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Deputies: Marion man illegally used EBT card of incarcerated subject

Deputies: Marion man illegally used EBT card of incarcerated subject
A Marion man is facing multiple charges after deputies say he used an EBT card that didn’t belong to him. Deputies in Wayne County say that Joel T. Foil, 51, of Marion was charged after an investigation was initiated by the Wayne County Department of Social Services. Investigators say that Foil used an EBT card that belonged to an incarcerated... more

Grants enable Newark Village to fix culvert, rehab bridge

Grants enable Newark Village to fix culvert, rehab bridge
Newark Village Mayor Jonathan Taylor announced confirmation in obtaining two major grant awards. Taylor mentioned the grants at the last village board meeting. The first of these grants is from the state Department of Transportation’s 2016 BRIDGE NY program. The village received $550,000 to reconstruct a failing culvert on Route 31 West in the village. The funding comes in conjunction with a... more

W-FL Friday: Mynderse takes control in East with win over Wayne

W-FL Friday: Mynderse takes control in East with win over Wayne
Mynderse entered Friday night with a 1 game lead over the Newark Reds and 1.5 game lead over Wayne who they hosted in Seneca Falls in a game streamed live on FL1 Sports. The Blue Devils would pull away late in the game for the win to open up a 2.5 game lead over Wayne in the Finger Lakes East.... more

W-FL Thursday: Clyde downs rival Lyons, ER keeps pace

W-FL Thursday: Clyde downs rival Lyons, ER keeps pace
Clyde-Savannah entered Thursday night’s game against Lyons with a 3-game lead over the Lions and a 2.5 game lead over East Rochester in the Wayne County Standings. In a game streamed live on FL1 Sports, the Golden Eagles ran away from Lyons for their second win over their rival for the second time this season while East Rochester kept pace... more

Wayne County Clerk urges residents to renew locally at your DMV

Wayne County Clerk urges residents to renew locally at your DMV
By Tammy Whitacre For years, Wayne County Clerk Michael Jankowski has worked to educate residents when it comes to helping the county they live in. The “notice to Wayne County residents” urges them to bring their renewals for vehicle registration and driver’s licenses to their local Department of Motor Vehicles in Lyons and forgo returning the payment in the pre-addressed... more

W-FL Friday: Mynderse girls clinch share of East title

W-FL Friday: Mynderse girls clinch share of East title
A moderate slate of games in Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball on Friday night saw Finger Lakes East boys and girls teams in action as well as some games in the Finger Lakes West. Mynderse Academy stands alone atop both the boys and girls East standings and picked up a pair of wins against Penn Yan while the Newark and... more

Empty Bowls event planning underway to benefit Newark Food Closet

Empty Bowls event planning underway to benefit Newark Food Closet
For the fourth time since 2010, the Newark Art Department has embarked upon another ambitious and caring “Empty Bowls” project that will benefit the Newark Food Closet. Since 2010, the “Empty Bowls” soup, bread buffet and silent art and craft auction events at NHS raised more than $16,000 for the local food closet. “Empty Bowls,” is a grassroots movement that... more

Students find Washington, D.C. trip ‘pretty cool’

Students find Washington, D.C. trip ‘pretty cool’
For Newark Middle School sixth and eighth grade social studies teacher Lisa Eakins, the opportunity for students to see Donald Trump take the reins from former United States President Barack Obama was a chance of a lifetime. But for seventh grade students Zack Mallette, Gabriella Taylor and Isaiah Dishaw, well, it was just plain “cool!” “It was a once in... more

Wayne County joins others across state in search of mandate relief

Wayne County joins others across state in search of mandate relief
It was just a couple of weeks ago that Wayne County Administrator Rick House joined other officials from across the state to lobby in Albany for unfunded mandate relief. House visited the Governor’s mansion with other members of the New York State Association of Counties, which represents county leaders all across the state, to seek some relief from state mandates.... more

Joint sewer plant proposed in Wayne County

Joint sewer plant proposed in Wayne County
Three Wayne County governments are in the early stages of planning a potential regional wastewater-treatment plant that would not only help the communities comply with environmental regulations but encourage business and residential development as well. The towns of Marion and Macedon, as well as the village of Palmyra, are considering a joint facility that would feature the latest wastewater treatment... more

2017 Section V boys & girls basketball Sectional tournament brackets

2017 Section V boys & girls basketball Sectional tournament brackets
Late Friday morning, the seeding points for Section V boys and girls high school basketball became official as the regular season is behind us. Ahead is Sectionals! Check out the brackets below for every classification in Section V for the boys and girls with our area teams highlighted. Postseason play gets underway Tuesday night. Check back to FingerLakes1.com for our... more

Big wins for W-FL teams on opening night of Sectional basketball (full coverage)

Big wins for W-FL teams on opening night of Sectional basketball (full coverage)
Fifty-six high school basketball teams from throughout Section V were in action on opening night of Sectional play on Tuesday night and several W-FL teams advanced to the quarterfinals. Full results from the entire slate of games on Tuesday night in Section V, updated tournament brackets and upcoming schedule below…   TUESDAY NIGHT OPENING ROUND SCOREBOARD: CLASS B BOYS  (Updated... more

Sectionals: Newark girls shock in Class B; South Seneca girls roll (full coverage)

Sectionals: Newark girls shock in Class B; South Seneca girls roll (full coverage)
Thirty-four Section V boys basketball teams and a whopping sixty girls teams were in action on Wednesday night for the final night of opening round Sectional action. Only two Wayne-Finger Lakes boys teams took the court, Geneva in Class A2 and Romulus in D2, and both lost. The Canandaigua boys would advance with a 26 point win. On the girls... more

Newark’s Salvation Army store to stay in village

Newark’s Salvation Army store to stay in village
The Newark location of the Salvation Army will remain open through 2018 at least, officials announced yesterday. “After numerous discussions with customers, employees, and community leaders, we are happy to have made the decision to stay,” said Jennifer Helpard, administrator of The Salvation Army’s Rochester Adult Rehabilitation Center, who oversees area Family Stores for the organization. “Everyone we’ve spoken to... more

Village of Macedon officially dissolves after 161 years

Village of Macedon officially dissolves after 161 years
The Macedon Village Board met one final time Friday evening, March 31st to wrap up business before the village faded into history. “Everything should run just fine and nothing will change as of 12:01 a.m.,” said Macedon Mayor Bill Murray with the village’s final hours before dissolution at hand. The board met to approve minutes and sign abstracts and checks... more

Wayne Sheriff provides update in monthly column

Wayne Sheriff provides update in monthly column
Dear Neighbors, The Sheriff’s Office 2016 Annual Report is available online at www.waynecosheriff.org through your town supervisor and at all the public libraries in the county for your review. On April 29th all Wayne County law enforcement agencies, Wayne-NET (Wayne Narcotic Enforcement Team) and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft... more
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