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El Morro owner honored for community contributions

El Morro owner honored for community contributions
One of the city’s most beloved business owners was honored last week by the Geneva Business Improvement District. Rafael Diaz Diaz, owner of El Morro Catering and Restaurant on Exchange Street, received the Community Service Award during BID’s annual dinner on Thursday at the Geneva Ramada. Diaz Diaz is not only a long-time downtown business owner but also a community... more

Grants will help multiple projects get off the ground in Newark

Grants will help multiple projects get off the ground in Newark
Seven education and recreation projects will get off the ground this year with funding support from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. The grants are aimed at inspiring people to learn more about New York’s legendary canals and further explore the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. 

The grants range from $2,000 to $7,000 and are leveraging an additional $77,231 in... more

HWS students use dance to engage Geneva kids

HWS students use dance to engage Geneva kids
Hobart and William Smith students don’t dance around their commitment to helping out in the Geneva community. The Colleges’ dance students are working with young people from the area to promote keen minds and healthy bodies. “Being able to help the kids of Geneva is an amazing experience,” said senior Madeline Sherwood, a double major in dance and sociology/anthropology, who... more

Mass Riot lives up to its name as Auburn brewpub’s IPA release draws hundreds

Mass Riot lives up to its name as Auburn brewpub’s IPA release draws hundreds
Prison City Pub & Brewery's most popular beer once again lived up to its name. Saturday morning saw the Auburn brewpub release 16-ounce cans of its Mass Riot India pale ale for the first time. The beer has been in high demand since summer 2016, when national publication Paste Magazine voted it No. 1 in a blind tasting of almost... more

Jay-Z and Beyonce are coming to Buffalo

Jay-Z and Beyonce are coming to Buffalo
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are bringing the OTR II tour to New Era Field on Saturday, August 18, 2018. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 19th at 12pm. Tickets range $25- $325 (includes $5 Facility Maintenance Fee) and can be purchased online at LiveNation.com, Ticketsmaster.com or Charge By Phone at 1-800-745-3000. All tickets subject to applicable service charges and fees. All... more

St. Patrick’s Day weekend picks (local guide)

St. Patrick’s Day weekend picks (local guide)
Check out these great special deals and happenings for St. Patrick’s Day 2018 in the Finger Lakes! Dewey’s Tavern on Bridge Street in Seneca Falls Friday Happy Hour: Seafood Pizza and Ham and Swiss Subs Saturday: Irish Dinner for $8.00, Ham or Corned Beef, Reuben’s too! Regular menu still available, burgers, wings, pizza, fries, trash plates! Kitchen hours 11 am... more

FLX WEEKLY: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Edition (podcast)

FLX WEEKLY: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Edition (podcast)
More winter weather is delaying the start of spring, which officially begins next week in the Finger Lakes, but spirits should still be high with St. Patrick’s Day coming up on Saturday. Join Sydney Rogers, Jim Sinicropi & Josh Durso to find out some local options for finding Irish cheer, get the details on our coverage of Midlakes girls basketball... more

Cayuga Centers’ 120 laid-off workers getting help from local career center

Cayuga Centers’ 120 laid-off workers getting help from local career center
A Cayuga County career organization is helping a mass of workers recently laid off from Cayuga Centers last month. Ann Kubarek, director of the Cayuga Works Career Center, said her Auburn office has been busy assisting nearly 120 people find jobs after the family services organization announced the closure of its residential program Feb. 22. The closure also affects some... more

’17 minutes for 17 victims’: Auburn High School students walk out for national protests

’17 minutes for 17 victims’: Auburn High School students walk out for national protests
Tears overcame Ashley Reilly outside Auburn High School Wednesday morning. Reilly, 16, was one of hundreds who congregated at the back of the school as a part of the national walkouts planned to protest gun violence and to honor the 17 people killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month. Students, staff, administrators... more

STRIKING FOR A CAUSE: Geneva Women’s Assembly plans March 8th events

STRIKING FOR A CAUSE: Geneva Women’s Assembly plans March 8th events
March 8th is International Women’s Day. All over the world, women and their supporters will walk out, strike, and rally in opposition to sexual and racial violence, economic inequality, aggressive policing, and endless war. In solidarity with women across the globe, the Geneva Women’s Assembly (GWA) calls everyone to strike from noon to 1:00 p.m. on March 8th and join... more

Auburn entrepreneur honored as one of ‘Women Who Make America’

Auburn entrepreneur honored as one of ‘Women Who Make America’
An Auburn entrepreneur has been honored by a broadcasting station in Syracuse this week. Tracy Verrier, an agricultural entrepreneur and the executive director of Cayuga Strategic Solutions, a joint project between the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce and the Cayuga Economic Development Agency, is one of 10 women who are this year's Makers: Women Who Make America honorees for the... more

Finger Lakes region home and lifestyle show comes to the Fingerlakes Mall

Finger Lakes region home and lifestyle show comes to the Fingerlakes Mall
About 1,600 people were drawn to the first Upper Finger Lakes Home & Lifestyle Show hosted at the Fingerlakes Mall Saturday and Sunday. Ninety different vendors gave home improvement advice, sold artisan goods, crafts, food and drink as part of the show, while other special events like face-painting and breakfast with the Easter Bunny took place for kids. The Citizen:... more
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