Medina News

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Last week, this column examined efforts under way to open up the site where a Civilian Conservation Corps camp operated at Hamlin Beach State Park during the 1930s and early 1940s.

A Medina man was formally charged Monday with sexual abuse in Lockport City Court.

Taking a trip into Medina's past, the first Medina Historical Society ghost walk was a success, according to event organizers.

A Medina man with a history of sexual abuse has been charged with first-degree felony sexual abuse of children.

In the Town of Shelby, three people are running for two open council seats in Tuesday's election.

Questions were raised at two separate Orleans County forums recently regarding the rehabilitation of Erie Canal bridges.

After months of discussions, the Medina Fire Department got the OK from the village board Monday to purchase a new pickup truck.

Over the next 20 years, the elderly population of Orleans County will increase 42 percent, said Office for the Aging Director Pam Canham.

Medina Railroad Museum founder and director Martin Phelps, who was charged with first-degree sexual assault in August, did not appear in Medina Village Court Monday.

An Albion Central School District student died Thursday afternoon after the child encountered a medical emergency at the Orleans County school, district officials said Friday.

Officially opening to the public Friday, Shawn's Gate Art Studio and Gallery, 409 Main St., will feature local artists and offer many classes to the public.

Lending a helping hand, students from the Iroquois Job Corps spent Thursday placing new bricks and repositioning existing markers as part of the Lions Club Memorial Brick project.

Members of the community continue to mourn the loss of a student who died following a medical emergency during gym class Thursday at Albion's Carl Bergerson Middle School.

If the calendar says October, you can figure that collecting candy will be a favorite pastime for area kids.

The Medina Lions Club is hosting the third annual Family Scarecrow Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Robert's Farm Market on Route 31.

There's no better way to get into the Halloween spirit than to rifle through your old clothes, stuff them full of hay, decorate them in the most humorous, scary or just plain obnoxious way and place your creation in the front window for all to see.

Although the Jubilee plaza on Route 31 has been vacant for some time now, Frank Budwey, owner of Budwey Supermarkets, is thinking of changing that.

Niagara Falls * BURGLARY: Police are investigating an apparent burglary in the 600 block of 21st Street.

A house fire left an Orleans County family homeless after it swept through their two-story home Friday night, according to the Orleans County Sheriff's Office.