GENESEE COUNTY/Kevin Cummings wins five including Batavia feature

By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY — Driver Kevin Cummings had his biggest night of the meet so far at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 10) evening after winning a total of five races on the program. His most notable victory came …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Overdose Awareness Day campaign includes event at Austin Park, Batavia

Press release: “Together we can” is the theme for this year’s International Overdose Awareness Day campaign – the annual observance that includes a local event from 3-7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Austin Park in Batavia. The world’s largest annual movement to end overdose, IOAD is dedicated to remembering without stigma …

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BATAVIA/Peace Garden leaders welcome Europeans on the run for ‘harmony, love’

By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service Four citizens of Central Europe carried the “Peace Torch” to the City of Batavia on Thursday afternoon as part of the Sri Chinmoy-Home Peace Run, a four-month North American journey starting and ending in New York City. Gianluca Marangon of Croatia, Edgars Ancans of …

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BATAVIA/Bye Bye Birdie, a musical comedy, opens at Main St. 56 Theater this Friday

Video clip from the show Summer Youth Theater Presents:​ Bye Bye Birdie Directed by: Patrick D. Burk​Musical Direction by: Kathy White​7:30 PMFriday, August 9 & Saturday, August 10​1:00 PM Sunday, August 11th Bye Bye Birdie is set in 1958 and is a story about a talent agent (Albert Peterson) and his girlfriend (Rosie …

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