Tony D'Imperio

Halloween ghost walk
Ford Best as Declaration of Independence signor Robert Morris in debtor's prision.

Friendly ghosts tell of our past

The rain didn’t stop 100 people from coming out for a walk last weekend to learn some history about a few 19th century folks who lived in or had connections to Mount Morris.

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A museum interpreter stirs a mixture that is on its way to becoming beer in the museum's 19th century brewery.

Low-tech living at the Genesee Country Museum

The Agricultural Fair at Mumford’s Genesee Country Village and Museum displays 19th century ways.

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1958 Pontiac Bonneville. In addition to classic cars, Owner Dick Ameigh collects and restores mannequins, one of which is pictured here.

Just a good ol’ car

Over 200 classic cars filled both baseball playing fields at Mount Morris’ Bellamy Park during the 14th Annual Good Ol’ Boys Car Show.

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Mount Morris Italian Festival 2010

Mount Morris Italian Festival 2010

Tony D'Imperio has prepared a web gallery of photos from the Aug. 20-21 Mount Morris Italian Festival.

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‘Ye Olde Outhouse’ now on Main St. in Mount Morris

‘Ye Olde Outhouse’ now on Main St. in Mount Morris

Outhouses are in with Betty Kunkle; she collects them and their stories! Some are for sale. Kunkle, owner of Ye Olde Outhouse, which also sells everything from rubber stamps and cardstock to yarn, scented candles and antique wood cabinets, admits that her hobby is a bit unusual.

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The dam road is fixed

The dam road is fixed

Over the last 12 years that I’ve been going to the Visitor Center, the road from Route 408 to the Center was like traveling on a surface where a roadside bomb exploded. But that’s all behind us; it’s ‘water over the dam,’ so to speak. The road is new and smooth, no longer full of pot holes.

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Zach Farruggia, absorbed in an on-screen game.

Mount Morris library in its second century

When I was a kid, the Mount Morris Library was a house in the same location as the present building. My friends and I went there at least once

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Save a Lot food store opens in Mount Morris

Save a Lot food store opens in Mount Morris

An open house in the Save a Lot food store on June 29 attracted a crowd of around 75 people. The brand-spanking-new store in the plaza on East State

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Cody Schlageter, center, presenting the prize for the winning tie to Eladio Soto. At right is Cody's buddy, Tim Ellsworth. Voting for zaniest tie took place schoolwide throughout the day. Cookies were baked -fresh by students of the Culinary Arts Program, Genesee Valley Educational Partnership.

The puzzle of autism

So complex is this neurological disorder that the Autism Society of America uses, as a logo, a ribbon with jigsaw puzzle pieces on it. Mount Morris Central’s Autism Awareness Day featured a zany necktie (close enough to a ribbon) contest.

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A new place for art in Mount Morris

A new place for art in Mount Morris

Developer Greg O’Connell, who purchased 18 properties in the Mount Morris business district, is designating one of them a space for art. The 65 Main Street space is unique because a dividing wall that separated two businesses many years ago had two blocked-off two archways. Now, the attractive archways are open, allowing back and forth access between both sides.

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EDUCATION
Livonia students who participated in an electric car competition in Watkins Glen last month are, from left, Chris Smith, David Messner, Caleb Blackwell, Colby Wright,Jeff Smith, Sean Smith, teacher Greg Golding and, in car, Amanda VanBuskirk.

Livonia students put classroom lessons to work

A group of senior students in the engineering and design and development course at Livonia Central School went to Watkins Glen last month to can electric car they had made in class.

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SCHOOL VOTES

Budgets approved in all 10 Livingston school districts

In Tuesday’s school budget elections, all of the ten districts in Livingston County received approval from their constituents in the form of overwhelmingly supportive "yes" votes.

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ARREST
Patrick R. Welch

Mount Morris man charged in child porn case

A Mount Morris man, already registered in New York as a level three sex offender, is facing new charges in a case that stretches from Livingston County to Los Angeles County in California.

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WEATHER

Severe thunderstorm approaching northern Livingston, Wyoming

UPDATE, 4:20 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Livingston and Wyoming counties, including Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 7 until 5 p.m. At

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WEATHER

Weather Service to offer Skywarn training in Mount Morris

The Buffalo office of the National Weather Service will conduct a Skywarn spotter training seminar May 29 at the Livingston County Fire Training Facility, 3360 Gypsy Lane, Mount Morris. The

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COMMUNITY

Needs assessment survey being analyzed

Data collected from nearly 400 responses to a Community Needs Assesment posted online earlier this year and being reviewed.

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