Elba News

AT&T Inc. has enhanced cell sites to extend its third generation network in Genesee County, the wireless company said Monday.

When the newest member of the Genesee County Legislature takes office Jan. 1, he will be joining a mostly Republican body, many of whose members re-elected last month have served from eight to 18 years.

New York's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry is drawing to a close with a memorial service at the abolitionist's Adirondack farm.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - John Brown, the 19th-century abolitionist who advocated armed violence, is drawing a diverse crowd this week to study how his fight against slavery continues to play in America.

A new incentive to help nonprofit entities pursue development is taking shape with initiatives by the Genesee County Economic Development Center and the County Legislature.

Who knew that the final resting place of John Brown, who earned fame and infamy in Kansas and Virginia, was the rocky soil of North Elba, New York, an Adirondack hamlet just outside Lake Placid? I didn't. I assumed he was buried in Virginia, where he was hung after his trial and conviction on charges of murder, treason and conspiracy for the raid ...

A pickup ran into a parked farm tractor in the Town of Carlton early Saturday, sending a 22- year-old Albion man to the hospital.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is being asked to investigate back-room correspondence between the Department of Environmental Conservation and three environmental groups.

A Genesee County man is in critical condition at Strong Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle accident on Swamp Road in the town of Byron on Wednesday afternoon.

Last year, Californians voted overwhelmingly for Proposition 2 , which banned the harsh confinement of laying hens, pregnant sows and veal calves.

September 04, 2009, 6:58 AM / BYRON - A section of Route 262, between Route 237 and Route 98 in the towns of Elba and Byron, will be resurfaced beginning Tuesday.

Essex County, Town of North Elba On Friday, August 21, 2009, at approximately 6:28 PM, DEC Dispatch received a call from the Canoe Club in Lake Placid, reporting a group of three overdue canoeists on Lake Placid.

It was back to school on Tuesday for students in three widely separated Western New York school districts, with an additional 25 districts scheduled to join them on Wednesday.

Are you ready for the new school year? Do you know when ita s going to start? School district openings vary by up to 9 days this year because of where Labor Day falls.

Firefighters from six regional departments this morning battled a house fire in Elba, Genesee County.

Firefighters from six regional departments this morning battled a house fire in Elba, Genesee County.

Igive the guy credit. I write that not just because it was 85 degrees Monday afternoon, and there was Mickey Kearns, walking down Swan Street under a pounding sun wearing a suit, shirt and tie.

The Packer 's National Editor Tom Karst on Aug. 12 chatted with Maureen Torrey Marshall, vice president of Torrey Farms Inc., Elba, N.Y. You can read the entire chat at www.thepacker.com/freshtalk . 12:10 p.m. Tom Karst: I am wondering what you consider your most rewarding leadership experience in the realm of agriculture/and or fresh produce? ...

Until now the only Russell Banks novel I had resisted reading was Cloudsplitter --not because of its length but because it belongs to one of my least favorite genres--the historical novel--and because of all Banks's novels it seemed the most committed to simple realism as an aesthetic strategy.

Shortly after 5 pm Saturday a severe thunderstorm with some tornado-like roation observed on Doppler radar was reported near Albion, headed northeast.