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Chamber music with soul: the fall 2026 Gateways Music Festival
The 31st anniversary of Gateways and its fall lineup features classical compositions and many other areas of the African-American musical experience.
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…
Medina earns first N-O field hockey win
Snapping a season opening four league game losing streak, Medina downed Newfane (2-4) 2-0 in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game Thursday evening at Vets Park. Jenelle Stalker and Olivia Bessel each scored a goal for the Mustangs. Wilson 8, Roy-Hart 3 Wilson improved to…
Kendall and Albion girls post soccer wins
Kendall improved to 10-0 by shutting out LeRoy 3-0 in a non league girls soccer game Thursday. Ryleigh Denning, Kaylie Bunn and Izzy D’Agostino each scored a goal and Sophia Picardo had 2 assists. Albion 2, Barker/Lyndonville 0 Scoring a goal in each half, Albion downed…
Akron tips Medina in OT in N-O soccer; Barker/Lyndonville downs Albion
Akron nipped Medina 3-2 in overtime in a Niagara-Orleans League boys soccer game Thursday at Vets Park. Sawyer Ranney scored the game winning goal in overtime for the Tigers which also got goals from Thatcher Ranney and Owen Kreher. Cam Fike and Tyler Raduns both scored goals for…
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…