Press release:
The Batavia Society of Artists is hosting artist Karen Crittenden on Tuesday at Go-Art/Seymour Place, 201 E. Main St, Batavia at 7 p.m.
She will be doing a Drum Fun hands-on demo with African Drums. Also doing a transfer of a Mandela onto a drum. Non-Members are welcome for a $5 fee.
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Sheridan Benefits, LLC will host a series of ‘Medicare 101 Table Chats’ at three GLOW YMCA branches the week of March 7, 2022. Biggs Johnson with Sheridan Benefits will be available to present information to those approaching Medicare age to learn about the program and to answer questions from current Medicare beneficiaries.
Orleans County YMCA
306 Pearl Street, Medina
Monday, March 7 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.Genesee County YMCA
209 East Main Street, Batavia
Wednesday, March 9 from 9 – 11 a.m.Wyoming County YMCA
115 Linwood Ave, Warsaw
Thursday, March 10 from 9 – 11 a.m.These events are an opportunity to obtain important information Medicare eligible individuals will need in order to learn how Medicare works, discover changes within the program, review different coverage types and see which plans are the best for you and your current needs.
Medicare 101 Table Chats are open to the public.
Dispatchers and first responders are dealing with multiple calls throughout the county related to wind damage, including this big branch down on Clinton Street in the City of Batavia.
There are multiple power outages reported in Genesee County, including 816 National Grid customers without power in Stafford/Byron/Bergen. The outage is centered in Byron.
There is an outage affecting 143 customers in the northern part of the Town of Elba and into Barre. There are 109 customers without power north of North Byron Road just west of Byron Holley Road.
There is an outage for 76 customers and another for 69 customers in Alexander north of Route 20.
West of Darien Center is an outage affecting 235 customers and just north of that location, one affecting 130 customers.
Between Basom and Oakfield, 208 customers are without power. there are smaller outages northwest of Alabama.
National Grid has extra crews on duty to help handle the workload.
High winds are expected to continue until 7 p.m.
Photo submitted by Arielle McVay
The Lady Gophers reclaimed the sectional title from two years ago with a 46-42 victory over Gananda yesterday afternoon at Rush Henrietta High School.
Shea Amberger lead the way with 17 points and Laura Kingsley came up big in the fourth scoring at some key moments when the Gophers needed it most.
“Being down by seven in the first quarter was not the opening game plan, we were happy to be going in to the half up two”, said head coach Ben Schwenebraten. Our defensive effort in the second quarter was very good, which allowed us to regain the lead."
At the half Pavilion had a two-point lead 21-19.
Karlee Zinkievich scored two three-pointers on the night of which one in the third help give Pavilion a narrow lead going into the fourth.
“Each timeout in the fourth, we reemphasized their defensive effort and to play with confidence on offense. It was important to take care of the ball against the press so that we could get a good look at the basket.”
The Panthers Kaylee Marah scored eight in the fourth and 15 points in the game but was not enough to come close at the end. Also, scoring was Nadia Martznick with 14 points.
This is the Gophers' second title in the last three seasons.
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Photos by Steve Ognibene
The Alexander Lady Trojans season ended with a tough 61-37 loss against the #1 seeded East Rochester Bombers in the Section V Class C1 finals, finishing with a 14-10 record.
Alexander’s standouts include Natalie Whitmore sinking 8 out of 10 free throws, leading the team with 16 points, and Alyssa Kramer following up scoring 8 points.
East Rochester’s Broker scored 34 points alone and was a thorn in the side of Alexander’s defense the entire game.
Alyssa Kramer Kramer and Whitmore were honored after the game, being selected to the C1 all-tournament team.
Top photo: Melanie Pohl breaking through the Bomber’s defense
Natalie Whitmore reaching for a rebound
Alyssa Kramer after a breakaway, completing a lay-up
Natalie Whitmore
Riley Powell putting defensive pressure on East Rochester
The Town of Alexander came to show their support for their team and Coach Hirsch
Natalie Whitmore and Alyssa Kramer, Section V, Class C1 All-Stars
Mike Rapone is going out as he came in, the coach of a team that won a Section V title.
