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Canada fires burning fast, blowing south and ramping up air pollutants in WNY

By Joanne Beck
smoke over tonawanda
Apparent smoke from the wildfires in Canada created a haze over the Tonawanda Creek on Friday morning.
Photo by Howard Owens.

So this is what life has come to for much of upstate New York: checking the air quality reports every couple of days and having a good scientific expert on speed dial.

At least that’s how it is for The Batavian, with air levels reaching up past 150 for Western New York the last few days, signaling a red zone of “unhealthy.”

A signature, a handshake and a career with a local company for Alexander CTE grad

By Billie Owens

From left, Bill Hayes, Jon Bigsby, Rich Monroe and in back, Nathan Blowers, Turnbull Operations manager, all gather as Jon accepts Hayes’ offer to enter into Turnbull’s apprentice program.

Submitted photo and press release:

In the school world, June is a time for graduations, celebrations and awards ceremonies. This holds

GCC Spring 2019 dean's list has 41 GC students on it

By Billie Owens

A total of 247 students from Genesee Community College were named to the dean's list for the Spring 2019 semester, and 41 of them live in Genesee County. Students honored on the dean's list have maintained full or part-time enrollment and earned a quality point index of 3.50 to 3.74.

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Pair of West Main Street Road solar farm projects approved, with contingencies

By Mike Pettinella

The Town of Batavia Planning Board on Tuesday night approved, with contingencies, special use permits and site plan reviews for a pair of 20-acre ground-mounted commercial solar systems on West Main Street Road.

The board voted in favor of the application by Borrego Solar Systems Inc. of Lowell, Mass., to build

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