery of a local teen last week.
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NEWARK — Several people have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault and robbery of a local teen last week.
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LYONS — The Wayne County sheriff's office is investigating a two-vehicle fatal accident late Friday morning on Route 31.
NEWARK — The recent attack of a young man with autism in the parking lot of a Newark hotel has brought unwanted media attention to the village.
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LYONS — MaryAnn Loss said Capt. John P. Albaugh was like so many soldiers of his time: an ordinary citizen who took up arms against a powerful British force attempting to exert its will more than three decades after the United States declared its independence.
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NEWARK — Wayne County’s sheriff is indicating arrests are imminent in the apparent gang assault of a local teen last week.
MORAVIA — Cayuga County sheriff’s investigators have arrested two Wayne County residents as part of a robbery probe.
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An early newspaper article that I found not long ago in our museum archives piqued my interest in writing this piece for publication. It gave me a completely different hi(story) of how Lyons was named.
WOLCOTT — State police are asking for the public’s help after a body was found Thursday afternoon on the shoreline of Blind Sodus Bay.
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LYONS — The Wayne County Industrial Development Agency has approved a package of tax incentives for Optimax, which is adding a 36,000-square-foot addition to its 115,000 square feet of space at its Dean Parkway complex off Route 104 in Ontario.
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LYONS — Creating a countywide emergency medical services agency is a big undertaking, Wayne County officials acknowledge. It’s so big the county is planning to hire a firm to help it implement the service.
MACEDON — Long Acre Farms open for its 29th season on April 29.
MACEDON — The first vehicle Kitty Van Bortel purchased after launching her first used car business in the late 1980s was a Corvette.
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LYONS — Ron DeCracker is quick to point out that when former President George H.W. Bush turned 90 in 2014, he parachuted out of a plane.
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PALMYRA/MACEDON — The impending arrival of guests sends most of us into a cleanup flurry of our often-messy homes.
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LYONS — Come June, gas should get a little cheaper in Wayne County.
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LYONS — Wayne County is set to spend $8.5 million to address the digital divide that has haunted portions of the county for years.
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LYONS — Organizers of the Lyons Canal Clean Sweep said a record 92 volunteers pitched in to clean the canal banks and trails Saturday.
LYONS — Wayne County Administrator Rick House said it didn’t take long for the news to reverberate in department offices Tuesday morning that supervisors had rejected a temporary stipend plan for county workers, designed to attract and retain county employees and provide some financial relie…