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Blue Devils come on strong at sectionals

“Around Geneseo” carefully steps onto Chris Metcalf’s playing field but Geneseoans are excited and proud of the victories.

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Around Geneseo

Trick-or treat at the nursing center

Geneseo Central School Elementary students visited the Livingston County Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on Oct. 31.

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Glancing Backward
Some 10,000 slaves soon took refuge behind Union lines and thousands more in other parts of the South, creating the momentum, historians say, that led to emancipation

Reverend Gay was human contraband

“Slavery,” a word that had been part of the American vocabulary since our earliest history. But “contraband” was a new concept invented by General Benjamin Butler.

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Around Geneseo

An update from Keyboard Kamp

The 8-80 Keyboard Kamp recital news releases already have told of Theresa Ingro receiving the Good Citizen award.

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Glancing Backward
Ron’s idea of funny

Ron’s idea of funny

Joke catalog items kept locals amused in the 1930s.

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Around Geneseo

Monday Evening Class reconvenes for 2011-12

Twenty-five members met at the Goodwill Community Meeting room with a theme of “Growth: Human and Otherwise."

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Glancing Backward

The LCN has some big news shoes to fill

Editor Mark, no offense but you will have a long, challenging path to match the achievements of editors Walter and Don Sanders, also those of Ray Sherman.

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Around Geneseo

Good Neighbor’s Leg-Up Stables hosts event

Each horse kept more than one leg up at the Good Neighbor’s Leg-Up Stables event on Aug. 18.

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Books

The many faces of Bonhoeffler

A challenging Geneseo Ecumenical Book Review series opens its pages on Sept. 8 when Ray Lindquist will discuss Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas.

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Glancing Backward
When sheep was big business in the Genesee Valley

When sheep was big business in the Genesee Valley

Sheep seemed to be a subject for historic controversy starting in 1645, when a Mohawk Indian named Kiotsacton voiced disdain for white settlers who raised sheep.

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Geneseo's Trevor Mothersell drives in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday against York.

Geneseo rallies past York, 4-3

Golden Knights suffer seventh inning heartbreak as they blow 3-1 lead to Blue Devils in 'CC' quarterfinals.

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ON STAGE

5 Livingston students compete for NYC theater prize

Five Livingston County students are due to return tonight to Rochester’s Auditorium Theatre to compete for a chance to go to Broadway.

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Livingston County Treasurer Carolyn Taylor is seen in her office. She is retiring Friday after 13 years as treasurer and more than 25 years in the department.

County treasurer bids farewell to Supervisors

Livingston County Treasurer Carolyn Taylor bid an emotional farewell to members of the County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday afternoon.

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PHOTOGRAPHY
"Trestle, Avon, NY," a black-and-white photograph by Robert Garland of Caledonia. It is featured in a summer exhibition at Genesee County Park and Forest, East Bethany.

Grandmother inspires Caledonia artist

When it came time for Robert Garland to find a subject for a photography class at Genesee Community College, he remembered trips he took as a young boy with his artist grandmother.

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COMMENCEMENT
Ronald Herzman, a distinguished teaching professor of English at Geneseo, delivers the commencement address at SUNY Geneseo on Saturday morning. He also spoke to graduates during a second ceremony in the afternoon.

Geneseo students told to embrace change

The nearly 1,200 students who took part in commencement exercises Saturday at SUNY Geneseo may be headed to different places, but they've been charged with a shared goal: "Make the world a better place."

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CONCERT

Warsaw Barbershoppers to perform Saturday

The Warsaw Barbershop Chorus will be joined by two award-winning quartets for its 72nd annual musical show on May 25.

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