GENESEE COUNTY/Scouts cut the ribbon on their new home in Oakfield

Home is where the heart is, and after a few months of renovations, the Scouts/Iroquois Trail Council has officially cut the ribbon on their new home. After years of using donated space and leasing, the Scouts have a place of their own. The building at 102 South Main street in …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Oakfield-Alabama FFA awarded $10,000 grant with the help of local farmers

The Oakfield-Alabama FFA(Future Farmers of America) was awarded an America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Grant of $10,000 at the Oakfield-Alabama Central Schools regular Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night. According to Kent Williams, a Sales Representative for Bayer/Hubnerseed, the school writes the grant describing their STEM focused project then …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia man sentenced to 10 years probation and weekends in jail in sex offenses investigation involving a 13 year old child

David J. Somerton,36, of Kelsey road, Batavia, was sentenced to 10 years probation and will serve weekends in jail for four months after pleading guilty to attempted use of a child in a sexual performance, a class D felony, in March. Somerton was arrested in November of 2018 after an …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Oakfield man facing a 14 count indictment for predatory sexual assault against a child, criminal sexual act and rape

John M. Grabowski, 40, of Fisher Road, Oakfield, has been indicted and accused of the crime of predatory sexual assault against a child, a class A-II felony. On or about February 27, 2016, in the Town of Oakfield, Grabowski did commit the crime of rape 1st, in that he being …

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