GENESEE COUNTY/STOP-DWI Poster Contest winners and Top Cops honored at Awards Luncheon on Friday

TOP COPS Deputy Jacob Kipler/Genesee County Sheriff’s Office/center/Deputy Kipler has been with the Sheriff’s Office since 2022. He is a licensed drone operator for the department. He is also fully trained in standardized field sobriety testing and advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement. Officer Tyler Mummery/Le Roy Police Department/left/Officer Mummery has …

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WYOMING COUNTY/RTS celebrates completion of new facility with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Gainesville, NY: Regional Transit Service (RTS) held a ribbon cutting today with members of the RTS team and special guests to celebrate the completion of construction of its new facility in Wyoming County. RTS will move into the new facility Saturday, November 16, and begin operating there on Monday, November 18. …

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BATAVIA/GV BOCES Conservation students gain critical emergency training through STOP THE BLEED

Press release/provided photos Conservation students at the Genesee Valley BOCES Batavia Career and Technical Education Center recently took part in an intensive STOP THE BLEED training program led by Mercy Flight. This nationally acclaimed campaign, developed by the American College of Surgeons, empowers individuals to respond quickly and effectively to …

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GENESEE COUNTY/County and City leaders meet and greet with Batavia Downs President and CEO Byron Brown

Video of meeting-November 14, 2024 SPECIAL MEETINGGENESEE COUNTY LEGISLATURETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 AT 3:00 PMOLD COURT HOUSE, 7 MAIN ST. BATAVIA, NYLEGISLATIVE CHAMBERSThe Genesee County Legislature and City of Batavia Council will hold a special meeting onThursday, November 14, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. in the Old Court House in the …

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GENESEE COUNTY/A Sheriff’s Office reminder: ATV’s and off-road vehicles are prohibited on public highways and sidewalks

Press release The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind county residents that operating all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-road vehicles on public highways or sidewalks is prohibited. Off-road vehicles are any vehicle propelled by other than muscular power, including but not limited to snowmobiles, two-wheeled motor vehicles known as …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Attorney: Stafford Town Board has ‘hunted Pontillo down for eight years’

(File photo) Left-James Pontillo with wife Laura at a Town Board meeting earlier this year. (Right-Former Stafford Trading Post building) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The lawyer for James Pontillo, owner of the former Stafford Trading Post at Routes 5 and 237, has come out on the offensive, claiming …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Byron Town Board Meeting/November 13, 2024

Video of meeting-November 13, 2024 BYRON TOWN BOARD MEETING/PUBLIC HEARINGByron Town HallNovember 13, 2024 1. Call to order/Pledge of Allegiance2. Introductions3. Public Hearinga. SEQR Part 2&3/Negative Declarationb. Tax Cap Override Local Law4. Approval of Minutes5. Battery Energy Storage Law Discussion (public hearing tbd)6. Water Improvement Benefit Area #1 Update7. Sewer-Waste …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Sheriff’s Office Civil/Records Office closed tomorrow

Press release The Civil/Records Office at the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, 165 Park Road, Batavia, will be closed tomorrow, November 14, for an important, off-site training. It will resume normal operations at 8:30am on Friday, November 15. Online services are available at https://www.geneseeny.gov/Department-Content/Sheriffs-Office/Civil-Bureau or https://www.geneseeny.gov/Department-Content/Sheriffs-Office/Sheriff-Records for many common requests and …

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