BATAVIA/Doctor at UMMC provides lunch hour live music to recharge your battery

Press release A day at the hospital can come with many emotions for patients, staff and visitors, some good and some not so good.  When the pandemic began, one of UMMC’s cardiologists did what he could to bring comfort and hope to staff and patients through music.  Harry McCrea, MD, …

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BATAVIA/The Buffalo Philharmonic and the Strictly Hip take the stage at a rare Sunday evening concert at Batavia Downs

The venture between the Buffalo band the Strictly Hip, a Tragically Hip tribute band, and the Buffalo Philharmonic started in 2017 after a Canalside performance in Buffalo. On Sunday evening at Batavia Downs, the Philharmonic and the Strictly Hip shared the stage together for the first time since June of …

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BATAVIA/Batavia Police Blotter for July 18, 2021/Arrest made in 2009 forcible rape

Arrests Rape 1st Degree w/ Forcible Compulsion, 9:30 PM, Thursday, December 24, 2009, Jackson St. – Editrudis ZAVALA-PALACIO, M/52, was arrested following an investigation into a reported forcible rape from 2009 that occurred at an apartment above 15 Jackson St. ZAVALA-PALACIO was arraigned and held on $200,000 A/$400,000 B/ $400,000 …

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