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Community Table Dinner raises $10K for PYTCo.

PENN YAN – On the evening of Sept. 10, over 160 people gathered for a communal farm-to-table dinner on the Main Street Bridge in Penn Yan. The concept was initially started in 2019, making this the 2nd Annual Community Table Dinner. The Community Table Dinner fundraiser donated $10,000 to this year’s chosen beneficiary, Penn Yan Theatre Company (PYTCo). The funds will be used toward their major renovations of the Sampson Theatre.
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Drug Take Back Oct. 29

Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Yates County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
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Hear Civil War Ghost Stories at YCHC Event

Get in the Halloween spirit – pun totally intended – with the Yates County History Center by attending a special Throwback Thursday presentation of Civil War Ghost Stories, a program originally given during the Dundee Area Historical Society annual dinner meeting in 2013.
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Athena ACE Scholarships awarded

PENN YAN, GENEVA — Tracy Marchionda, of Penn Yan, and Cassie Henry, of Geneva, are this year’s Athena A.C.E. (Award for Continuing Education) Scholarship recipients. Cassie and Tracy were each awarded $2,500.00 toward their educational programs beginning this Fall.
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Yates County to reduce property taxes

YATES COUNTY -- The proposed 2023 budget meets the budget guideline issued by the Yates County Legislature to stay within the property tax cap increase allowable amount of $1,701,930 or 10.30%. The result is a property tax levy of $15,908,606, a reduction of $611,066 over the 2022 levy.
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State releases final water quality plan for Seneca and Keuka Lakes

SENECA LAKE -- The N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of State (DOS) have announced the joint agency approval of the Seneca-Keuka Watershed Nine Element Plan to reduce phosphorus pollution. Excess phosphorus can trigger harmful algal blooms (HABs) that can impair water quality and opportunities for recreation. This collaborative planning effort identified focused strategies, programs, and projects to enhance the lakes’ water supplies, aquatic habitats, and recreational uses.
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Vote!

There are two billboards across from the Dundee racetrack that tell you, in a nutshell, what this election is all about. The one put up by the Democrats has a clear message: “Defend American Democracy”; “Protect Reproductive Rights”; “Save Social Security and Medicare”; “Safeguard Voting Rights.”
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11th annual St. Mike’s Turkey Trot

PENN YAN -- For eleven years, community members, family and friends from Penn Yan, Keuka Lake and across the Finger Lakes region have come together on Thanksgiving morning to take part in a tradition of supporting one of the area’s greatest treasures, St. Michael School.
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