He coached the 1981 champions and today, in the final Section V championship game of his career, the Fighting Irish seized the block again, this time keeping it away from cross-county rivals Elba with a 59-46 win.
The title is the 10th sectional title of Rapone's legendary career, a Section V record. It is win number 728 for Rapone, also a Section V record.
Leading the way for the champions was Colin McCulley, who scored 19 points. Jordan Welker scored 13, Ryan Fitzpatrick scored eight, Jimmy Fanara, seven, and Cody Henry, five.
For Elba, CJ Gottler scored 15 points, Zack Marsceill, 12, Scott Connor, six, and Jake Walczak and Mike Long, five each.
Rehearsals for Batavia High School’s production of Mamma Mia has not been without its mishaps, senior Samantha Balbi says.
The Abba tune “Money, Money, Money” features actors in lines that move across the stage for a big dance number. Except there was no stage for the last few months, and actors had to adjust during busy scenes, she said.
“I’m weaving through everybody, and it was very difficult, very cramped,” 18-year-old Balbi said during an interview with The Batavian. ”I bumped into people accidentally. It’s a good sized cast; we had to work out spacing.”
As if scheduling and rehearsing with busy student actors — during a time requiring masks and sanitizing no less — wasn’t enough for Musical Director Caryn Wood and her cast. But then “the other shoe dropped,” she said: She and her cast were left without an auditorium for rehearsals. A massive windstorm boasting 75 mph gusts on Dec. 11 last year left portions of Batavia High School’s roof severely damaged. That in turn rendered the auditorium below inoperable. Up to that point, her production of Mamma Mia was well on track for an early March debut, Wood said.
“In very early December we did auditions. We had just finished Sherlock Holmes,” she said. “All was fine, we’re just rolling onto the next show. We were starting our rehearsal process, and the windstorm happened.”
All of the air exchanges on the roof were damaged, leaving no way for air circulation in the auditorium, she said. No one was allowed to use the space until the exchanges were fixed. She and students initially and enthusiastically marched on. They learned their lines and music while seated in smaller areas, including the band and chorus rooms, and then added in hallways and sections of the gym for choreographed pieces.
Their plans for a show during the first weekend in March were eventually dashed, Wood said.
“We found out there was no way that was going to happen,” she said.
The group’s biggest space needed for choreography and blocking wasn’t going to be an option. For the next several weeks, they sought out whatever space was available for rehearsals, moved all of the chairs out of the room, and did what they could, she said.
“I’d say, ‘ok, we’re going to go on a field trip now,’ and we were going to find some space,” Wood said.
She met with Superintendent Jason Smith and Business Administrator Scott Rozanski, who were working with buildings and grounds staff about the necessary repairs. They were all “trying to move on a timeline,” she said.
In the meantime, a two- to three-week delay wasn’t just about rehearsal space, she said. Wood had to get an extension from Music Theater International for the show rights and usage of scripts and to extend costume and backdrop rental (which was shipped from Kansas) and materials from the art and hardware store.
“All of that had to be readdressed and readjusted,” she said. “It felt surreal, I didn’t know how it was all going to play out.”
The same could be said about Mamma Mia, a musical comedy about a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, with the possibility that any of them could be her father.
Wood had to make hard decisions, such as deliberately putting off the bigger choreography numbers until there was more room to move. It’s not the first time the director faced this type of dilemma, she said. Her cast had to work around a capital project for Shrek three years ago. Only she at least had a more definitive timeline, unlike the unknowns this time around.
“We were nomadic. We were going where we could go," she said. "I feel like young people handle change better than adults. All were on board, and they wanted to make a good show; they were up for the challenge. They are without a doubt super excited and thankful to come back into the auditorium.”
Rehearsals moved into the auditorium this past Monday for the first time all year. It was a “breath of relief,” said Balbi, who plays the character Donna.
Fellow actor Michael Bartz, a junior, has participated in theatrical shows since fifth grade. He is happy to be part of "a super upbeat show," and took the regular field trips with stride, he said.
