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USDA says deadline looms for farmers to apply for conservation funding

By Howard B. Owens
Oct 26, 2012, 3:56pm

Press release:

Genesee County farmers and private landowners were matched $1.5 million dollars in federal assistance this past fiscal year to install conservation practices on their farms, fields and forests.

Heath Eisele, district conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service said, “We are currently accepting applications for fiscal year 2013

GCC to hold half-day information showcase on SUNY opportunities

By Billie Owens
Oct 11, 2012, 12:21pm

Press release:

A half-day program aimed at showcasing the quality, diversity and opportunities available at all colleges within the State University of New York (SUNY) system will take place at the Batavia campus of Genesee Community College on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

More than 100 guidance counselors from high schools in

Public and private entities cooperate to address homelessness in GOW region

By Billie Owens
Oct 24, 2019, 2:41pm

Press release:

Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR), which works to improve the quality of life of people with any disabilities in the Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming County (GOW) area, has support from the Homeless Alliance of Western New York (HAWNY), the lead Continuum of Care (CoC) agency for most

Alexander dirt-track racer rides adversity to victory, heading into historic final in Pomona, Calif.

By Billie Owens
Oct 3, 2012, 4:34pm

Cody Johncox, an 18-year-old dirt-track racer from Alexander has experienced extremes in one season from breaking his leg to breaking into the list of AMA Pro winners. In just six months, Johncox went from a broken femur to earning his first-ever AMA Pro dirt-track race win this September at

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