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Going "Green" with Suzanne Interiors

By Suzanne Hare

In a conscious effort to save our world and landfills from any more destruction, Suzanne Interiors  is pleased to offer Eco-Friendly Products.

This means environmentally friendly paint products with low VOC, that lack odor and deliver better quality air for all of us to breathe. Note that these low-VOC paints

Batavia school officials should find teacher for Spanish class, culture

By Staff Writer

 My, my, my!  Kate Long, a local Batavia parent (charged with harassing the Batavia Board of Education and Batavia schools superintendent with e-mails and correspondence over the lack of a satisfactory, according to her, Spanish language teacher at the Middle School), is resurrecting shades of the "N.Y. Times" newspaper, the

Ambulance Clarification

By Rose Mary Christian

If there is anyone on council that is sad over the decision to eliminate that ambulance service it is me. This was a service I learned about it at a NYCOM meeting many years ago and the State that had the service was Maryland. I brought it back to the

Another Family Owned Business that Loves Batavia

By Timothy Paine

 



            Max Pies


Max Pies was established in 1905 by Max himself. The business was passed to Sam and Jake and turned over to Phil Pie in 1970. The future looks strong with Phil's son Steven on board to be the fourth generation to take over. Any business that can boast

Local Residents Keeping a Watchful Eye on Our Area’s Vulnerable Seniors

By Howard B. Owens

Press Release:

Four very special individuals from Genesee County have taken on an important role in our community as Volunteer Long Term Care Ombudsmen. ‘Ombudsman’ is an unusual word with Swedish roots, defined as a person who investigates complaints and mediates fair settlements.  Under federal and New York State law

Letter to the Editor: No changes to Regents

By Staff Writer

Letter to the Editor from Donald Weyer:

I achieved a "Regents diploma" in the mid-1960s upon graduating high school (additionally, I won/was awarded a Regents college scholarship at the same time, and later, in the early 1970s, a Regents war-service scholarship, so I'm not exactly a neutral observer). The "Regents,"

BCSD capital project hearing draws a party of one with many questions

By Joanne Beck
Architect Brian Tott with Herb Schroeder
Architect Brian Trott explains the artificial turf as Batavia resident Herb Schroeder listens during the city school district's capital project hearing Thursday at Batavia High School. 
Photo by Joanne Beck

Of the nine people at Thursday’s Batavia City Schools capital project public hearing, only one was a district resident who came to hear the presentation.

The remaining people in the auditorium were district staff, board members and an architect from the project design team. Although Herb Schroeder was the lone attendee, he came armed with a list of questions about the $45 million district-wide project.

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