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Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters to open 14th annual juried art show at Pittsford Barnes & Noble starting Jan. 1

By Billie Owens
Dec 20, 2018, 1:06pm

Press release:

The Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters will open its 14th Annual Art Show beginning Jan. 1^st at Pittsford Barnes & Noble’ Community Room.

This competitive, judged and juried show will display about 90 original paintings recently created throughout the Northeast. The plein air show runs through Feb. 1

Upstate New York's summer: 'kind of smoky'

By Joanne Beck
Jun 12, 2023, 4:55pm

If you’re breathing a little easier with the downgraded air quality levels of late, Derek Mallia, assistant professor of atmospheric science at the University of Utah, has projections that may give pause for celebration.

Although the worst may be over, as far as high levels of particulate matter 2.5 are concerned, this region is not out of the woods just yet. So to speak.

“It could be a very intermittent, kind of smoky summer for areas in New York,” Mallia said during a phone interview Friday from Utah with The Batavian.

Schumer says new Farm Bill will benefit Upstate New York

By Howard B. Owens
Dec 12, 2018, 11:55am

Press release:

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed the details of the newly released 2018 Farm Bill, Conference Report, which passed the Senate by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 87-13 yesterday.

Schumer said the bill will benefit key Upstate New York agricultural communities. Senator Schumer detailed several major areas