BATAVIA/Recovery Journey Leads to Career at UConnectCare – Melissa Vinyard: Living Out Loud

By Mike PettinellaUConnectCare Publicist Energetic and personable, with a warm sense of humor and jovial laugh, Melissa Vinyard is only half joking when she tells people that she was “predisposed to be an alcoholic with a last name like Vinyard.” That’s because the 57-year-old Batavia resident was born to an …

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Batavia Middle School students win Statewide Rural Schools Association Video Contest

Press release BATAVIA, NY—The Batavia City School District is proud to announce that Ms. Volpe’s 6th grade Reading Class has won First Place in the prestigious statewide video contest hosted by the Rural Schools Association of New York State. This impressive project involved 21 students and took about two weeks …

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BATAVIA/Independent Living & University Heights Arts Association announces a new series of exhibitions of an artist with a disability in the Genesee Region

The ARTiculations Ability Exhibition — a forum for artists with disabilities in Genesee, Wyoming, and Orleans counties to display their work publicly — will re-open with a new artist at Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR) in their office at 319 West Main Street in the Crickler Executive Business Center in Batavia on Thursday …

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BATAVIA/Sidewalks or no sidewalks? City planners split over the issue for North Pointe Subdivision

Photo of John Harrower at Tuesday night’s City Planning & Development Committee meeting at City Centre Council Board Room/photo by Mike Pettinella By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The City of Batavia Planning & Development Committee on Tuesday night asked the developer of the North Pointe Patio Homes Subdivision in …

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BATAVIA/Retirees recognized at this evening’s Board of Education meeting

Provided photos/information/Batavia City Schools At tonight’s City School District Board of Education meeting, a brief presentation was held honoring retirees from this past year. Jennifer Corbelli – English Language Arts Teacher, Batavia High School/with Superintendent Jason SmithGail DiGregorio – Secretary, School Counseling Office, Batavia High School Karen Barber – Secretary, …

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