GENESEE COUNTY/ Chamber of Commerce announces their 2020 award recipients

Press release The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 49th Annual Awards Ceremony & the 2020 Award Recipients. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 Pandemic the celebrate will look much different this year. The event will be a pre-recorded virtual event with release date yet to be determined. It …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Supply of vaccine is not meeting the demand, residents asked to be patient

Press release Orleans County has been working diligently to distribute the limited supply of vaccine received in their continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the County, Orleans Community Health and Oak Orchard Health Center have been administering the vaccine mostly to Priority Group 1A. With the recent addition …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Sheriff’s Dept./Monthly Report- December 2020

In the month of December, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department 9-1-1 Dispatch Center processed 1622 police incidents, including 645 events for Sheriff’s Road Patrol, 172 for the New York State Police and 805 calls for the Village police agencies of Lyndonville, Medina, Albion, and Holley. There were 577 Fire/EMS related …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/137 new positive cases reported

Data Update –1/7/21o Genesee County received 59 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 2818 positive cases. The new positive cases reside in the: West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke) Central Region (Alexander, Batavia, Bethany, Elba, Oakfield) East Region (Bergen, Byron, LeRoy, Pavilion, Stafford) The individuals are in their …

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Statement of the Democratic County Chairs of NY’s 27th District on Rep. Chris Jacobs’ decision to stand with those who challenge the results of 2020 Election

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The verdict of the American people is clear and resounding: Joe Biden will be our president, and Kamala Harris will be our Vice President. Every single state has certified their results, and no court has found any of those certifications invalid. Despite repeated Republican accusations of …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Corfu man charged with vehicular assault in September 2020 accident in Elba

Derek F. McQueen, 33, of Phelps Rd., Corfu, is charged with vehicular assault 2nd, DWAI/Combined influence of drugs, aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd, following too closely and unlicensed operator, after a two vehicle accident on Batavia Elba Townline road in Elba on September 15, 2020 at 1:04p.m. Following an investigation of …

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