Howard W. Appell

VILLAGE BUDGETS

Spending plans within guidelines

Eight of Livingston County's nine villages have stayed within the 2 percent tax levy increase limit set by the state in recently adopted budgets set to take affect June 1.

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SAFETY

Livonia FD hosts refresher class for public

Everyone — not just folks in the Livonia Fire District — is invited to a one-hour program being presented by the Livonia Fire Department at 7 p.m. May 9 in the Livonia Primary School Gymnasium.

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LECTURE
Elmwood mansion at the end of East Street in Nunda as it appears today.

Nunda mansion topic of history talk

Two historic personages connected with the iconic photo of the locomotives of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads nose-to-nose within a great crowd have close ties to the village of Nunda.

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FRACKING

Lenape appeals ruling on Avon moratorium

Michael Joy, the attorney representing Lenape Resource Corporation, confirmed to the Livingston County News on Tuesday that his client is now being assisted by other energy companies in his appeal of the March 20 court ruling by Supreme Court Judge Robert Wiggins.

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METAL MAGIC
Avon's Brad Scism grinds a piece of metal while working on one of the sculptures being created by the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership's metal trades class. After the metal trades students create the steel birds, students from Dansville Central School will paint the sculptures before auctioning them off to benefit the Vincent House.

Steel birds emerge from metal trades class

For a third consecutive year, the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership metal trades class at the Charles May Center in Mount Morris is creating a collection of steel sculptures as a charity-oriented community project.

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EDITORIAL

Mount Morris is a ghost town no more

About six years ago, on a family day trip to Rochester from our home in Allegany County, we passed through the Village of Mount Morris. In total seriousness my son Ryder, who was then 8years old, asked, “Dad, is this a ghost town?”

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STORYTELLERS FESTIVAL

Young authors put original works on display

“Words to Wisdom” is the theme of the 23rd annual Young Authors and Storytellers Festival, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday at SUNY Geneseo.

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LIBRARY OF THE YEAR
Staff display the congratulatory cake proclaiming Wadsworth Library as the Rochester Regional Library Council's Public Library of the Year. Pictured are, from left, library clerk Amanda Nichols, clerk Cindy Costa, director Anna Grace, cleark Susan Sprecher, children's librarian Sarah Matthews and clerk Rob Taylor.

Wadsworth Library named best in region

The Wadsworth Library in Geneseo has been named Rochester Regional Library Council 2013 Public Library of the Year.

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COMMUNITY
Dansville native Kent Rounsville, pictured middle with wife Alise and daughter Sierra, was recently recognized with the VanOstberg Humanitarian Award for 2013.

Livingston Correctional worker honored with VanOstberg Award

Kent Rounsville, who works as head cook Livingston Correctional Facility, has been presented with the VanOstberg Humanitarian Award, an honor given by correctional staff to one of its own in recognition of service to one’s community.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

Teens charged in rash of break-ins

Two 15-year-old males from Geneseo were arrested April 12 in connection with numerous burglaries and larcenies in the Court Street area, involving mostly parked vehicles and several residential apartments.

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WYOMING COUNTY

Peoria Road to close temporarily

Peoria Road in the town of Covington will be closed for about four weeks for a culvert replacement.

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LECTURE
The life and times of soldier William Whitlock will be the topic of a special talk May 26 commemorating the Civil War at the Nunda Historical Society.

Author to share soldiers’ stories in Nunda talk

The life and times of an area Civil War soldier will be the topic of a special presentation Sunday afternoon at the Nunda Historical Society, 24 Portage Rd.

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Cal-Mum's Hannah Anderson lifts a base hit to the outfield in the fourth inning of the Lady Raiders win over Canisteo Greenwood Thursday.

Cal-Mum rallies past C-G

Top-seeded Red Raiders shake off slow start to get 12-4 victory over No. 8 Lady Redskins Thursday in 'C2' quarterfinals.

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LESSONS

In politics, talk is both a problem and a means to solution

The best cure for the disease of poisoned talk is healthy and vigorous talk.

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ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW

NY SAFE Act should be repealed

By ignoring long-established crime prevention data from widely respected institutions, the NY SAFE Act exploited our emotions in the false name of safety.

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EDITORIAL

Drug busts a call to action

But the headlines from last week — notably 19 people arrested on drug-related charges, with other arrests pending — reveal the county’s darker side. A side that won’t be touted by tourism agencies, but is real nonetheless.

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