MARCH 1-31 Donate to Pet Food Pantry Please donate pet food to Pet Partner Connections during March at your church or any of pet food donation sites at Lyons Bank, Knapp & Schlappi, and the Black Cat Café. Pet Partner Connections provides pet food and support to pet owners who, due to age, disability, or other issue may need help to keep their pets at home.
Yates County Master Gardeners - The Master Gardeners of Yates County are happy to announce the upcoming event, Gardening Matters Day, Saturday, April 15 from 9 – 11:30 a.m. Topics Include: • Tree-pruning and Tree Diseases for the Home Gardener (Lexie Davis, Natural Resources/Invasive Species Educator, CCEYates County) • Gardening for Birds (Caroline Boutard-Hunt, Agricultural and Horticultural Educator, CCE-Yates County) • Native Plants and Invasive Species (Brian Eshenaur, Senior Extension Associate, NYS Integrated Pest Management) .
PENN YAN -- The Penn Yan Theatre Company has received $7,400 in grants from two area Community Foundations to be used for its annual summer youth camp. In Nov.
Bruno - A 1-year-old American Bulldog mix. This sweet playful guy needs a strong hand to guide him, but he learns very quickly.
RUSHVILLE - It’s Roald Dahl’s amazingly popular James and the Giant Peach – a musical for the whole family to enjoy, featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek & Paul (Broadway’s smash hits Dear Evan Hansen, A Christmas Story the Musical, and feature-film The Greatest Showman) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald ( Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka).
The Chronicle-Express: Consolidation, January 1, 1926, of the Yates County Chronicle (1824) and the Penn Yan Express (1866); the Rushville Chronicle (1905) and the Gorham New Age (1902) The Yates County History Center’s volunteers have gleaned these entries for your enjoyment from their digitized newspapers. You can access them at the free site www.nyshistoricnewspapers. com. For more information about the YCHC, visit www.yatespast.org.
MARCH 1-31 Donate to Pet Food Pantry Please donate pet food to Pet Partner Connections during March at your church or any of pet food donation sites at Lyons Bank, Knapp & Schlappi, and the Black Cat Café. Pet Partner Connections provides pet food and support to pet owners who, due to age, disability, or other issue may need help to keep their pets at home.
The Penn Yan Lions Club encourages Penn Yan Academy Seniors to apply for scholarships offered by the club worth a total of $4,500. The Elliot Vorce Community Service Award is a $2,000 award given to two graduating seniors.
The Finger Lakes Community College Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships for current and incoming students for the 2023-24 academic year. The Foundation awarded more than 170 students a total of $176,000 in scholarships funded by local families, businesses, and organizations for the current academic year.