Warsaw News

With more than 150,000 troops serving overseas, away from their families, Assemblyman Dan Burling and "Cell Phones for Soldiers" are calling on all local residents to support those in the armed forces by donating cell phones.

Assemblyman Dan Burling, R-Warsaw, reports that his office at 2371 N. Main St. will serve as a drop-off location for food items as well as toys for the needy during the holiday season.

IN 1985 a dissident troupe of Polish actors called Theater of the Eighth Day defied the ruling Communist Party and its censors by creating a play about the bleakness of daily life under martial law, imposed from 1981 to 1983.

The Polish Film Festival, organized by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester, kicks off with a screening of Too Soon to Die at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Little Theatre, 240 East Ave.

November 12, 2009, 7:08 AM / A female civilian employee at Attica Correctional Facility has been arrested on charges of official misconduct for allegedly having an ongoing personal relationship with an inmate, state police said Wednesday.

November 10, 2009, 9:32 AM / A motorcyclist from Wyoming County struck a deer and was thrown from his vehicle Monday evening in Genesee County, sheriff's officials there reported today.

Bianca Hervey, a 20-year-old college student, was returning home to her apartment in Attica when a village police officer drove up behind her, put on his flashing lights and pulled her over.

Annie K. Stephens entered into eternal rest on November 4, 2009 at East Side Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Warsaw, NY, where she had been a patient since January 2009.A A Annie was born on December 18, 1916 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to the late Andy and Annie Knudsen.A She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1932, moved to Nyack, NY where ...

October 28, 2009, 7:11 AM / LACKAWANNA SCHOOLS: The Lackawanna School Board will meet at 7 p. m. today in the McKinley School Administration Building, 245 South Shore Blvd., to interview outside counsel.

October 26, 2009, 8:25 AM / State police at Warsaw have arrested a 25-year-old Attica woman accused of assaulting her 2-month-old daughter and leaving her with a fractured femur and broken ribs.

October 21, 2009, 6:55 AM / DISCUSSION: Assemblyman Dan Burling, R-Warsaw, will host an agriculture round-table discussion from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. today in the American Legion post, 89 Liberty St., Warsaw.

A Warsaw man was arrested Friday on child pornography charges. Patrick Roney, 50, of Murray Street was charged with possession of child pornography after a search of his home last month turned up several hundred images and videos, the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office said.

Julien Bryan watches as his interpreter deals with a Warsaw policeman. Photo courtesy Sam Bryan.

All roads lead to Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday night, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., as Polish singer-songwriter Basia takes centerstage in her concert "Basia: Live in Manila." Basia is the voice behind the hit songs "Half A Minute" , "Tide And Tide," "Cruising for Bruising," "New Day for You," "Promises," to mention a few.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash Chelsea 534 West 26th Street, 212-744-7400 October 15 - November 14, 2009 Opening: Thursday, October 15, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Mitchell-Innes & Nash will present Justine Kurland: This Train is Bound for Glory from October 15 - " November 14.

A Warsaw man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to a felony charge of receiving child pornography and now faces between 5 and 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, U. S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter announced Thursday.

Rochester, N.Y.- Frederick Parker, 32, of Warsaw, NY, pleaded guilty on September 29 in a federal court to possession of child pornography.

The Warsaw-based Wyoming County Community Health System will receive $4.2 million in Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law of New York grants.

September 29, 2009, 6:52 AM / OLAF FUB SEZ:: According to Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, born on this date in 1547, "Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." SUDDENLY IT'S 1777 - Step back 232 years into history this weekend as the Hull Family Home and Farmstead, 5976 Genesee St.

The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday that it will scrap former President George W. Bush 's planned missile defense system in Eastern Europe and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles, according to people familiar with the plans.