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Go To ArchiveSome districts face harsh cuts to bridge budget gaps
The 10 school districts with territory fully or partially within Livingston County will have budget votes and school board elections on Tuesday. The vote in many districts include board of education seats and additional propositions for bus purchases, staffing changes and capital projects.
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In addition to deciding on school budgets, voters in area districts will also decide who will serve on their school's board of education. Several districts are facing contested elections for board of education seats.
More →Voter ID policy among election issues in Mount Morris
A trio of incumbents elected to the Mount Morris Central School Board three years ago — Tad Rowley, Amanda Lonsberry and Ann Hunt — are touting successful on-track reform as they face two challengers — David DiPasquale and Peter Privitera. The challengers are claiming administrative overload, lack of transparency, poor student performance, and a need for a student resource officer, and are also bemoaning a newly enacted policy for school voter identification documentation.
More →Small library asking for increase in Wayland
Wayland Library Director Karen Deutsch said the board of directors decided to ask for additional $10,000 to bring the budget up to $115,000. The rate hike will come before the taxpayers during the school budget vote on May 21.
More →County proclamation seeks relief from state mandates
The Livingston County Board of Supervisors is among a growing list of communities issuing a call of “Mayday for Mandate Relief” against the unfunded state mandates that are limiting funds available for local services.
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Geneseo downs York 3-1
Vattimo's two-run single in bottom of the fourth helps Blue Devils to season sweep over Golden Knights.
More →Ideal Chevrolet forges partnership with Avon youth soccer
Ideal Chevrolet is supporting the Town of Avon Youth Summer Soccer program through the Chevrolet Youth Soccer Program.
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Cal-Mum softball nips Le Roy
McMullen tops Condidorio in battle of the 'Kelsey's' as Red Raiders get 3-1 victory.
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Cal-Mum holds on against Le Roy
Sass strikes out 11 through five innings as Red Raiders get 8-6 victory over Oatkan Knights.
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Greece Odyssey silents Livonia’s bats
Bulldogs' eight-game win streak snapped 4-2 by Leopards.
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Way-Co baseball starting to click
Golden Eagles down Dansville, Bath to tune up for big Friday LCAA D-I showdown at Livonia.
More →Rhinos tickets help local family raise money for EE research
The family of Andrew Walker, a Livonia teen with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, is selling tickets to a Rochester Rhinos game to help raise money for ongoing research into a cure for the disease known as EE.
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Livonia’s ‘Little Library’ offers reading respite
Persons strolling in the neighborhood of North Street and Frances Way in Livonia will encounter a “Little Library” as they pass the home of Calvin and Joyce Lathan.
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Familiar Valley names run at Kentucky Derby
There were a few interesting Valley connections to this year’s Kentucky Derby.
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Steel sculptures hit the streets
The “Wings of Steel” sculptures were unveiled May 11 at the Star Theatre in Dansville.
More →Grow veggies, without the labor
Gardening in straw bales will enable you to have a vegetable garden with less labor.
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Distance versus speed? Which exercise is better
If you are of the camp that believes that the harder you push yourself, the better your health will be, you can ease up a bit.
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Go To ArchiveFour graduates that stand out
It is time for my annual salute to SUNY Geneseo graduating seniors. You just can’t be pessimistic or cynical if you know Will and Tim and Connor and Dale.
More →Good race, good issues in Mount Morris school board election
The “keep it positive” attitude in Mount Morris is a nice thing. Courteous discourse is the hallmark of civilization. Kindness to others is the essence of humanity. But the “Positive” mantra can be overplayed to the point where it suppresses honest communication.
More →Immigration reform needed now
Negotiations pulse back and forth between big business, little business, labor unions and politicians of all persuasions. That is all done on the evening news, cable television and in newspapers. Genesee Valley farmers who are into another planting season anxiously await a decision which will relieve them from the terrible pressure they are under to find legal workers to milk their herds.
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