1+ week, 1+ day ago   (722+ words) James and Patricia Armstrong arguably had the best seat in the house Saturday at Williams Park during more than four hours of live music and plenty of other activities throughout the Batavia site. The couple knew lots of people there,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (433+ words) Editor's Note: City Historian Jason Smith began his new role for the city of Batavia in April, and his columns about all things local will run monthly. He encourages folks to please send ideas, topics, and suggestions for future articles…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (701+ words) One of those summer, straight-down rainstorms a few months ago in Batavia sparked an idea in the mind of singer-songwriter Gabrielle Lovelace while recording her pending new EP release at Old Bear Studios. It started with just a phrase, "Batavian…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (831+ words) Although S. Shade Zajac is now on the heels of his 10th anniversary as principal conductor of the Genesee Symphony Orchestra, the group itself will be ringing in eight decades as a longstanding musical treasure in this community — something worthy of yet…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1247+ words) Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive running for governor as a Republican, told supporters gathered at the Ag Education Center and Museum in Batavia that solar farms swallowing up farmland across New York are "a total scam." Blakeman made the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (595+ words) After 22 operations, including open-heart surgery and two bypasses, endocarditis, an aneurysm, the loss of fingers, mental anguish, incarceration, and homelessness, all due to drug addiction, it doesn’t seem an overstatement to consider Joey Evans a living miracle at age 35. He…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (411+ words) Good day to all of you! My column today is going to be more in the form of a letter -- A Thank-You letter. As you may know, I have been writing this bi-weekly Bird & Nature column for at least 35 years....