Finger Lakes Times

01/24/2025

GENEVA — Add up all the wins — and there are plenty — losses and ties of Aliceann Wilber’s coaching career and the sum still doesn’t reach anywhere near the number of lives the William Smith College soccer coach impacted in her 45-year career as the…

GENEVA — Add up all the wins — and there have been plenty — losses and ties of Aliceann Wilber’s coaching career and the sum still doesn’t reach anywhere near

01/24/2025

The weekend is in the horizon and the home stretch of the winter sports season has begun.

GENEVA — The weekend is on the horizon and the home stretch of the winter sports season has begun.

01/24/2025

Our breakfast conversation Monday on a remote mountaintop farm where we had camped the evening before was about mentors who helped make us who we are today and a bit about heroes like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We stayed upbeat as we swappe…

Our breakfast conversation Monday on a remote mountaintop farm where we had camped the evening before was about mentors who helped make us who we are today and a bit

01/24/2025

ALBANY — As expected, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $252 billion budget for the coming fiscal year is not getting good grades from the region’s state legislators, all Republicans.

01/24/2025

PENN YAN — After hearing arguments Wednesday morning, New York State Supreme Court Justice Vincent Dinolfo denied Greenidge Generation's request for a stay of enforcing his Nov. 14, 2024, ruling.

PENN YAN — After hearing arguments Wednesday morning, New York State Supreme Court Justice Vincent Dinolfo denied Greenidge Generation’s request for a stay of enforcing his Nov. 14, 2024, ruling.

01/23/2025

WATERLOO — A day on which our nation celebrates its independence each year turned tragic in 2024 for a family with local connections.

01/23/2025

Last week I started a “track my random acts of kindness” journal. The plan was to keep track of the random unplanned acts I did for other people.

01/23/2025

SENECA FALLS — Almost all of the 37 people speaking at Tuesday's special town board meeting urged members to deny Seneca Meadows Inc. a town operating permit for its Route 414 landfill.

SENECA FALLS — Almost all of the 37 people speaking at Tuesday’s special town board meeting urged board members to deny Seneca Meadows Inc. a town operating permit for its

01/23/2025

Mynderse and Lyons boys & girls bowling splits, Dundee/Bradford girls basketball defeats Romulus and more results from Wednesday.

*To report Section V scores, coaches or team representatives can send scores and statistics as soon as possible after games by emailing [email protected].

01/22/2025

WATERLOO — With temperatures in the 20s and snow on the ground, it may be difficult to think of flowers in outdoor planters.

01/22/2025

ROMULUS — A charger that was not unplugged by a tenant started smoking and ignited a catastrophic fire in Ovid Tuesday night, a blaze that destroyed a village block containing five businesses and 11 apartments.

ROMULUS — A charger that was not unplugged by a tenant started smoking and ignited a catastrophic fire in Ovid Tuesday night, a blaze that destroyed a village block containing

01/22/2025

WASHINGTON — A Sodus man who admitted assaulting a Metropolitan Police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was pardoned by President Trump on Monday, as was a fellow Wayne County man charged with a lesser crime.

WASHINGTON — A Sodus man who admitted assaulting a Metropolitan Police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was pardoned by President Trump on Monday, as was

01/22/2025

OVID — Smoke was still billowing and small flames still shooting Wednesday morning from a massive blaze that started the night before, wiping out a block of Main Street buildings that contained five businesses.

OVID — Smoke was still billowing and small flames still shooting Wednesday morning from a massive blaze that started the night before, wiping out a block of Main Street buildings

01/22/2025

LYONS — The owners of the Quicklee’s on Route 31 have been working for two years to bring a “co-brand” food partner to the store, which it renovated and reopened two years ago after purchasing it from Jim Pacello, who ran it as Jim’s Mobil.

LYONS — The owners of the Quicklee’s on Route 31 have been working for two years to bring a “co-brand” food partner to the store, which it renovated and reopened

01/22/2025

Lacrosse season always begins earlier than one expects. Despite a wind chill below zero in the heart of the Finger Lakes this week, the Hobart College lacrosse team will be in action this weekend.

GENEVA — Lacrosse season always begins earlier than one expects. Despite a wind chill below zero in the heart of the Finger Lakes this week, the Hobart College lacrosse team

01/22/2025

Penn Yan Academy fall athletic teams have been recognized by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association with Scholar Athlete Team Awards.

PENN YAN — Penn Yan Academy fall athletic teams have been recognized by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association with Scholar Athlete Team Awards. The criteria for

01/22/2025

The famed food and wine summer event at Watkins Glen International is getting a brand-new look.

WATKINS GLEN — The famed food and wine summer event at Watkins Glen International is getting a brand-new look. Formally known as the Finger Lakes Wine Festival, F.L.X. Summer Fest

01/22/2025

ALBANY — Two Wayne County communities are sharing in approximately $1 million in grants from the New York State Canal Corp. through Round XIV of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative.

ALBANY — Two Wayne County communities are sharing in approximately $1 million in grants from the New York State Canal Corp. through Round XIV of the Regional Economic Development Council