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GRADUATES Nicholaus Clearman graduates from Clarkson POTSDAM -- Nicholaus Pfeiffer Clearman, of Naples, received a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science and policy, biology from Clarkson University on Dec. 17, 2022.
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Sampson is NY’s first State Veterans Cemetery
SENECA LAKE -- Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the establishment of New York’s first-ever State Veterans Cemetery, made possible with the transfer of ownership of the Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery from Seneca County to the State and $2.8 million available from the National Cemetery Administration.
Join Master Forest Owner volunteer program
Lexie Davis Natural Resources Educator, Northwest Regional Director for the Master Forest Owner Program Have you ever thought about using your status as a woodland owner and expanded knowledge and skill to help your neighbor woodland owners? You have an opportunity to join the hundreds of woodland owners who have served their neighbors since 1991. With your existing skills and education resources available through Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell’s ForestConnect program, you can be a volunteer that helps other woodland owners more thoroughly enjoy and manage their property by joining Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Master Forest Owner (MFO) volunteer program.
Yates appoints Gibbs Director of Veterans’ Services
PENN YAN - At the Feb. 13 meeting of the Yates County Legislature, Douglas Gibbs was unanimously appointed as the next Director of Veterans’ Services for Yates County.
Youth Bureau has $12K for local youth sports programs
The Yates County Youth Bureau is seeking applicants to provide sports programs to underserved youth ages 6-17 via local nonprofit or municipal organizations. Yates County has $12,275 to allocate to local programs.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Cole All-Star Circus WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, March 3 WHERE: Penn Yan Academy gymnasium TICKETS: Children 12 and younger free with an adult. Discount advance adult tickets $15, available at Penn Yan school offices, Longs’ Cards & Books, or Pinckney Hardware; $20 at the door. P.Y. Music Boosters receive 50% of the advance ticket sales.
January Deed Transfers
PENN YAN - The following deed transfers, listed by town, were recorded in the Yates County Clerk’s Office during January 2023: Barrington Jason M. Dunn & Robin H.
1973: SU Legend to Speak at St. Mike’s Sports Night
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.
YCHC receives grant to conserve historic portrait
PENN YAN - The Yates County History Center recently received funding from Greater Hudson Heritage Network to conserve a portrait of Joseph Thayer Sr. Klara Zold, of Corning, has been contracted to perform the conservation work. The portrait is one of three paintings of the Thayer family of Barrington in the History Center’s collection – the other two depicting Thayer Sr.’s wife, Samantha, and his son, Joseph Thayer Jr. – and the second of the three to be conserved.
‘Keeping a Promise’ photo & poetry exhibit at FLCC
The Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at Finger Lakes Community College will open an exhibit, “Keeping a Promise,” photographs and accompanying poems inspired by the photos, on Thursday, March 2. The exhibit features photographs by the late Joe Ripperger with poems by his aunt, retired FLCC humanities professor Barbara Murphy.