Driving around Le Roy this afternoon, I came across this interesting bit of local history on Summit Road -- a boulder with a historical plaque set in it in 1930.
The plaque reads: "This boulder marks the southern apex of the Triangle Tract, purchased from the Morris Reserve in 1783 by Herman Le Roy and William Bayard."
Local entrepreneur Tim Walton has arranged for iTeen to bring an MTV season premier party to Falleti Ice Arena on June 24.
The premier party will be for the MTV series "The Challenge: Rivals." Cast member Wes Bergmann will be on hand and teens attending the event will all have a chance to meet him and get their pictures taken with him.
The entire skate floor will be turned into one huge dance floor.
"Were going all out for this," Walton said.
ITeen, with more than 20,000 followers on Facebook, is based in Buffalo and hosts events in nightclubs such as PURE, Infinity and Club Paradise.
iTeen is for high school students only and is supervised by NYS licensed security that have handled numerous of these events before.
"We take safety seriously," Walton said. "Our security takes the highest priority in making sure that it is a safe atmosphere. We overstaff on security, with each one being NYS security licensed or a police officer, and some are even EMT certified as well."
The June 24 party, which will run from 7 to 11 p.m., is the first of several iTeen events he hopes to bring to Batavia.
Le Roy has a new bridal boutique, Stella's, opened within the past month by Stella Collins, left, and Emily Allen.
Collins said after gaining experience in the bridal business in Rochester, she saw an opportunity in Genesee County and picked a location on Main Street in Le Roy.
The boutique, Allen said, provides full service for bride and bridesmaids.
"We're with you from the day you first walk in to the day you say, 'I do,'" Allen said.
Collins added that the store features dresses by designers that are unique, including designers not available in Rochester.
For a couple of months I've wanted to drop in on Cafe Le Roy and see the new shop set up by Don and Reyhan Antinore.
When I dropped in today, Don showed me the cafe in the back, which the Beatest of the Beats of 60 years ago would find hep, man.
Then Don introduced me to his new ice cream counter. Don said he serves only three flavors -- vanilla, chocolate and strawberry -- just like, he said, ice cream shops when he was a kid. And from those three flavors he can make floats, banana splits and sundaes.
Don said it's the first ice cream shop on Main Street in Le Roy in years and years.
When a property in a town or village is seized in a tax lien foreclosure, by law and by courtesy, the county ensures towns, villages and school districts receive the back taxes owed those jurisdictions.
The county also reimburses some related expenses the local jurisdiction might incur, including, up 'til now, demolition costs on condemned buildings.
But that can get expensive, so County Treasurer Scott German proposed to the Genesee County Legislature on Wednesday that the county stop guaranteeing towns and villages that demolition costs will be covered.
German is asking the legislature to pass a resolution, followed by a letter from County Attorney Charles Zambito to mayors and supervisors, declaring that the county will no longer cover the cost of demolition on tax lien foreclosed buildings.
Some costs could be covered, German said, if the property fetches more at auction than is owed in delinquent taxes, but for parcels without buildings, that rarely happens.
German told the Ways and Means Committee that, for example, on a parcel that is less than an acre, it might bring $3,000 at auction, but the demolition cost on a building might be $20,000.
The way things have been, the county ends up paying the entire bill, even though it had no part in contracting for the demolition.
"Who can blame them for going in and taking care of demolition, but it shouldn’t be a county cost," Legislator Mary Pat Hancock said.
Under state law, the county must reimburse school districts and towns for taxes owed when it forecloses on a property, and the county has provided those reimbursements to villages, even though not mandated by law.
The city takes care of its own tax lien foreclosures.
Press release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Kathy Hochul today announced that Genesee County Airport will receive nearly $1.3 million in funding for its apron expansion, which will provide greater and safer aircraft movement, as well as aircraft parking at the airport.
“This is great news for both the Genesee County Airport, as well as all the aircrafts that travel through here,” said Congresswoman Hochul. “This funding will help the airport rehabilitate aprons, as well as enhance and expand the safety of aprons.”
The viability of the airport is important as it houses a State Police helicopter, numerous crop-dusting planes, and a medical helicopter used to transport victims in emergencies.
The airport is also used for training by the Army National Guard.
Press release:
The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) is pleased to announce the addition of Michael J. Bakos as grant program coordinator for the center's Advanced Manufacturing and Nano-Tech Certificate Training Program. Bakos has more than 30 years of managerial experience in the biomedical industry and holds an A.A.S. degree in Electronic Technology from Erie Community College (ECC) as well as a B.S. degree in Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is a resident of Genesee County, serves on the Town of Pembroke Planning Board, and is president of the Akron-Newstead Rotary Club.
