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Huge turnout for Fuller 155 basket raffle/walk to benefit suicide prevention
Photos by Tom Rivers SHELBY – The fourth annual Fuller 155 Suicide Awareness Basket Raffle saw its biggest turnout yet on Sunday with people supporting suicide awareness and prevention in memory of the late Erin Fuller. A former deputy with the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office,…

Should government rethink its wager on sports betting?
Is it a matter of free will or vice? The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists debate gambling on sports contests.

Wayne County Public Health shares potential Measles exposure notice
Lyons, NY – Wayne County Public Health is advising of a potential measles exposure at the Pine Creek Feed and Seed from September 9-11, 2026. Individuals who are not immune to measles and were exposed are at risk for developing measles. Those who were exposed to measles and…
Martillotta has a strong start to his senior soccer season at Russell Sage
Goals in three straight games has highlighted the early season of Roy-Hart graduate Peter Martillotta’s senior year as a member of the Russell Sage College men’s soccer team. A four year player for Russell Sage, Martillotta scored the lone goal in the Gators 1-1 tie games with…
Building Blocks event at Medina library shows creativity with LEGOs
MEDINA – The second annual Building Blocks event sponsored by Medina Tourism Committee attracted a crowd of adults and children, some who came to look, others who came to enter their creations and those who came to build or play while they were there. The event, with a United…
Dr. Julie Woodworth receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Community College Trustees
A Lyndonville resident, Orleans County coroner and employee of Medina Memorial Hospital has been recognized with the prestigious New York Community College Trustees’ Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Contribution. Honoree Dr. Julie Woodworth, a former nursing professor…
Community rallies for Albion man battling incurable blood cancer
Brett Boring says he is responding well to chemo for multiple myeloma Photos by Tom Rivers ALBION – Brett Boring greets his sister, the Rev. Susan Boring, during a benefit today in his honor at the Albion Elks Lodge. Brett, 54, was diagnosed on May 10 with multiple myeloma, an…
Train derailed in Holley 100 years ago, killing 1 while others narrowly escaped
By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian “Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 6, No. 26 HOLLEY – On a Friday afternoon, September 24, 1926, a fast moving east-bound freight train crashed head-on into a switch-engine on the Falls branch of the New York Central Railroad a short…
High School Football Weekend Recap
B1 Division Game Results Albion/Medina 38, Williamsville South 34 West Seneca East 41, Lake Shore 13 McKinley 72, Lew-Port 7 Maryvale 16, Amherst 6 Standings (Division, Overall) West Seneca East 3-0, 3-0 Albion/Medina 2-0, 3-0 McKinley 2-0, 3-0 Williamsville South […] The post…
Some Triennial installations will stay, while one is headed by barge to NYC
MEDINA – Medina’s first-of-its-kind Triennial has ended a three-month visit, but its effects will linger far and beyond Medina for a very long time. Exciting news is that the barge transformed by artist Mary Mattingly into a floating garden in the canal basin will be taken to New…
Weekly High School Sports Schedule
Weekly Schedule Monday Boys Soccer – Medina at CSAT, 5 p.m.; Albion at Roy-Hart, 6:45 p.m.; Lyndonville/Barker at Kendall, Holley at Attica, 7 p.m. Girls Soccer – Roy-Hart/Medina at Sweet Home, Holley at Bloomfield, 5 p.m.; Akron at Newfane, 6:45 p.m. Volleyball – Medina at…
Albion and Batavia split in youth football
Albion split a series of four games with Batavia at Bullard Park Saturday in Niagara Orleans Football Association (NOFA) action. Beginners Division Batavia 38, Albion 7 The Albion Beginners battled hard but fell to Batavia, 38-7, in youth football action. Myles LaBarge led the…