WNY/Genesee Region Senior Allstars defeat Niagara-Orleans Senior Allstars 10-1in 5 innings

(From left to right): Holley Senior – Leigha Walker, Attica Senior – Madalyn Robinson, Attica Senior – Morgan Bunk, Notre Dame Senior – Katie Landers, Notre Dame Senior – Loretta Sorochty, Notre Dame Senior – Emma Sisson, Notre Dame Senior – Hannah Tenney, Notre Dame Senior – Cayleigh Havens, Oakfield …

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WNY/Genesee Region Senior Allstars Defeat Livingston County Senior Allstars 3-2 (8 innings) at GCC

Provided photo Press release It was largely a pitcher’s duel, as the Exceptional Seniors from the Genesee Region Athletic Association faced off against the Exceptional Seniors from the Livingston County Athletic Association.  With the scored tied at 2 in the top of the 8th inning, Alexander Senior Maddie Boyce roped …

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WNY/Family, friends, community rally to support Wyoming woman in need of double lung transplant

Provided photo Chicken barbecue set for June 22 in Batavia By Mike PettinellaSpecial to Video News Service Michelle Rhodes says she’s looking forward to a day when she can chase her grandchildren around her yard on Transit Road in Wyoming. Born with an incurable and underdiagnosed disease known as Alpha-1 …

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WNY/Quality and Quantity: UConnectCare celebrates expansion of services, honors friends, scholars

By Mike PettinellaUConnectCare Publicist Wednesday afternoon’s annual meeting at Terry Hills Restaurant in Batavia may have been the first under the name UConnectCare, but it served as a celebration of the many ways the agency formerly known as Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse is having a positive impact …

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NYS/DEC/Over 1,000 attend Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Spring Spectacular this past weekend

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Spring Spectacular (provided photo and information/DEC) Hamlet of Basom/Genesee CountyPublic Outreach: On May 11, Forest Ranger Lieutenant Kennedy and Ranger Miller attended the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Spring Spectacular, a celebration to welcome spring. The five-hour event featured information tents from Forest Rangers, DEC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia/Veterans Administration contracts with Western New York Independent Living to provide Veteran-Directed Care in eight WNY Counties

Press release A partner of the Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs) in Buffalo and Batavia, Western New York Independent Living, Inc. (WNYIL) received the sole contract for Veteran Directed Care (VDC) with the VA.  While the Veteran Directed Care model is new to WNY, it has demonstrated success in self-directed …

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