BATAVIA/Overdose Awareness Day shines light on effort to spread ‘hope and healing’

By Mike PettinellaGCASA Publicist Cheryl Netter and Scott Davis are two of the fortunate ones. They are people who have survived the grip of addiction and have emerged on the other side, now devoting their lives to helping others who are struggling with substance use disorder. So many others didn’t …

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BATAVIA/Pop-Up Cannabis Dispensary at Empire Hemp sees a steady stream of customers on first day

If you missed today’s Pop-Up event, the Adult Use Pop-Up Dispensary will continue weekly and run Tuesday-Saturday 1:00PM-7:00PM until December 30, 2023. The first Pop-Up Adult Use Dispensary was held at Empire Hemp in Batavia Tuesday. Greenside Cannabis in partnership with Dank, Buffalo’s first licensed adult-use dispensary, along with Empire …

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GENESEE COUNTY/GCC’s Best Center creates a class just for Graham Corporation employees

Graham Corporation employees complete the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD and T) class on August 24, 2023. GCC’s Best Center assists Graham Corporation with request for a specialized Workforce Training Class Within a four-month period, GCC’s Best Center was able to create a customized contract training class for Graham Corporation …

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BATAVIA/2nd annual BID Box Car Derby, fun, families and smiles on Ellicott Avenue on Saturday

First Place winner (11-13 Age bracket)– Joe Barone with organizer Shannon Maute/Downtown Batavia Improvement District/Director Second Place winner- (11-13 Age Bracket)- Morgenn Surabian(10) of Batavia with BID Director/Organizer Shannon Maute. Third place winner-(11-13 Age Bracket)- Ryan Hill (12) of Batavia with BID Director/Organizer Shannon Maute Most Creative Box Car-(11-13 Age …

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BATAVIA/Batavia Police win their first “Battle of the Badges” softball game in exciting fashion at Dwyer Stadium

Submitted photo/Steve Robinson-Officer Felicia Martinez scores on a single by Detective James DeFreze in the bottom of the 7th inning to give the City of Batavia Police Department a 14-13 win over the City of Batavia Fire Department. The Batavia Police Department wins in dramatic fashion and defeats the City …

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