Ontario News

It's been the most bitter winter in decades - snow days galore, record-setting low temperatures and a mitten-full of cold weather alerts.

Written By: Scott Hetsko A broad WNW flow of increasingly colder air over Lake Ontario will develop bands of lake snows near and along Route 104 from Northern Monroe eastward into Wayne county through early Tuesday.

Tapping into Lake Ontario as the source for a regional waterline in southwest Jefferson County will be explored by the Tug Hill Commission and Development Authority of the North Country.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will attend Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney's State of the County address due to be given this evening in Syracuse.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the Nine Mile Point 2 plant in Scriba was manually shut down early Tuesday after the loss of power to control and alarm electrical circuits that are powered by batteries that are continuously recharged by off-site power.

A business retention and expansion program is being launched to help recreation and tourism businesses in a central New York county on Lake Ontario.

Written By: Scott Hetsko Canadian high pressure will build Southeast overnight which should clear out the sky for most outside of 2-3 miles of Lake Ontario.

Ice covers more than 90 percent of the Great Lakes, and could set a record this week as the polar vortex descends into the region again.

If you have a desire for eating out, why not come Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 to the Spaghetti Dinner / Music Jam at Webster's Crossing Methodist Church on Route 15 just north of Springwater and south of Conesus.

A lake effect snow warning means that significant snow is likely in localized areas within the warned area.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES FRIDAY.

Forecasters say areas near the eastern end of Lake Ontario are expected to get a foot or more of snow accompanied by high winds and temperatures dipping below zero.

Dorothy E. Buczek, 96, of Dunkirk, died Tuesday , at the Absolut at Dunkirk following a brief illness Mrs. Buczek was a past employee of the former Van Raalte Corporation in Dunkirk, and Bedford Foods, now known as Kraft Foods.

Ontario industries pay more for electricity than their competitors elsewhere in North America, according to a survey by Ontario's biggest power users.

I am pleased to provide a response to the letter released by Mike Boudreau, President of OntORA.

State police say trooper David Carlo was helping with multiple accidents on I-81 northbound in the Town of LaFayette around 1:15 Monday afternoon when his car was side-swiped by an ambulance that was unable to slow for traffic.

Impact: Areas in extreme northern Monroe County, and east into Wayne County, will see steady and possibly heavy lake effect snow develop.

The National Action Network works to break down injustices that are in the community and Mahoney was there to celebrate Black History Month and answer whatever questions members had about things happening in the area.

Written By: Scott Hetsko A broad WNW flow of increasingly colder air over Lake Ontario will develop bands of lake snows near and along Route 104 from Northern Monroe eastward into Wayne county through early Tuesday.

Board of Trade this morning, telling the crowd that he would not be including controversial policies such as right to work and scrapping the Rand formula in his election platform.