Includes reports from Yates County Sheriff's Office, Penn Yan Police Department, New York State Police, and other agencies. These reports do not indicate guilt, only that someone has been charged with an offence.
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.
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PENN YAN - Step into a world of creativity at the Arts Center's Flick Gallery this January. Interlude, our first show of 2025 includes many of your favorite gallery artists as well as the talents and voices of four featured regional artists.
The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give lifesaving blood or platelets in the new year to help keep the blood supply strong this winter. Type O negative blood donors and those giving platelets are especially urged to give now to keep critical blood products on the shelves for patients in need.
FINGER LAKES - The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) has purchased 30 wooded acres adjacent to the Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in the town of Catharine, Schuyler County. Located southeast of Seneca Lake off of Oak Hill Road, the property shares a boundary with a picturesque section of the Finger Lakes Trail which follows along Cayuta Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.
Even though last week's Mega Millions jackpot was won elsewhere, New York State's public schools and Lottery retailers won big with ticket sales and commissions totaling $55.8 million during the most recent jackpot rollup. "New York's schools and small businesses always win, even if the lottery jackpot is hit elsewhere," said New York State Gaming Commission Chair Brian O'Dwyer.
Influenza (flu) is here in Yates County and throughout New York State. To date, we have received 31 reported and confirmed cases of flu in our county.
MILO - An 8-year-old boy died by drowning Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29 after falling through the ice on a farm pond off Bath Road in the town of Milo.
BOYS BASKETBALL Dec. 27 Dundee/Bradford 61, Friendship-Scio 34 The BraveScots took the win in the first round of the Hammondsport Holiday Tournament, knocking out Friendship-Scio.