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DEC issues air quality advisory for today

By Howard B. Owens
May 2, 2018, 10:45am

The air quality index for today is expected to exceed 100 for ozone so the DEC has issued a health advisory from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Press release:

The air quality index...or AQI...was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the

Kudos galore: GCC bestows Chancellor's Awards, Cougar Awards, Serving Beyond Expectations Awards

By Billie Owens
May 25, 2018, 2:26pm

Photo of the 2018 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence winners, from left: Raymond A. Boucher, Raymond Strzelecki, Tara E. Conrad; Joseph L. Ziolkowski, Candice S. Vacin, David W. Johson, Carol E. Geiselmann, and Timothy P. Tomczak. Missing from the photo is Amy Masters.

Submitted photo and press release:

A new

GCC creates a new tradition -- 'Serving Beyond Expectations' -- to honor faculty and staff

By Billie Owens
May 8, 2018, 12:16pm

Press release:

For five decades, Genesee Community College has celebrated its graduating classes at commencement, and the College is excited about the upcoming 50th annual graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 20.

The College, however, is also pleased to be introducing a new tradition this year.

On Wednesday, May 16, at

Local leaders learn how Dutchess County thinks differently about people with special needs

By Howard B. Owens
May 7, 2018, 6:32pm

For two years in a row, Dutchess County hosted the Winter Special Olympics -- not for the tourism dollars it might bring it but because of how the event might transform the people of the community.

"We wanted to engage Dutchess County residents in a volunteer way to help and

Alexander CSD pitches budget to voters that reduces spending, increases tax levy

By Howard B. Owens
May 4, 2018, 3:19pm

A reduction in state aid for the Alexander Central School District is contributing to the district's need to raise property taxes by 38 cents per thousand of assessed value for 2018-19 even though overall spending will be reduced from this academic year.

Voters in the district will be asked to

Police station project manager explains need for space around construction site

By Howard B. Owens
Apr 23, 2024, 7:54am

A graphic released on April 11 by the City of Batavia showed what city officials believed at the time would be the available parking at Bank and Alva during the construction of the new police station. Late last week, officials revealed that the entire parking lot north of Alva Place will be fenced off during construction.

The local press was not permitted in a meeting on Monday between business owners concerned about impacts on their shops during the construction of a new police station in Batavia, but afterward, the project manager spoke exclusively with The Batavian about what he tried to communicate during the

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