Dear Mayor and Geneva City Councilors:

At a minute or so past 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the city of Geneva’s governing body adopted Local Law 1-2021. By a 6-3 vote, City Council approved the formation of a nine-member Police Review Board.

Uplifting words from and to children

Every election season, the Finger Lakes Times receives numerous letters to the editor endorsing or denouncing candidates. So, as we gear up for Election Day on Nov. 5, here is a refresher of our policies for political letters to the editor:

Odors to the left of me, odors to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

(Editor’s note: Virginia O’Hanlon, an 8-year-old child from New York City, wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Sun newspaper, and the paper’s quick response — printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, 1897 — became one of the most famous editorials in history. The work was that …

The 2018-19 school year is not yet a month old, but it appears some people need a reminder that school-zone speed limits are being enforced.

According to the nonprofit Cervantes Institute, there are more than 577 million Spanish speakers in the world today. There are an estimated 40 million in the United States alone, and within 10 years there will be more Spanish speakers here than in Spain itself.

On consecutive days last week, the city of Geneva filled what arguably are its two most important administrative positions.

She was dedicated. She was generous. She was passionate. She cared about people.

Soccer’s World Cup final is coming up today, but on Thursday, the Finger Lakes region claimed a victory that means more to our area and our way of life than anything France or Croatia can stir up on a soccer pitch in Russia. Besides, that game will last 90 minutes or so; the FL’s battle took…

Here’s a scene most of us witness almost daily: A smoker flicking their cigarette butt, often still smoldering, onto the sidewalk or street — or out their car window.

The situation in the Waterloo Central School District right now is just plain strange.

We are fortunate to call this part of the world home for a number of reasons, not the least of which is this time of the year, when we are reminded that Waterloo is the birthplace of the three-day holiday weekend we are celebrating through tomorrow.

Earlier this year, Ontario County launched a new website to help residents recycle more and change their waste diversion habits.

A little over six months from now, voters will determine if Andrew Cuomo serves a third term as New York state governor — although he must first weather a September primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon first.

Dear Mother Nature:

For many Geneva residents, getting to the city’s popular farmers market hasn’t been easy.

The claim from del Lago Resort & Casino officials that a substantial part of the reason for the facility’s very public financial struggles is that the Seneca Indian Nation has more money for promotion rings hollow.

Every year in late August, the Ontario County Traffic Safety Board and STOP-DWI program — as well as numerous police agencies in the Finger Lakes area — promote and publicize campaigns to enforce safety around school buses.

Until the last few days, the weather so far this month has been far from ideal for riding a bicycle. However, February’s uncommonly mild weather brought out those who enjoy traveling by the two-wheel variety.

“Replace the current sewer line on Bayard (Street). It’s worth the extra money and inconvenience.”

Last week was Sunshine Week in New York state, but it didn’t have anything to do with sunny weather even though the calendar was getting ready to flip to spring.

President Donald Trump turned his attention away from his Twitter account recently to focus on another inescapable aspect of the world we live in today: violent video games.

When Calvin Ruthven’s controversial — and what some viewed as counter-intuitive — plan was unveiled to save a long-vacant building on one of the Geneva’s most dynamic streets by ripping a good portion of it down, lots of merchants came to bat for the real estate professional.

Now that MIT researchers have confirmed that lies, especially on Twitter, fly faster than truth, the perennial advice to “think before you speak” is more vital than ever.

Sports fans — and even non-sports fans — across America are catching a case of March Madness this week, otherwise known as the NCAA Division I basketball tournament and manifested in office pools and brackets from coast to coast.

The proposal by Circular EnerG to build and operate a large-scale, trash-burning, electricity-generating power plant at the former Seneca Army Depot has been thoroughly opposed — and even reviled — by individuals, municipalities and citizen groups since it was first unveiled publicly in November.

At tonight’s Geneva City Council meeting, the nine-member panel will consider waiving the requirement that the current police chief live within the city limits (see a copy of the resolution at www.fltimes.com).

We are taking a bashing on Facebook — and probably in other venues — for a Letter to the Editor that we ran anonymously in Tuesday’s paper under the headline “Sign riles people up, doesn’t show compassion, empathy.”