In his role as grant project coordinator, Mr. Bakos will manage, coordinate, implement, support and evaluate a noncredit certificate training program that will prepare participants for entry level positions in advanced-manufacturing and high-tech industries such as microelectronics and photovoltaics. The program was developed to satisfy the demands of this growth sector in Genesee County and the surrounding Western New York and Western Finger Lakes regions.
Program participants will receive an introduction to the skill sets necessary to succeed in a high-tech and advanced-manufacturing environment. The program is a joint-venture partnership between the GCEDC, Genesee Community College (GCC), the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Genesee County, with training taking place at the Genesee Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology campuses.
"Mike’s background, training and experiences with a large high-tech, life-science company will be an asset to our program," says John Jakubowski, GCEDC workforce development consultant.
"This is an exciting opportunity for myself and for the residents of our community that are planning to enter or re-enter the local workforce," says Mr. Bakos. "The program covers a diversity of topics including teambuilding, LEAN Manufacturing concepts, computer applications, work readiness activities, and technical subjects such as microelectronics, surface mount technology, and polymer processing."
The program is offered "free" to qualifying applicants. Applications for the program are now being accepted and are available through The Genesee County Career Center, 587 E. Main St., Suite 100, East Town Plaza, Batavia, NY 14020.
It was meet-the-players evening at Dwyer Stadium as fans and the 2011 Batavia Muckdogs were able to mingle and meet for the first time.
The evening included a whiffle ball home run contest for both adults and children, live music, hot dogs and pretzels along with an autograph session when fans could come on the field and meet the players.
The home opener is at 7 p.m., Friday. There's also a game at 1 p.m. on Father's Day, Sunday (and I'll be there with my dad, though I doubt we'll have a catch on the field after the game.).
More pictures after the jump:
There is a report of a fire in the woods in the area of 2609 Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road, Oakfield.
Oakfield Fire is responding.
UPDATE 11:50 a.m.: East Pembroke's brush truck requested to the scene. It is a grass fire.
UPDATE 11:58 a.m.: East Pembroke's brush truck no longer needed at the scene.
UPDATE 12:20 p.m.: Oakfield is back in service.
Danny D. Williams, 22, of 21 Wood St., Batavia, is charged with criminal contempt, 2nd, coercion, 2nd, criminal mischief, 4th, criminal trespass, 2nd, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Williams is accused of being at a residence on Thorpe Street at 10:58 p.m., Monday, and being loud and disruptive. When his female acquaintance asked him to leave, according to police, Williams allegedly refused. During the incident, Williams allegedly damaged a glass vase and a mobile phone. Williams allegedly grabbed the phone from the woman's hand and threw it against a wall when she threatened to call police. Three young children were in the residence at the time. According to police, a "no offensive conduct" order was in place at the time of the alleged incident. Williams was taken into custody Tuesday and jailed on $750 bail.
Press release:
The City of Batavia Democrat Committee has endorsed the following candidates:
THIRD WARD
Kathryn Balbick Bellamy – 5 Lewis Ave.
Katie is a graduate of Notre Dame High School and is the daughter of City Court Judge Robert Balbick and Jane Balbick. She grew up in Batavia and currently resides with her husband James and two children at 5 Lewis Ave. Katie has worked and is trained as a paralegal. A member of the City of Batavia Democrat Committee, Katie looks forward to representing and serving the residents of the Third Ward.
FOURTH WARD
Pierluigi Cipollone – 1 Union Square
An Italian born naturalized citizen, Pierluigi’s father brought his family to Batavia in 1960. We lived on the south side of Batavia. He attended St. Anthony’s Elementary School and Notre Dame High School. He obtained an associate’s degree in Computer Science from GCC and moved on to receive a bachelor of technology degree in Computer Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology. A former employee of Xerox, Pierluigi has successfully started a small business here in Batavia.
FIFTH WARD
Kathy Briggs – 3 South Main St.
Incumbent City Councilwoman Kathy Briggs received the endorsement of the Democrat Party. Kathy is known for her constituent service and for working on the city budget that has erased a large shortfall over the past three years. Kathy has served the Fifth Ward for many years and has been instrumental in restoring fiscal responsibility to the city.
SIXTH WARD
Rosemary Christian – 29 William St.