“I’ve never had to move between rooms before; that was just fun, I enjoyed it,” he said, adding the downside “The space we had was not accurate to the stage. At the end for a megamix of three songs back to back, there are fun dance numbers and moving lines going back and forth. It was harder to transfer that to the stage.”
Wood explained that, after having to shrink down the dance moves to fit a hallway, there was then a challenge to expand all of that to fit across the school’s comparatively gigantic stage. She is grateful for the district administrators' assistance to get back into the auditorium, especially since the roof has not yet been completely repaired.
“We’re very fortunate, the show is only two weeks later,” she said. “There were some weeks when I was waiting with bated breath.”
The show has been postponed to run March 18-20.
Top photo: Members of Batavia High School's drama club rehearse a scene in the hallway of the State Street school. Other venues are tapped in an effort to find available space in lieu of using the auditorium due to roof damage. Photos by Howard Owens.
The Oakfield-Alabama Hornets had little trouble with Lyons at Victor Hight School on Friday on their way to a Section V Class C2 championship.
Final score: O-A 55, Lyons 29.
Kam Cusmano scored 18 points for the Hornets, with Gaige Armbrewster scoring 13 and Kaden Cusmano scoring 10.
Photos by Kristin Smith. For more, click here.
Tony Pecora spent the day in front of City Hall in Downtown Batavia calling it as he sees it: "Monster Putin Free Ukraine."
He had no trouble explaining his protest:
"Well, if you really want to know the reason is because over there, they're human beings just like us," he said. "But they're losing their children. They're losing their wives. They're losing their husbands. It's a terrible, terrible thing. And people over here, I mean, I hear people blowing the horns and thanking me, and that's fine. But there's a lot of people that just don't care. It's over there, let them go, and what I got here is fine with me. You can't do that. You just can't do that because if we weren't in NATO, it might happen right here. And then what are the people going to do?
"I mean, it's a terrible situation over there. And people are getting killed for what? For this idiot that thinks -- he's a despot, a horrible, horrible person.
"This thing shouldn't be going on. It is an awful, awful thing.
"I've got four children, and they're all with me. They stand with me. One is in Minnesota. One is in Virginia. I got two in Buffalo. And they're beautiful children, and they feel the same way. And I think people should stop and think about what's going on over there. They don't realize it's a terrible, terrible situation."
Press release:
Congressman Chris Jacobs (NY-27) is traveling to the southern border today to meet with members of Border Patrol and local law enforcement, tour detention facilities, and observe ports of entry and technology being deployed at the border.
“As a member of Congress, I believe it is imperative to see challenges facing our nation firsthand and to hear directly from the people facing them in order to be a more effective representative,” Jacobs said. “Since President Biden took office and undid the successful policies of President Trump that discouraged illegal immigration, we have seen a growing national security and humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Most recently, we have seen record amounts of fentanyl crossing into our country.”
This is Jacobs' third trip to the southern border since being elected to Congress. In June of 2021, Jacobs traveled to the southern border with President Trump to meet with Border Patrol agents and observe the impacts of President Biden’s decision to cancel the construction of the border wall.
“The Biden administration has created a crisis at our southern border – one that impacts the safety and well-being of every American. Once criminals and illicit drugs cross our southern border, they move throughout the nation,” Jacobs said. “Fentanyl trafficked across our southern border continues to fuel the opioid epidemic in communities across our country and right here at home. Securing our southern border and providing our brave Border Patrol agents with every resource they need has never been more important to the health, safety, and security of our nation.”
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Six successful leaders will provide an active discussion on "Climate Change and Sustainability" at the 2022 Wolcott J. Humphrey III Symposium on Leadership and Community Life on April 21, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the Richard C. Call Arena on the Genesee Community College's Batavia Campus.
The opening presentation by keynote, Peter Boyd, CEO & Founder of Time4Good and Resident Fellow at Yale Center for Business and Development, will be followed by a panel moderated by Dr. Benjamin Houlton, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. A luncheon will be provided with the opportunity for groups to network afterward.
Speakers are distinguished in their areas of expertise and innovation to the challenges of climate change.
