Penn Yan News

Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region has some of the most celebrated wineries in the country.

Mercy Flight was called medevac a 16 year old after a car was hit by a train in Yates County Friday night Yates County investigators are still trying to figure out who was driving the car that failed to yield to a train on Friday night.

The 16-piece jazz orchestra specializes in big band hits from the 1930s to the present time featuring music of Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

While giving support to those jailed for blocking entrance to a gas compressor station site next to Seneca Lake, everyone was concerned about air and water contamination and subsequent health effects from extraction of shale gas and storage of liquefied petroleum gas, plus industrialization of rural communities.

Penn Yan, N.Y.- Quite the honor for some residents in Yates County, recognized for their "service above self." Seven community leaders were honored by the Penn Yan Rotary Tuesday for going the extra mile to inspire co-workers and serve those who use their services.

No. 5 Penfield : Level of respect for Patriots should remain high after 14-10 loss to Fairport, even with sub-.500 record.

It seems complacency has set itself in Pulteney concerning the fracking issue -- maybe because New York keeps extending the statewide moratorium.

Mixing rum, opiates and painkillers, Sally Jo Widmer took her own life in November, two days before her 64th birthday and one day before the Auburn teachers union she ran for 37 years discovered financial irregularities in its books.