Genesee County News

When the word got out in 1998, it seemed like something out of a movie. Roxanne Marshall, a retired Brighton school librarian, had left $7 million to the Rochester Area Community Foundation, the single largest gift received by the foundation.

A bill quietly introduced in the Legislature late yesterday would help the racetracks in Ontario and Genesee counties if the Seneca Nation of Indians moved forward with a Rochester-area casino.

Nicholas Antonucci, already in prison on convictions in Wyoming County and facing multiple felonies in Genesee County, entered a guilty plea today to one count of attempted burglary 3rd.

On January 1, 2013, the NYS Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program had many prescription benefits restored.

Less than two months after Lakeside Health System officially closed its hospital to patients, the Lakeside Board today announced plans to sell most of the system's assets to the University of Rochester Medical Center .

A deputy checking out a suspicious vehicle ended up arresting the driver and three other men who authorities say had burglarized an AT&T store in Batavia.

WHO: Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network WHAT: Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage on 13 sites in the Buffalo/Niagara area, expanding and filling in coverage on the high-speed data network it launched locally in October 2011.

After an interview process conducted by the Genesee County Democratic Committee three candidates were endorsed for the Genesee County Legislature.

You can't brew beer without malt, which is something Ted Hawley thinks legislators forgot about when they passed a farm brewing bill last year that will eventually require ales and lagers labeled "New York Beer" to contain 90 percent locally grown ingredients.

A weekly business newspaper in Buffalo published a ranking of WNY elementary schools and one Genesee County school made the top 10. St. Paul Lutheran's elementary school is the 10th best in academic achievement over the past four years, according to Business First .

This time, residents and trustees raised concerns about Peterson obtaining keys to all of the filing cabinets and demanding an office in the village facility.

Four projects, including an expansion by a Canadian-based firm, have been approved for public incentives by the Genesee County Economic Development Center.

The Rolling Hills Asylum is located in East Bethany, south of Batavia in Genesee County , New York .

Who could use Hawaiian luau party decorations? Who could use metal desks and chairs? Who could use shelves? Who could use a wooden ramp approx.

"Liberty is local" was a recurring theme of speakers today at the inaugural convention of the Genesee County Libertarian Party.

Thousands of teachers, students and supporters rallied in front of the state Capitol on Saturday, taking aim at a slate of standardized tests that they say have been poorly implemented.

Esther Leadley, when she didn't get the GOP's endorsement for the District 6 seat on teh County Legislature.

The Genesee County Economic Development Center approved four projects at its June board meeting.

First-grade students from throughout Genesee County made a field trip today to Post Farms in Elba for the Farm Bureau's annual "Dairy Days" educational event.

The Bank of Castile celebrated 20 years in Batavia this afternoon with a community gathering at its East Main Street branch and by presenting a gift backpack with a $500 donation in it to the backpack program of United Way.