GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia/Safe Summer Children’s Carnival planned at the Ice Arena

Press release The Genesee County Youth Bureau is excited to announce that our annual Safe Summer Children’s Carnival will take place on Thursday, July 25th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at David M. McCarthy Ice Arena, 22 Evans Street in Batavia. All games will be free, and children can …

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GENESEE/ORLEANS/Health Department’s Early Intervention Program to host Community Meeting

Press release The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments (GO Health) will be holding their Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council (LEICC) Quarterly Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the Orleans County Health Department (14016 State Route 31, Suite 101, Albion, NY 14411). …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Independent Living of the Genesee Region to hold an ADA Consumer Picnic

Press release July 26, 1990 was the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the first piece of legislation to provide people with disabilities the right to equal access to employment, governmental programs and services, areas of public accommodations, communications, and transportation.  Many consider it to be the most comprehensive …

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GENESEE COUNTY/2024 STOP-DWI Family Night at the Ballpark is July 18th

Press release Genesee County STOP-DWI and the Genesee County Youth Bureau are partnering with the Batavia Muckdogs to host the annual STOP-DWI Night at the Ballpark on Thursday, July 18th at Dwyer Stadium. The Genesee County Youth Bureau has a limited supply of complimentary tickets available for youth and their …

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BATAVIA/Northgate Church announces dedication and Grand Opening of Northgate Playground

Press release Northgate Church is thrilled to announce the dedication and grand opening of the Northgate Playground on July 14, 2024, at noon. We warmly invite the community to join us at Northgate’s North Campus (8160 Bank Street Road, Batavia, NY) for this special event. The Northgate Playground is open …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Race Against Child Abuse raises funds for Bikers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A.) at Area 51

Left – right-T-Rex, Mallory Bumpers Wojewoda, and Kidd. Video story-Charlee with her family checking out Area 51. Brother Julian, sister Kaydnz, Dad/ Robert and Mom/Mallory- $2,185 was raised at Race Against Child Abuse in under 5 hours (Saturday was a rain out) Proceeds go to B.A.C.A, Bikers Against Child Abuse. …

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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/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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