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Artist, businessman and local leader John Hodgins dies at 87

By Billie Owens
May 17, 2019, 5:08pm

Photo of John Hodgins in February 2005 with an en plein air painting of his, courtesy of his daughter Joyce Dwyer.

Beloved local artist, Batavia businessman and former county legislator John Jay Hodgins died this morning. He was 87.

Born in Basom on Dec. 12, 1931 to Ora and Velma Hodgins

Locally owned Zoladz Construction blames lobbying by pro-union group for loss of $435K contract in Hamburg

By Howard B. Owens
May 31, 2019, 12:18pm

One of the area's largest construction firms, owned by Darien Center resident John Zoladz, lost a $435,692 contract for a project in Hamburg this week, after being the low bidder, and is blaming what the company describes as a pro-union front group for the change of direction.

Meanwhile, an organization

Letter to the Editor: No changes to Regents

By Staff Writer
Dec 18, 2023, 7:44pm

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,"