Yates County News

Holiday shoppers spent some time today at The Harley School in Brighton searching for interesting Christmas gifts made by the Rochester Folk Art Guild.

Finger Lakes Health System president and CEO James Dooley plans to exit his post in March, health system officials said Tuesday.

Four students from the Rochester School for the Deaf created a plan to make flying easier for the deaf community that involves LED message boards on planes.

A Yates County man already convicted of sexual abuse earlier this year was charged with third-degree rape on Friday by State Police.

If the economy is improving, it isn't reflected in the latest unemployment numbers for the region and state.

The state Department of Transportation will speed up reconstruction of state Route 54A in Yates County.

About 100 State University College at Geneseo students on Wednesday protested cuts in state funding to higher education.

It's a wet October day and the dark clouds rolling across the skies over Keuka Lake are so thick even a sunflower has trouble casting a colorful light.

New York farmers got a boost at a Canandaigua event this week, even though there wasn't a Muck boot - a popular footwear choice among people who work with dirt - in sight.

Veraisons, the restaurant at Glenora Wine Cellars, will be serving Thanksgiving Day dinners as well as a 'Give Thanks' benefit dinner the following Saturday.

Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.

Susan Noble has been named executive director of the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park, also called the Technology Farm.

A Yates County man was killed Tuesday afternoon when dump truck rolled over an embankment and crashed into a building where he was working, Yates County deputies said.

Authorities say a construction worker was killed when a truck hauling stone crashed into the Finger Lakes boathouse where he was working.

A Penn Yan man died Tuesday in a construction accident in Yates County. The Yates County Sheriff's Office said Joshua F. Larham, 28, of 404 Liberty St.

Grape growers in the Finger Lakes region had been hoping for an average size crop this season, even though a cold summer and fall has delayed the harvest.

A Dundee man died last night after his pickup truck left the road, according to Yates County sheriff's deputies.

With more business, Bob's Alignment Shop loses more money. His free tire-plugging policy for all tires purchased at his shop seemed like a great customer service pitch up until a year and a half ago.

Hunt Country Vineyards in Branchport, Yates County, has installed a small vertical-axis wind turbine that generates up to 1.2 kilowatts of electricity.

In what may have been a first for New York state, the Italy Town Board voted last night to deny an application from a company that wanted to build an 18-turbine wind farm in the picturesque Yates County town.