Finger Lakes Times | FLTimes.com | Local News | Geneva, NY (2024)

SENECA FALLS — The National Women’s Hall of Fame is searching for a new leader following the resignation of Jennifer Gabriel.

CANANDAIGUA — The swimming beach at Kershaw Park and the dog beach to the east are closed due to the suspected presence of blue-green algae.

Former Newark baseball player Benjamin Cowles was traded from the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs just hours before the 2024 Major League Baseball Trade Deadline.

LYONS — The 31st annual Curtain Call program brought together 140 talented students from eight school districts for a celebration of performing arts education at Lyons High School.

KEUKA PARK — Keuka College has filled a key leadership role, naming corporate veteran Brian McDonald as its new vice president for finance and administration.

David Gravel became the most successful World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers to suit up at Weedsport Speedway Sunday night, winning his fourth Empire State Challenge event in five tries. The outlier? A second-place effort.

LODI — A New York City-based solar company has applied for a state permit related to endangered or threatened bird species.

CANANDAIGUA — Samantha Anderson remembers her first experiences with Chicago, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers who wowed the mostly 40-and-older crowd on a gorgeous summer evening at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Thursday night.

WATERLOO — For the second time in less than three years, an iconic eatery in this Seneca County village will be closed temporarily due to a fire.

WATERLOO — Multiple fire departments were on the scene Monday morning to bring a fire at Connie's Diner under control.

WATERLOO — Services for Seneca County veterans and their families may be expanded, thanks to a state grant.

GENEVA — Arthur Wolcott went to an auction in Dundee as a Cornell senior, looking for a good deal on a typewriter. Instead, he bought a bankrupt grape juice plant (which, not incidentally, included at least one typewriter).

SENECA FALLS — The U.S. Department of Justice has changed its mind.

NEWARK — A major tenant of the Newark Regional Health and Wellness Center has pulled out, village officials and project developers have confirmed.

SENECA FALLS — Seneca Lake Guardian can sue the state over possible pollution of Cayuga Lake.

GENEVA — Rochester Regional Health is no stranger to the area healthcare landscape, yet agency officials admitted it could be much more visible.

The journalism of the turn of the last century laid the foundation for what is standard today.

With the Olympic Games officially underway in Paris, many of the athletes competing for medals have spent a lifetime perfecting their crafts in order to compete on national and international stages.

Recent William Smith graduate and Auburn native Elisa Faiola helped the U.S. women’s rowing team capture a gold medal in the women’s eight at the 2024 FISU World University Championships Rowing. Contested in Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 4-6, the championships featured…

GENEVA — Jimmer McCormack has been a Geneva Fire Department assistant chief for more than 40 years, yet he admits his experience pales in comparison to that of Kevin Powers, who passed away recently after 61 years as assistant chief…

CANANDAIGUA — Susan Martenson is the new president of the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association Board of Directors.

GENEVA — Ian Boni’s Twisted Rail Brewing has enjoyed big success in a former movie theater on Exchange Street downtown, along with other locations in the Finger Lakes.

WATERLOO — The former chief of the Border City Fire Department and one-time candidate for Seneca County sheriff has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $18,000 from the department.

SENECA FALLS — Those who adore the classic holiday movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” can help expand the museum devoted to the movie, which many believe is based on Seneca Falls.

PENN YAN — Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 for the annual Community Table farm-to-table dinner scheduled for Sept. 7.

Only time will tell if new regulations being considered by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration impact volunteer fire companies, but local officers in those departments are keeping an eye on the situation.

CANANDAIGUA — The Town Board didn’t look far for its new town manager.

PENN YAN — Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital turns 100 years old this fall, and several community celebrations are planned to mark the occasion.

GENEVA — A summer tradition returns Friday when the 23rd Cruisin’ Night and Block Party takes over downtown.

FAYETTE — Three Brothers Wineries and Estates, which features three wineries, a microbrewery, and a café, has launched two guided tours.

CLIFTON SPRINGS — A new exhibition debuts at Main Street Arts July 27, with an opening reception planned for 3-6 p.m.

GENEVA — The Smith Opera House will be the stage where those in the audience will be transported into the enchanting world of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical” and let their imagination run wild.

First, a disastrous debate performance by Democratic President Joe Biden against Republican and former president Donald Trump in June. Next, an assassination attempt on Trump. And now, this week’s news that Biden is dropping his reelection bid and that his…

CANANDAIGUA — A major focus of Ontario County’s Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste Management has been reducing the amount of trash going to the county-owned landfill in the Town of Seneca.

SODUS — Kathya Aguilera Murillo’s hard work has earned her a full ride to the State University of New York’s School of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.

GENEVA — Lake to Lake Women’s 62nd annual Community-Birthday calendar will feature a cover photo of the five community bells of distinction in a park on the Generations Bank headquarters property at 20 E. Bayard St.

GENEVA — On the first Tuesday in August, millions of people attend National Night Out events worldwide including many U.S. states, territories, and our country’s military bases around the globe.

SENECA COUNTY — The Seneca County Arts Council named two high school seniors this year for a $500 college scholarship each. Each year, one scholarship is awarded. This year, due to quality of work and a generous $500 donation from…

SODUS — The body of an Ontario County man was found Monday night in Sodus Bay, a day after he and a woman were tossed from a speedboat.

The band Chicago is returning to Upstate New York again this week and will perform at the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center July 25.

This year’s Saturday night championship was won by Jamie St. Mary, from Malone in Franklin County, while local upstart Ray Jones won the 30-plus car four-cylinder chain-and-bang feature, topping his longtime friend Michael Soler.

CANANDAIGUA — Help could be coming for Ontario County and 14 others that suffered damage from last week’s severe storms that included multiple tornadoes, one of which hit Canandaigua.

GENEVA — Kelley Monson is the new president of the City School District’s Board of Education.

LYONS — Normally, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors doesn’t spend much time debating legislation at its monthly meetings. That usually happens at the committee level.

SODUS — As of Monday morning, police and other responders were continuing to search for a man ejected from a speedboat Sunday on Sodus Bay.

PHELPS — The town has been awarded a $1 million grant to replace a culvert on Melvin Hill Road that carries water from a tributary to the Canandaigua Lake Outlet.

NEWARK — The village has received a nearly $1.3 million state grant for the reconstruction of what officials called a “critical culvert” on East Maple Avenue.

KEUKA PARK — Nearly 200 wellness enthusiasts gathered at Keuka College on the weekend of July 12-14 for presentations, activities, entertainment, and healthy meals — all centered around a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.

GENEVA — Hobart and William Smith Colleges have announced its newest major: environmental science, offered as a bachelor of science.

VICTOR — Police are still looking for a town resident last seen July 15.