Dr. Benjamin Z. Houlton is the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a Cornell University professor in the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Global Development. An accomplished international scientist, his research interests include global ecosystem processes, climate change solutions, and agricultural sustainability. As founding co-chair of the California Collaborative for Climate Change solutions, Ben works with researchers from key research institutions to accelerate the translation of research findings into practical climate solutions. He also directs more than 100 acres of farmland carbon sequestration projects to improve crop yields and create new financial markets for farmers and ranchers. Ben has published his research in leading scientific journals including Nature, Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As part of his mission to connect scientific discovery with the public, he is also a frequent guest on regional and national news programs.
Andrew J. Marsh joined Plug Power as president and CEO in April 2008. Under his leadership, Plug Power has been a leading innovator in the alternative energy field, helping create an entirely new hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) market in the material handling space as the world moves towards electrification in mobility applications. This new market has proven to be one of the first successful endeavors to commercialize HFC technology. Today, the firm's fuel cell solutions, including its GenKey suite and ProGen engine line, are leveraged by global marketplace leaders such as Amazon, Walmart and Carrefour to power industrial electric vehicles.
William D. Carleton is general manager, Solar Operations and Maintenance at Clearway Energy Group based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Will is responsible for overseeing the safe and reliable operations of 15 utility-, 275 commercial-, and industrial-scale solar assets across the United States totaling over 1500 megawatts of generation capacity. Under his leadership, Clearway has rapidly become one of the top solar owners/operators in the country. This has been accomplished through a dedication to the people who work for him and ensuring that not only are they able to handle all technical issues that arise but are also good stewards of the communities in which they operate.
Suzanne Hunt is co-owner of Hunt Country Vineyards, her family's seventh-generation farm and 40-year-old winery in the Finger Lakes. She is also policy director for Generate Capital which finances, builds, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure projects in North America, South America, and Europe. From 2007 to 2021 Suzanne was a cleantech and climate policy consultant solving problems in energy, agriculture, and transportation. Her firm Hunt Green LLC's clients included a wide variety of private equity firms, government agencies, startups, Fortune 500 companies, and nonprofits. At the winery, Suzanne has spearheaded a multitude of sustainability and climate resilience efforts - including energy efficiency, geothermal heating/cooling, solar PV, micro-wind, soil health, carbon sequestration, sustainable building materials, waste reduction, wildlife habitat, and advocacy. In 2021 Suzanne and her parents were recognized by Wine Business Monthly as some of the top leaders who shape the way the wine industry operates.
Curt A. Gooch is a Dairy Environmental System Solutions Expert at Land O'Lakes and a Cornell Senior Extension Associate Emeritus. Curt found his passion for animal agriculture early in life and has been fortunate to work professionally for over 30 years serving the US dairy industry. His unique combination of on-farm experience, professional preparation, technical experience, and industry leadership on environmental sustainability has resulted in positive impacts at the farm, milk shed, state, regional and national levels. He works extensively across the US and abroad, contributing towards dairy environmental, economic, and social sustainability with the goal of having dairy products on sustainable food plates. Curt is a technical and practical expert in the cradle to farm gate dairy environmental systems encompassing dairy facilities and management, cow comfort and well-being, manure handling, advanced manure treatment for energy recovery (anaerobic digestion) and nutrient recovery, environmental impact reduction and assessment, farmstead greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions quantification, mitigation, and off-farm offsets. He serves on the Innovation Center for US Dairy Environmental Stewardship Committee and the National Milk Producers Environmental Issues Committee. Curt earned a Master of Science degree in biological resources engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering, both from the University of Maryland College Park, and became a licensed professional engineer in 1996. Curt utilizes his farm upbringing to approach work from a systems solution's perspective based on identified end goals. He thrives when working with others committed to common outcomes and targeted impacts.
