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Grant from Orleans Community Connects funded several staff members for Camp Rainbow
Press Release, Orleans Community Connects Orleans Community Connects is pleased to announce its support of Camp Rainbow through a grant that helped fund essential staff positions for the camp’s summer program. “We are incredibly grateful for the support from Orleans Community…
Medina Sandstone Trust taking grant requests
Press Release, Medina Sandstone Trust MEDINA – The Medina Sandstone Trust is accepting grant applications for programs that benefit the Village of Medina, Town of Ridgeway, and Town of Shelby communities. Consideration will also be given to projects within the entire Orleans…
Albion 8th-graders turn bland wall at Veterans Park into patriotic mural
Photos by Tom Rivers ALBION – Albion 8th-grade students in Kamie Feder’s enrichment art class have been painting a patriotic mural the past three school days at Veterans Park in Albion at the corner of Linwood Avenue and Brown Street. Aleeah Vallejo is shown working on the…
Episcopal Church in Albion to open Noah’s Bowl, a pet food pantry
Press Release, Christ Episcopal Church ALBION – Christ Episcopal Church is proud to announce the opening of Noah’s Bowl, its new community pet food pantry, designed to provide free supplemental dog and cat food to local pet owners experiencing financial hardship. The new pantry…
Art auction raised $8K for Marti’s on Main in Albion
Photos by Tom Rivers ALBION – Todd Jantzi, an auctioneer and owner of Bontrager Real Estate & Auction Service in Batavia, looks for bids during an art auction on Saturday at Marti’s on Main, an art gallery in Albion run by Kim Martillotta Muscarella. He is shown with a painting…
38th annual Knights-Kaderli walk/fundraiser set for Saturday in East Shelby
EAST SHELBY – The Knights-Kaderli Walk/Fundraiser will take place for the 38th year on Saturday at East Shelby Volunteer Fire Company. The charity was formed when two families who had lost loved ones to cancer decided to merge their separate fundraisers into one, and the…
Albion and Medina score N-O golf wins
Albion defeated Barker 223-231 and Medina downed Wilson 259-269 in Niagara-Orleans League golf matches today. Owen Spencer shot 40, Drew Pritchard 41, Luke Bedford 45, Brody Furness 48 and Mason Snook 49 for Albion which finishes the N-O season at 9-2-1. Hudson Prynn took…
Holley booters down rival Kendall
Completing a home and home season series sweep, Holley downed rival Kendall 3-1 in a Genesee Region League boys soccer game this evening. Tarek Garrett, Mason Merle and Hawkins Daly took turns scoring the goals for Holley as Chase Kempa earned 2 assists and Jayden Rivera 1.…
Huge rally earns Rivals win over host Flyers
Trailing by 14 (34-20) late in the third quarter, Albion/Medina came rallying back with a huge four touchdown scoring surge to defeat host Maryvale 46-34 this evening to remain undefeated at 4-0 in the B1 Division and 5-0 overall. The Albion/Medina comeback began with a 3 yard…
Lady Hawks roll to 6-0 soccer victory
Four players scored goals as Holley blanked visiting CG Finney 6-0 in a non league girls soccer game this evening. Emma Burne and Jayna Burris both scored a pair of goals for the Lady Hawks as Kyla Burne and Philomena Arnold each had one. Carsyn Mogle had 2 assists for the Lady…
Kendall tops W-C in G-R volleyball
Kendall downed Wheatland-Chili in straight sets 25-9, 25-9, 25-16 in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening. For Kendall, Maya Tatar had 12 service points including 8 aces, Irelynn Maloney 11 service points with 4 attack points, Rylan Clark 5 points with 5 aces and…

Polish startup wins $1M Luminate NY prize
Gekko Photonics makes analyzers that help manufacturers check product quality without stopping the line. Five other startups, working on lasers, displays, biotech and medical devices, also won awards at the ninth Luminate NY finals in Rochester.