SENECA FALLS — Vendors are being sought for a craft show, along with items for a silent auction, to benefit the Class of 2025 at Mynderse Academy.
ALBANY — Special Olympics New York President and CEO Stacey Hengsterman recently announced that 13 New York schools have been named new National Banner Unified Champion Schools, along with nine more, including Newark High School, renewing their status for another four-year term.
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GORHAM — With a new school year underway, students who attend the Midlakes Education Center program are getting comfortable in a new setting.
NEWARK — Sen. Pam Helming, R-54 of Canandaigua, and Wayne County Community Schools recently held Pathways to Prosperity, a discussion between local business owners on how Community Schools can work together to provide opportunities for students and the local economy.
It’s apple harvest season in New York State. To show appreciation for NYS farmers and provide local NYS apples to schools, the FarmOn! Big Apple Crunch encourages apple enthusiasts across the state to sign up for the Big Apple Crunch Challenge and register for a chance to win a $1,000 schola…
GENEVA — Now in its 20th year, HWS Votes has gained national recognition for voter engagement.
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CLYDE — New York State United Teachers will continue to support the state Education Department and the local school district in the appeal brought by a local pastor and Moms for Liberty over the return of five books to the school’s junior-senior high’s library.
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CANANDAIGUA — City school district officials are planning a ballot proposition asking voters to approve a $70.2 million capital project.
AUBURN — A new Criminal Justice degree at Cayuga Community College will create fresh opportunities for students to study evolving law enforcement techniques and career options while also reinforcing their transfer pathways.
NEWARK — Be proactive.
CANANDAIGUA — The federal Education Department has awarded Finger Lakes Community College $2.25 million over the next five years to enhance programs that help first-time students succeed.
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WOLCOTT — It’s no secret the arts program at North Rose-Wolcott High School has some renown in the Finger Lakes, generating many great artists over the years.
WATERLOO — Seneca County residents feeling a need for mental health assistance will soon have an online application at their disposal.
GENEVA — The League of Women Voters of Geneva is sponsoring a screening of the documentary “Good Trouble,” a film about the life and work of late U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, a civil rights and voting rights activist.
SENECA FALLS — The Northeast College of Health Sciences has begun its 105th year of classes, the last 33 in Seneca Falls on the former Eisenhower College campus.
WATERLOO — Skoi-Yase Primary School has a new principal and Waterloo Middle School has a new assistant principal.
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GENEVA — Need help? Hobart and William Smith Colleges has a directory of more than 100 students looking to provide child care, pet care, or are willing to tutor certain subjects
ROMULUS — Delaney McDonald was chosen to represent Seneca County on the New York Governor’s Youth Council, a statewide policy group comprised of 62 young people ages 13-21.
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GENEVA — In the spring of 1975, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Professor Emerita of Art History Elena Ciletti and 29 students spent 10 weeks exploring the art of Venice, Florence and Rome.
Julie Dunkelberger of Dundee, Jamie Oberdorf of Seneca Falls, and Hannah Smith-Williams of Clifton Springs were selected as the 2024 Athena Award for Continuing Education Scholarship recipients.
KEUKA PARK — Today is Constitution Day. Created in 2004 and later named Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, it is typically observed each Sept. 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia.
GENEVA — While summer draws to a close, many schools in the area reopened their doors to a new school year full of excitement and new opportunities. The same holds true for the 1,000+ staff members who work for Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES. It began the year with an All Staff Opening Day on Tues…
CANANDAIGUA — Finger Lakes Community College was awarded $100,000 in a national contest to develop solutions to food scarcity.
CLYDE — The Article 78 proceeding involving Moms for Liberty and Jacob Marchitell appealing state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa’s determination regarding five books in the Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School Library is moving to State Supreme Court in Albany County.
KEUKA PARK — The New York State Education Department has approved Keuka College’s Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program to be offered online, opening the program to aspiring nurse practitioners nationwide.
Visionaries. Those who are at the crux of inventions, happenings, and yet to be explored horizons. It’s hard to imagine where humankind would be without these distinct voices.
GENEVA — The Ontario County Chamber of Commerce and Ontario County Athena Steering Committee have announced the honorees for the 39th Annual Athena Leadership Awards.
HENRIETTA — The New York Museum of Transportation will host a fleet of antique fire trucks on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trolley rides, the full museum, and the fire truck show are all included with the family friendly admission of $10 adults; $9 seniors (65+); $6 youth (3-12). …
ALFRED – Alfred State Vice President for Academic Affairs Carrie Cokely has named Francine Staba the Dean for Academic Support and Student Success. Staba will begin her duties immediately.
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POTSDAM — A Farmington resident who attends Clarkson University, and is part of the Baja SAE team, now in its 46th year, had a remarkable 2024 season, according to the college.
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NEWARK — One of the highlights of the conference day Aug. 29 was the presentation by Superintendent Susan Hasenauer of the Friend of Education Award to Katie Pullen, owner of Katie Pullen: Allstate Insurance in Newark.
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GENEVA — This summer, H. May, professor of theater at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, collaborated with the co-producers of Drama Club Productions, Scott Ihrig and Shannon Morrison, to convene a group of blind, disabled and abled artists and thinkers for a week-long residency in Mt. Verno…
GENEVA — Hobart and William Smith are first in the nation for service and 19th overall among liberal arts colleges according to Washington Monthly’s “2024 College Guide and Rankings.”
WILLIAMSVILLE — As we bid adieu to summer and usher in the back to school season, Tops Friendly Markets is welcoming back the Tops in Education Program.
SYRACUSE — Youth members, adult volunteers, chaperones and staff from several counties across the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways Council footprint recently traveled to the Galapagos Islands as part of the council’s travel program which equips Girl Scouts to change the world by allowing them …
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GENEVA — Chevy DeVaney has been named vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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GORHAM — A Marcus Whitman school district teacher’s aide credited with saving the life of a choking student was honored Thursday.
AUBURN — Cayuga Community College will launch a new microcredential this fall offering a series of short-term courses that train students for careers in advanced manufacturing.
WATERLOO — The Board of Education voted Aug. 26 to appoint Christine Taylor as assistant superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.
AUBURN — Cayuga Community College has a new initiative that creates a runway for high school students to earn extensive college credits before completing their associate degree in just one year at Cayuga.
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SENECA FALLS — Jessie Jensen of Seneca Falls has been awarded the Edward J. Kiernan Memorial Scholarship by the International Union of Police Associations.
NEWARK — Gregory Kern, who has been serving as interim school administrator in the South Orangetown Central School District in Blauvelt, N.Y., since 2022, was appointed interim assistant superintendent for business by the Newark Board of Education Aug. 7.
SHORTSVILLE — James Secosky, a longtime resident of the Shortsville/Manchester area who now lives in Colorado, has been included in this year’s “Marquis Who’s Who A Lifetime Achievement.”
AUBURN — The final installment of the Seward House Museum’s 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series will be a talk with Harvard University Dillon Professor of American History and scholar Robin Bernstein.
WATERLOO — The lack of full representation, and only two candidates running for the presidency, made this year’s Board of Education organizational meeting a bit unusual.
GENEVA — The climate is changing. Will we?
CANANDAIGUA — Journalism and the role of reporters have evolved in an age of the 24-hour news cycle, social media and declining print and TV media outlets. Yet, citizens still need journalists to serve as watchdogs to those in power.
