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RTS makes changes to service in Genesee County
Rochester, N.Y. — Regional Transit Service announced Thursday that it will soon implement changes to its service in Genesee County. As of Aug. 12, RTS will offer four routes in Genesee County that will run weekdays from 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Route 210 will serve the Big Tree Glen in...
Billion Dollar Wind Turbine Project Set For Western New York
Chicago-based investors are working with four Southern Tier counties on a series of wind turbine developments whose final price tag could top $1 billion - with the largest percentage to be spent in Cattaraugus County. Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC, the development team behind the project, has proposed to build 83...
Town of Batavia schedules public meeting to discuss widening Route 98 north of Thruway
The Town of Batavia will hold a public information meeting at 7 p.m. on July 25 to discuss plans to widen Route 98 from the NYS Thruway bridge to West Saile Drive.The proposed project would widen the pavement from two lanes to three lanes, with left-turn lanes at Federal
Genesee County's 4-H programs flourish, will fill grounds at the fair
Genesee County Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program is going to the dogs this year — and the pigs, chickens, goats, and many other animals, to be fair — Director Jocelyn Sikorski says.Sikorski gave a yearly review to county legislators this week about a program that’s been on the rise. There are 295 youth members, 37 clubs, 75 adult volunteers and a 10% increase in youth enrollment from the previous year, she said.
$800k in federal funding going towards Rochester-area fire departments
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — New York State has received over $800,000 in federal funding for three fire departments in the Rochester area. The Rochester Fire Department will receive over $700,000 to boost its training and develop new instructors and fire officers. The Ridge Road Fire District will receive over $65,000 and the City of Batavia […]
Geneseo Community Players solve The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Geneseo Community Players needs your help finishing an incomplete Charles Dickens story. 13WHAM's Chris Lopez tries to solve "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Charles Dickens left his murder mystery novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished when he died in 1870. More than 100 years later, the story finally got an ending — in musical form. Songwriter Rupert Holmes, best known for the single "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" wrote a stage adaptation of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," which debuted in New York in 1985.
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