Eagle Scout Honor
Benjamin Johnston from Bergen Troop 31 earned the Eagle Scout award and was recognized at a ceremony in Batavia on January 11. more

Energy saving workshop planned
A free energy-saving workshop will take place at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County, 420 East Main Street in Batavia. more

Holley Rotary Club honors member
The Holley Rotary Club recently honored one of its members, Jeff Martin, with a Paul Harris Fellow Award. more

Ray Adams Cobblestone
Community building receives award
The Ray Adams Cobblestone Community building will be receiving the Civic Beautification Award at the Greater Churchville-Riga Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on Thursday, March 8. more

Applications being accepted for Hilton's Quest Elementary School
Hilton's Quest Elementary School is a K through 6 community of learners located at 225 West Avenue, Hilton. more

Asset Club hosts Locks of Love event
Locks of Love is a not-for-profit organization that provides the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children with medical hair loss. The Brockport High School Asset Club is looking for individuals who have 10 inches or more of hair and would be willing to donate it to Locks of Love. The Asset Club is also seeking volunteer hairdressers, masseuses, make-up professionals and photographers. more

College leads county jails initiative
Genesee Community College is one of 13 national recipients, and the only college, to receive a U.S. Department of Education Life Skills for State and Local Prisoners grant. The college hopes to develop a model that can be used to further rural jail postsecondary education transition efforts, both in western New York and throughout the nation. more

Department of Theatre marks a milestone
In the fall of 1967, the doors of SUNY Brockport's Tower Fine Arts Center opened for the first time, ushering in a new era in arts education on the campus of SUNY College at Brockport. With that gesture, the doors were also opening on a newly organized Department of Theatre. In the 40 years that have passed, the department has experienced highs and lows that have helped increase its fortitude to stand tall amongst both other departments and theatrical tradition, according to college personnel. more

Hilton High School National Honor Society to induct 71 on March 11
Hilton High School Principal Brian Bartalo has announced the newest class of inductees into the Hilton HS National Honor Society. more

Senior Bash '07 volunteers invited to kick off meeting
The kickoff and organizational meeting for the Spencerport High School Senior Bash has been rescheduled to Tuesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. in Room 140/Centrum at the high school. Parents, students and anyone interested in reviving the Senior Bash for the Class of 2007 are encouraged to attend. more

Students invited to join in environment competition
State Senator George D. Maziarz and other elected officials have called for local student entries for the 16th annual "I*MA*GREEN*NATION" Celebration, a statewide competition that encourages student awareness of environmental issues. more

SUNY Brockport's book drive donates 1,000 books
The State University of New York College at Brockport will launch its book drive - "Have a Heart. Give a Book." Campaign, which will run through February 23. The goal of the book drive is to put a new book in the hands of 1,000 local children at the Brockport Central School District, the Brockport Child Development Center and the Rochester City School District, including School #5. more

WE-MO-CO students compete
A little friendly competition took place at the Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Career and Technical Education Center January 16-19. more