It was a very busy night across the Wayne-Finger Lakes boys and girls basketball leagues on Friday. There were a total of 19 games, 12 boys games and 7 girls games. One of the best games of the night featured the Victor Blue Devils and the Fairport Red Raiders. This was a back and forth... more

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That popular sentiment seems to apply to the town’s effort to sell two surplus properties. Requests for proposals for the former town municipal building at 10 Fall St. and the former village hall at 60 State are due by 5 p.m. Jan. 6. Both properties were... more

It was a quiet night in the Wayne-Finger Lakes boys basketball league on Thursday night with just two games. One of them was between the Dundee Scotsman and the South Seneca Falcons. The Scotsman picked up their second straight win after defeating the Falcons by three points. The Falcons have dropped three straight after the... more

In recent months, a unit of Texas-based Waste Connections revived its two-year-old lawsuit challenging Local Law 3. Meanwhile, another unit was quietly plowing more than $94,000 into the outcome of local elections Nov. 5. more

Join Paul Russo and Nick Felice for this week’s edition of the Fresh Takes Podcast where they will discuss the college football play-off match-ups, NFL football playoff positioning with just 3 weeks remaining in the regular season and the Baseball Hall of Fame Veteran’s Committee decisions.  . more

This week Kenny breaks down the week in Syracuse sports, dishes on the Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, and Rochester City School District. Check it all out below on Kenny’s 2 Pennies. . more

Anyone interested in submitting a proposal for the Local Planning Committee to consider for Seneca Falls’ Downtown Revitalization funds will have to complete a request for information form, which is now available online. “The RFI is a short form requesting participants to provide basic information about potential projects including project scope, description, budget, and financing,”... more

A little bit of studying is happening at the Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve. Jasmine S. Peters a PhD student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at Cornell University is studying plant pathology and insect disease vectors in remnant and restored native prairie grass populations at the Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve. “The Seneca Meadows Preserve... more

The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Seneca Falls resident following a traffic stop on State Route 318 in Tyre. Deputies say that around 12:55 a.m. on Sunday – Angela Wheeler, 27, of Seneca Falls was stopped for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. Deputies say that upon further investigation –... more

Less than two weeks after being arrested on a felony assault charge, a Seneca Falls man was taken into custody again after he was released on his own recognizance for violating the order of protection established to protect the victim who spent days in the hospital after the first incident. more

The Seneca Falls Police Department reports the arrest of an 18-year-old resident following a rape investigation. Joseph Deal, 18, of Seneca Falls was charged with second-degree rape, a Class D felony, and endangering the welfare of a child. He’s accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with an individual under 15-years-old. Deal was processed and released... more

Police say that after performing a welfare check at a home in Seneca Falls – two people were arrested for unlawfully dealing with children. Robin Cooper, 54, and Angelina Evans, 28, both of Seneca Falls were arrested after police arrived on-scene for a welfare check of one of the individuals. While there they discovered an... more

A 35-year-old Seneca Falls woman was arrested for unlawfully dealing with a child after police responded to a family problem complaint. Police say that Olivia Ritter, 35, of Seneca Falls reported that her 15-year-old child was being disorderly and not listening to her. While on-scene police interviewed both parties, and determined that Ritter had allowed... more

Police say a Seneca Falls man was arrested on a trespass charge after returning to a store from which he had been banned. Bryan Rugenstein, 55, of Seneca Falls was charged with criminal trespass after being arrested for previously trespassing at the same location. Police say he returned after the first incident, and began harassing... more

Word spreads as more and more blue jays join the breakfast club at our home on Seybolt Rd in Fayette Photo by Karen Barto. more

Jeff Rook, one of the founding organizers of the popular It’s A Wonderful Run 5K, is in-studio with Sydney Rogers and Jim Sinicropi to talk about next week’s big race as part of the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls. . more

Last night was the opening round of the Finger Lakes Tip-Off Classic at Newark High School. The first game featured the Canandaigua Braves taking on their rival, the Victor Blue Devils. Victor dominated the whole game, defeating Canandaigua by 33 points. That game was followed by a match-up of the top two teams in the FL1 Sports preseason... more

The closure of a portion of West Bayard Street due to a crumbling culvert was a major topic at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting. The board ended up voting unanimously to direct town engineers Barton & Loguidice to begin to work on a possible solution and represent the town’s interests in a dispute over whether the... more

After a lengthy delay, the Seneca Meadows Inc. Article 78 lawsuit against the town over Local Law 3 of 2016 is now moving forward. Lawyers for SMI filed a memorandum of law Nov. 22, as directed by State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle. It lists four “points of law” or legal reasons to justify the... more

With a sense of urgency, the Town Board Tuesday opened bids from five law firms or individual attorneys to provide legal services to the town in 2020. Town Attorney David Foster’s position will not be retained by the new board that will be seated Jan. 1. Foster, of Geneva, has served as town attorney since... more