Area music education to benefit from concert
Internationally-acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming will perform with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of music director Christopher Seaman at the Eastman Theatre on Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. more

Award winners honored at
Churchville Chamber of Commerce dinner
Winners of the Churchville Chamber of Commerce's 2002 awards, which will be presented at its annual awards dinner on Thursday, March 13 at the Johnson House Restaurant have been announced. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. following social time which begins at 6:30 p.m. more

Brockport makes the switch to 911
As of March 3, residents of Brockport will be asked to dial 911 when they have an emergency. "911 is designed for police, fire and ambulance calls," Mayor Josephine Matela said. "Our switching to 911 for police calls will afford the police department with the latest technology and updates." more

Celebrating the birth of the National Wildlife Refuge System
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites the public to be a part of history by attending the ceremony to: "Seal The Time Capsule Celebrating A Century of Conservation" on March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Headquarters, 1101 Casey Road, Alabama, NY. more

Conference aims to lead minority students toward teaching
More than 400 high schoolers, mostly minorities, are expected March 18 on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College, where they will contemplate furthering their education as teachers. more

Cross-state bicycle tour along Erie Canal offered
The fifth annual Cycling the Erie Canal event - an eight-day, 400-mile, recreational bicycle tour from Buffalo to Albany along the historic, scenic, and still-active Erie Canal is scheduled for July 6 to 13. About half of the ride is off-road, on the traffic-free Canalway Trail. The rest is on rural roads with good shoulders. The tour is limited to 400 riders. more

Educational foundation sponsors B-B Alumni Hall of Fame
The Byron-Bergen Educational Foundation (B.B.E.F.) is sponsoring a new initiative to provide students with positive role models and to challenge their imaginations. Beginning this year and becoming an annual event, the Foundation will sponsor an Alumni Hall of Fame which will recognize the accomplishments of graduates of the Byron-Bergen School District or its component schools before consolidation. more

Former Bills coach is keynote speaker at housing fundraiser
Sheen Housing will hold its Building Hope Together Gala Dinner Celebration on Saturday, March 22. Proceeds from the gala will benefit Sheen Housing's Emergency Home Repair Program. more

Homearama comes to Chili
Homearama 2003, featuring 11 spacious homes built largely by westside companies, will be in the Park Place Community on Union Street in Chili, across from the main entrance to Black Creek Park on Route 259. If the winter weather breaks soon and construction can begin in earnest, the show will run from June 14 to June 29. more

Notes from the past … Ogden/ Spencerport
Today, an electric substation sits where the trolley station once stood and the only reminder of the tracks can be seen if you look closely at the pavement on West Avenue. But, if you close your eyes you can almost hear the wheels of the trolley and the warning bell as you stand at West Avenue and Union Street in Spencerport. more

Recognizing community contributions:
Tributes to Dr. George and Monica McKinney
On South Union, next to Taylor’s Honda parlor, is a brick-fronted building. It’s a veterinary hospital. The parking lot is full of creatures -- mostly cats and dogs. In the waiting room hangs a credential: “George McKinney Doctor of Veterinary Medicine,” and farther back somewhere is Doc himself, busy attending to whiskery patients. more

Story Festival features children's book authors
Menagerie That! ... Mice that paint and count ... a Canada Geese quilt ... a black bear that hears a child crying .. and chickens that dance, decorate, sing opera and can read. more

SUNY Brockport dining services gets high grades
Good college food? It sounds like an oxymoron to the many people who remember the Spanish-rice menus of their college experiences and who needed care-packages from home to survive a semester. However, students at SUNY Brockport find little reason to complain. more

County dems honor volunteers
Monroe County Democrats honored volunteers at the 8th Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner at the Harro East Ballroom. more

Democrats seek candidates for Ogden town posts
The Ogden Democratic Committee is seeking interested and concerned Town of Ogden democrats to run for town office this fall. Positions on the ballot include town supervisor, two town council members, town clerk and a town justice. more