A longtime advocate for her constituents and the residents of the Sixth Ward, and the longest serving council member, Rosemary Christian received the endorsement of the Democrat Party. She has worked as part of a cooperative measure amongst all council members to address the budget shortfall and measures relating to employee benefit costs.
Residents on Douglas Street in the city are confused about a seemingly new effort by a code enforcement officer to ticket them for parking, at least partially, on the grass.
That's illegal, but some residents spoke at Monday's city council meeting and said they've been doing it for years, if not decades, and never a peep before from city officials.
“(The city) is telling us that what a parkway is, is grass…or stone (between the road and sidewalk),” Barbara Shephard said. “And we can’t park in that parkway at all? We have to park in the road? It’s ridiculous.”
After a lengthy discussion that sometimes got heated, the council agreed to consider the matter at a future council conference meeting.
During the discussion, one resident was gaveled down by Council President Marianne Clattenburg.
According to WBTA:
“Leave it alone – now. And if you don’t: at the next meeting, I’m gonna be here,” Shephard sternly told the council. “Oh yeah. I’m gonna be here again, and I’ll be here all the time. Leave them alone, you understand?” Shephard’s stern delivery prompted Council President Marianne Clattenburg to ask Police Chief Randy Baker whether Shephard’s statements constituted a threat. When the Chief replied that they did, Clattenburg banged her gavel and cut Shephard off.
A resident of 3 Orchard Drive, Le Roy, who suffered serious burns in a house fire early Monday morning, has reportedly told Le Roy Police that he started the fire.
Charges are pending against Paul F. Atkinson, 42, according to a statement from Le Roy Police.
Atkinson remains hospitalized at Strong Memorial Hospital where he is being treated for first-, second- and third-degree burns.
According to Le Roy Police, Atkinson said that he started the fire as a result of a disagreement he had with his father Sunday.
The release says that Atkinson made a full statement taking responsibility for the fire.
Several hours before the fire, Atkinson appears to have left a status update on his Facebook page that reads, "everyone can go to hell, tired of this life."
The fire was reported at 3:26 a.m. after the family dog alerted Atkinson's sister to the fire. Her husband, Richard Nelson climbed from a second-floor window to escape the flames and reportedly suffered an ankle injury in the fall. His wife was helped down an outside stairway by a Le Roy Police Officer.
The father, Thomas Atkinson, who owns the house, was not at home when the fire started. He was delivering newspapers.
Genesee County volunteer firefighters were called to the scene early this morning of a tanker truck fire that claimed the life of the truck's driver in Barre, Orleans County.
The tanker was carrying ethanol and the fire reportedly spread quickly into the wooded area around the accident.
To fight an ethanol fire, fire fighters must use foam, so Genesee County units that have foam cabability were called to the scene.
Units responded from Town of Batavia, Elba, Byron and Oakfield, along with Genesee County Emergency Services Unit and the county's hazmat team.
The fire is now out and clean up work along is in progress.
One Elba tanker along with the hazmat team and ESU remains on scene at this time. Emergency Coordinator Tim Yaeger said the remaining Genesee County personnel wlll be on scene yet for quite some time.
At least two cars and a shed were broken into overnight on Drake Street, Oakfield.
The steering column of one vehicle was damaged.
The caller reports that it appears somebody tried to hot-wire the car.
The would-be thief reportedly left behind a mobile phone, which the victim has turned over to law enforcement.
UPDATE 7:46 a.m.: There are reportedly several other vehicles on Drake that were broken into overnight.
Byron resident Amber D. Thorman, 23, died early this morning at Strong Memorial Hospital, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's Office.
Thorman was injured in a rollover accident at 4:05 p.m., Monday, on Freeman Road in Byron.
With great clouds in the sky, I couldn't resist going out for a drive this evening to see what sort of pictures I could make. I probably didn't capture as many "sky" pictures as I imagined, and the sunset wasn't what I had hoped, but it was a pleasant trip, nonetheless. The highlight was probably encountering Genesee Street in Alexander for the first time.
Above, a Masse-Ferguson tractor on Lehigh Avenue.
Horses on Creek Road.
A painted horse among yellow flowers on Creek Road.
Inside of an old culvert under abandoned railroad tracks (the Pennsylvania Line's) along Genesee Street, Alexander.
A tree branch and a dappled sky on Genesee Street.
White flowers and the evening sky along Genesee Street.
BTW: Regarding our previous conversation about Tonawanda Creek. The creek runs along a portion of Genesee Street and the creek is public property there as well.
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