Peter Boyd teaches and coaches a wide variety of students, executives, and teams on 'Connected Leadership' and the opportunities arising from leading the transition to sustainability. In addition to his lecturer positions at Yale and consulting work with Time4Good; he serves on the Expert Peer Review Group for the UN's 'Race To Zero' campaign and is on the Senior Advisory Council for the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets. Locally, he is Chair of Sustainable Westport in his hometown. He has worked on, led, and advised, high-growth organizations on leadership, strategy, time maximization, team alignment, and entrepreneurial opportunity. His private-sector experience started with McKinsey & Co then spanned over ten jobs in twelve years at the Virgin Group, including CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. In non-profit and government, he was Launch Director and COO of Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room; served as Chair of The Energy Efficiency Deployment Office for the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change; and led The B Team's 'Net-Zero by 2050' initiative focused on business encouragement for an ambitious Paris Agreement at COP21.
The Wolcott J. Humphrey III Symposium on Leadership and Community Life is named in honor of Mr. Humphrey who died unexpectedly in 2001. As president of the former Pavilion State Bank and an active member of numerous civic organizations, Mr. Humphrey frequently spoke about the need for a forum where community and business leaders could hear and learn the world's best ideas about leadership. The first symposium was held in 2003 and featured Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim who spoke about leadership and perseverance.
Registration is available online at https://gccfoundationinc.org/humphrey. Lunch is included along with the opportunity to network with others.
When Chris Crocker first took over a liquor store location at 73 Main St., Batavia, she had a vision.
She didn't see the nearly bare shelves. She envisioned shelves stocked with some of the best wine and spirits available in the community.
Ten years later, she feels she's achieved that dream, she said, thanks to a great staff and the support of the community.
Crocker and her staff will celebrate The YNGodess Shop's 10th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday) from 5 to 7 p.m. tomorrow and the public is invited.
"It's been a lot of work a lot, a lot of passion," Crocker said. "I have a great staff. And I've been doing it all for my son, my life. It's not always been easy. We've overcome a lot of challenges and we just keep going. Let's all put our best foot forward and we'll keep being the best that we can be."
Crocker is grateful for the community support and it's always been her goal to give back to the community.
When the pandemic hit, in those first initial weeks, home delivery of wine and spirits became a big part of the liquor business but rather than pocket those extra profits from home delivery, Crocker set the money aside to give back to the community.
"We just gave $250 to a young lady that lost her daughter," Crocker said. "We've done the lunch thing with different (police and fire) departments around. I donated 911 flags back on 911 with the victims' names on them to the various departments around. We helped buy a motorized wheelchair for a woman in Le Roy. We figure it has come close to $20,000 that we've raised and put back into the community."
Top photo: Chris Crocker, middle, and staff members Valeria Antonetty and Jodi Fisher.
The YNGodess Shop is expressing its support for the people of Ukraine with a window display.
Two Batavia men have been arrested in Wyoming County on burglary charges, accused of stealing firearms and other property.
Antwan L. Odom, 21, and Christopher V. McClinic face four counts of burglary 2nd, a Class C violent felony.
Odom was arraigned and jailed in Wyoming County on $100,000 bail. McClinic was released under supervision.
The investigation began on Feb. 17 after a reported burglary in the Town of Covington.
Based on tips, search warrants were executed in Batavia and firearms, other property, and related evidence were recovered.
Wyoming County Sheriff Gregory J. Rudolf said witnesses reported seeing a suspicious vehicle on the day of the burglaries and that Batavia PD also received anonymous that and that citizen assistance was vital to the investigation.
He issued the following statement:
“I want to thank the community and those individuals for their assistance in this investigation. It proves public safety is truly a public venture. The professionals of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and the Batavia Police Department likewise provided essential support as this investigation trekked out of Wyoming County. Our own Criminal Investigations Division has labored continuously since February 17th running down leads, applying for search warrants, gathering evidence, conducting interviews and assembling an extensive case file to bring this case to this point and that work has been commendable. Those Investigators will continue to work this case as information develops and through its prosecution by the Wyoming County District Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information is still asked to call the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office at: 585-786-8989 or our Confidential Tip Line at: 585-786-8965.”
Press Release:
To stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, Notre Dame held a special "dress in yellow and blue" day and raised over $800.00. All money raised will go toward the World Central Kitchen www.wck.org which is a well-known organization working on the front lines in Ukraine and on the borders to make sure all are fed!
