Genesee Valley School Boards Association held their annual Legislative Leadership Breakfast and Excellence in Student Services Awards at Byron Bergen High School on Saturday

The Genesee Valley School Boards Association held their annual Legislative Leadership Breakfast and Excellence in Student Services Awards at Byron Bergen High School on Saturday morning. 16 different school districts were honored along with GVBOCES. After the Awards Program, Superintendents and educators were able to meet with Assemblyman Steve Hawley …

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BERGEN/Liberty Pumps welcomes the Matsiko World Orphan Choir for a performing, educational visit

Video- Liberty Pumps President/CEO Robyn Brookhart and Tour Director Sam Windham explain more about today’s visit 24 children ages 11-17, from The Matsiko World Orphan Choir visited Liberty Pumps on Appletree Avenue in Bergen on Wednesday morning, for an educational/performing visit, learning about what Liberty Pumps does and about their …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Torres-Acevedo enters a not guilty plea in Bergen amber alert case

Guillermo Torres- Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, was arraigned in Genesee County Court on Monday morning after allegedly taking a 14-year-old Byron girl to Pennsylvania on November 29, 2018, causing an Amber Alert and manhunt. Police say Torres-Acevedo allegedly abducted the teen that morning near Byron-Bergen high school. Torres-Acevedo and the …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Bergen/Sheriff’s Office investigating a burglary/larceny at a shooting range/retail gun store, 14 firearms were stolen

The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary/grand larceny that occurred at the Firing Pin shooting range and retail shop at 8240 Buffalo road in Bergen that occurred sometime on September 26, 2018 just before 11:00p.m. According to investigators, the building was forcibly entered at 10:58p.m. and 14 firearms …

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