Howard W. Appell
Geneseo trustees planning village budget
Mayor Richard Hatheway has set his 2010-2011 budget goal so that any tax increase will be held below three percent.
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Portrait of first president up for bid
One of about 100 existing likenesses of George Washington by the famous portraitist Gibert Stuart will be auctioned this Saturday in Geneseo.
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Geneseo residents are invited to see and discuss the evolving plan this Thursday, March 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the park depot.
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Racetrack memories
Chuck Krueger, Sr. will be inducted into the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Drivers Walk of Fame on September 10. Membership is for “the great drivers who have competed on the Glen's world famous circuit over the last 56 years.” To be considered for the honor, the driver must have driven a race car in competition at one of the four race courses used at The Glen over the past half century.
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Keep the dock law, say lakers
More than 300 people — almost all Conesus Lake dwellers — filled the meeting room at the United Church of Livonia last Thursday, where the Livonia Town Board hosted a public hearing on amendments to the section of its zoning ordinance which governs docks and mooring.
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Democrats hold off GOP challenge in Geneseo polls
Nunda elects new a mayor while Republicans storm the Leicester village board.
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Bus crash damages could be capped
The victims of a January 2005 crash may end up seeing only a fraction of the amounts awarded by the Livingston County jury. Prior to the damages trial the defendant trucking and motor coach companies had secured a ruling in New York State Supreme Court that the damages should be subject to the Canadian law which caps individual awards for pain and suffering and sets an absolute award amount at $326,000 — or less if the injury is deemed less than catastrophic.
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Lake bears brunt of reassessment hikes
Sales of homes along the shores of Conesus Lake fell to half their usual number during 2008 and 2009, but for those homes that were sold, buyers were paying a premium price -- on the average about 35 percent more than the same home would have sold for in 2005. Recent re-assessments all around the lake have jumped an average of 35 percent.
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‘The Nines’ restaurant opens at Livingston Country Club
Geneseo’s newest restaurant, The Nines at Livingston Country Club, opened March 8 with a completely new interior look.
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Census hiring in Livingston County
Winert advises that the job will be temporary and part time with flexible hours, in most cases optimally performed during evenings and weekends when people tend to be at home. ... Winert cautions that not every person on the list will be tapped to work, but the Census is required to have this number on hand to choose from.
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