Pictured are students from ND's junior and senior classes.
Press release:
Today we congratulate Ray Tourt, Superintendent of Maintenance, for his leadership and dedication to the City of Batavia, the Department of Public Works, and the Bureau of Maintenance. Ray has served the City of Batavia since 1999, and last week announced his retirement.
Tourt served as the resident engineer and project administrator for the $28M reconstruction of NY Route 5 Main Street Project, multiple road and sidewalk construction projects, snow plowing and operations, parks as well as the City’s automotive repair facility.
“It was a pleasure to work with Ray, and I wish him all the best in his retirement. He will be passing on his wealth of knowledge to Scott Allen the new Superintendent. Scott Allen has been appointed and will start in his new role on Thursday, March 31, 2022,” said Rachael J. Tabelski, City Manager.
Allen has served the City for 23 years in various capacities, working in the sewer department to repair and rebuild manholes, as well as cleaning City streets and sidewalks. He advanced quickly to the position of full-time Mechanic and later, Mechanic Supervisor where he is responsible for scheduling the repair and maintenance of the City’s entire fleet of vehicles, scheduling crews, procuring parts/supplies, and supervising snow operations, and emergencies.
The Superintendent of the Bureau of Maintenance is responsible for:
- Street Maintenance and Cleaning- responsible for the safe and productive repair and maintenance of all City streets, and parking lots. The City maintains 50 miles of City roads, 7 miles of State Roads, pavement markings, traffic signs, 12 municipal parking lots and contracting out sidewalk repair.
- Public Works Garage- responsible for maintenance and repair of the entire fleet of city vehicles, heavy and small equipment.
- Snow Removal- Snow and ice removal from all City streets and parking lots. A priority snow removal plan is employed to ensure that all City streets and parking lots are easily passable and safe for all vehicular traffic.
- Parks, Refuse and Recycling- maintain 95 acres of City parklands, athletic fields, tennis courts, Spray Park, City Hall grounds, downtown, and other City-owned green spans. Parks also provide funding for tree trimming and removal of trees on City properties and efforts to beautify the City. Operates the Yard Waste Station.
- Storm Sewers- responsible for the repair of City-owned storm sewer lines and catch basins. The Bureau of Maintenance also provides storm sewer maintenance and inspection programs that include flushing, cleaning, and televising storm sewer lines.
Allen has completed formal schooling from Ohio Diesel Technology and has years of direct construction and maintenance experience within the Bureau of Maintenance. He has trained personnel on the proper and safe operations of equipment and is passionate about safety in the workplace. Allen lives in Batavia with his family.
The City of Batavia encourages all citizens to congratulate Tourt on his well-deserved retirement and welcome Allen in the position of Superintendent of Maintenance.
Less than four months after being turned back in an effort to build and operate a 50-and-over patio home development off East Avenue in the Village of Le Roy, Batavia entrepreneur Eric Biscaro has his sights set on another location – this one on Lake Street (Route 19), just south of the transfer station on West Bergen Road.
Biscaro, speaking to The Batavian today, said he sees many more “positives” going into his second attempt to put up 30 duplex homes (60 living units) that will mirror in many respects his Clinton Crossings Adult Patio Homes on Clinton Street in the Town of Batavia.
“I don’t have to get a zoning change for this one so there’s a lot less to be done,” he said. “I mean, it’s easier with no zone change. The zone change is what made it a big deal.”
The new proposal calls for the homes to be built on 16 acres off Route 19 in an area already zoned R-3 (Residential) and Biscaro would need only a special use permit from the village for a multi-family development.
In his previous proposal, he needed to persuade the Le Roy Village Board to approve a zoning change from Residential to Planned Unit Development – something that never made it to the floor due to ongoing opposition by residents of East Avenue, Orchard Drive and Poplar Lane.
Le Roy Village Mayor Greg Rogers today said that Biscaro already has approached the board and the response of the trustees at the meeting was favorable.
“In this case, it’s a wide open space and there’s really no through traffic, which was one of the concerns before,” Rogers said. “Also, there should be no water runoff problems (another issue with the East Avenue idea). It’s got a little natural buffer there because it’s downhill from the houses on Lake Street.”
