WINE AMERICA PERSPECTIVES Diversity: Magic in every bottle
The magic of wine is in every bottle, each a unique blend of colors, aromas, flavors, and stories. I live on Keuka Lake just outside of Penn Yan, New York.
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Dr. Frank's named 'Best Winery Tour in America' by USA TODAY
HAMMONDSPORT — In a win for one of New York's most iconic wineries, Dr. Konstantin Frank has again been ranked #1 as the Best Winery Tour in America by USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
O'MARA: 'Unsustainable spending remains expensive and dysfunctional'
A recently released report from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers a timely update on what has long been one of New York State's most alarming concerns: explosive growth in Medicaid spending. In analyzing the federal findings, which summarize nearly $1 trillion in nationwide spending on Medicaid for the fiscal year ending in September 2024, the Albany-based Empire Center for Public Policy writes, "New York's Medicaid program remained a spending outlier in 2024, with per-resident outlays that were 24 percent higher than those of any other state and 77 percent above the national average." Many of us in the Legislature have long decried this out-of-control spending, which, for many years, has been the heaviest of burdens for counties and local property taxpayers.
COLLEGE NEWS: Hammondsport medical student helps provide care in Ghana
OLD WESTBURY -- In June, a group of students from New York Institute of Technology's College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), including Alyson Binnert of Hammondsport, traveled to Ghana with the medical school's Center for Global Health. Under the supervision of NYITCOM faculty and local healthcare providers, the medical students spent two weeks gaining invaluable clinical experience that allowed them to hone their physical exam skills and observe how medical care is provided in resource-limited environments.
DiNAPOLI: NY rural counties face shortage of healthcare professionals
A new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli examined healthcare professional shortages in 16 rural counties in New York State and found alarming shortfalls in primary care, pediatric, and obstetrician and gynecologist (OBGYN) doctors, dentists, and mental health practitioners, with several counties having no pediatricians or OBGYN doctors at all.
Dundee Rotarians bestow bookcases to Pre-K grads
DUNDEE -- For the 13th year, Dundee Rotary Club members have built, sanded, and finished approximately 50 bookcases to bestow upon graduating Pre-K students from Dundee Central School. Dundee Rotary has now begun to include the Pre-K students from Bradford.
Yoder Hill house destroyed by fire
KEUKA PARK -- At 1:39 a.m. Sunday, Aug.
Seneca Heritage Day Aug. 30
MIDDLESEX - The Middlesex Heritage Group hosts its 32nd annual Seneca Heritage Day from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30.
Famed architect, Porsche enthusiast Steven Harris named Grand Marshal for 2025 Grand Prix Festival
WATKINS GLEN – The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival is proud to announce that architect and Porsche collector Steven Harris has been named the Grand Marshal for this year's celebration of road racing history in and around Watkins Glen. This year's festival will be held Friday, Sept.
State Audit: Penn Yan Water Treatment Plant overtime excessive
PENN YAN -- An audit by the New York State Comptroller's Division of Local Government and School Accountability has identified overspending on employee overtime at the Village of Penn Yan Water Treatment Plant on West Lake Road. With gross wages of $1,955,038, of which $532,065 was paid in mostly weekend overtime, auditors declared the 11,517 overtime hours was too great a portion of the total 63,443 work hours.