Rogers said the village will have no financial stake in the project, unlike the last proposal where the village was going to contribute to the cost of extending East Avenue for single family homes.
No single family homes are included with the new project.
“Really, I think this is a lot better but you never know. You’re probably always going to have opposition from somebody,” Rogers added. “We'll see what happens. I'm never too optimistic, and I’m never too down.”
Biscaro said he has a tentative agreement with the Warsaw couple that owns the land – “as long as I get the approvals,” he noted – and said the process will start next Thursday when the referral goes to the Genesee County Planning Board.
A member of the planning board, Biscaro said that he will recuse himself from the proceedings.
After that, the proposal will go to the Le Roy Town Planning Board and then back to the Village Board.
Next week’s Genesee County Planning Board meeting (via Zoom) lists 11 referrals, including the return of the solar energy systems proposed for Stafford, a new warehouse at Apple Tree Acres business park in Bergen, two new drive-through restaurant/retail buildings in the Town of Batavia, a new solar energy systems local law for the Town of Batavia, and area variances for a new bio-gas production facility, also in the Town of Batavia.
Previously: Le Roy Village Board rejects Batavian's bid to develop senior housing community, single-family building lots
Photo at top: Street view -- looking west from 143 Lake St. (Route 19) in the Village of Le Roy to the vacant lot where Eric Biscaro is proposing a senior patio home development. Photo by Mike Pettinella.
Photo at bottom: Overhead view of the parcel (outlined in blue) with Lake Street at the bottom and West Bergen Road to the right.
Batavia City School District's Board of Education met early this morning to take a vote on making face masks optional per New York State Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to rescind the mask mandate earlier this week.
In just under three minutes, a resolution citing that "The Governor of the State of New York and the Commissioner of Health declared that face coverings are no longer mandated to be universally worn in school buildings in New York State effective March 2, 2022" was approved. The vote received a unanimous yes by board members John Reigle, Barbara Bowman, Jennifer Lendvay, Chezeray Rolle and John Marucci.
The only item of business conducted during the meeting was the vote "regarding modification of COVID-19 measures."
The meeting is available on YouTube at:
There are six Genesee County basketball teams competing for a coveted Section V trophy in five boys and girls basketball games this Friday and Saturday.
Here is the schedule:
Friday:
Saturday:
Section V officials are expected sellouts at the boys games and tickets for the boys games must be bought in advance online.
Announcement from Section V:
“Based on input from our membership, Section V will be utilizing digital ticketing exclusively for our boys’ basketball FINALS and the games played to determine who will represent Section V at regionals in Section VI. Our championship games will be held at high school facilities which have limited seating capacity. There will be NO on-site tickets to purchase, and all digital tickets will be pre-sale only. Section V will ensure that each program involved in the championship games have first priority for pre-sale tickets. About 24 hours prior to any championship game, any unsold tickets will be made available to the general public to purchase digital tickets. We look forward to providing our student athletes the opportunity to play for a championship in the presence of all their friends, families, and communities. All championship games will be live streamed and available to all for viewing at no cost.”
To purchase tickets, follow this link: https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAV
Pavilion's girls basketball team will get a third straight shot at a Section V title on Saturday after a come-from-behind win against Kendall on Wednesday.
Kendall made it tough on the Golden Gophers in the first half of the Class C2 semifinal at Honeoye Falls/Lima.
Pavilion jumped out to an early 6-0 lead but Kendall's aggressive defense along with Pavilion's cold shooting held the team down to only five points scored over more than a 10-minute span, giving Kendall a 19-9 lead at the half.
But the Gophers came out of the locker room ready to take charge in the second half.
In the end, Pavilion came out on top 44-40.
Karlee Zinkievich scored 21 points for Pavilion. Lauren Kingsley, 14, and four blocked shots. Shea Amberger, three points along with six assists and seven rebounds. Paige Landers, five points and six rebounds.
Elizabeth Snyder led Kendall in scoring with 17 points. She also had 12 rebounds.
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