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What’s in a (Middle) Name?
You may remember the late Bart Starr from that Scholastic Book you read in elementary school. Or when you...
SPRINGTIME IN PARIS IN MENDON
BY DEB AND TIM SMITH Springtime in Mendon was the setting for “Springtime in Paris” last week. Please allow...
SPRINGTIME IN PARIS IN MENDON
BY DEB AND TIM SMITH Springtime in Mendon was the setting for “Springtime in Paris” last week. Please allow...
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The Mr. HF-L Pageant Is Another Success
The 14th annual Mr. HF-L male beauty pageant was held at the High School Auditorium on May 11th at...
Charles Tomaszewski Selected for 2019 All-Eastern Honors Band
During the 2018 school year, music students from across the United States auditioned for parts in their local, district,...
Carosa Commentary
What’s in a (Middle) Name?
You may remember the late Bart Starr from that Scholastic Book you read in elementary school. Or when you looked up exactly what a “dislocated sacroiliac” is and where it’s located. Some things you just never forget. Was there ever something you never forget long after it didn’t matter...
The Fantastical (Real-Life) Time Machine
It’s really not hard to go back in time. Going forward is another thing altogether. Here’s how to go back in time. If you had the chance to go back in time and meet anyone you could, who would it be? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Fantastical (Real-Life)...
How to be Successful: The Explosive Truth
What’s the difference between a stick of dynamite and one megaton atomic bomb? And what does this have to do with your success? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “How to be Successful: The Explosive Truth” to find not only this answer, but three specific steps you need to take...
Dad and the Art of Lawnscape Maintenance
There comes a time in every father-son relationship with the reins are passed from one generation to the next. This is the tale of one such story. Did it end well? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Dad and the Art of Lawnscape Maintenance” and watch what happens when nature...
Heah Come Da (Hamburger) Judge!
Want to become an expert at something? Write a book about it. Who knows? You might even get asked to be a judge on the subject. That’s what happened recently to our intrepid writer. What surprised him most about this experience? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Heah Come Da...
3 Reasons You Should Never Resort to a Panel of Experts
A funny thing happened to me when I was once too afraid to ask a “stupid” question. I listened. While I listened, I suddenly understood something really important. Want to know what it was? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “3 Reasons You Should Never Resort to a Panel of...
Should You Go Wide or Go Deep?
You can have the most popular business in town. If your business model isn’t profitable, however, all that popular does is make you lose money faster than less popular unprofitable businesses. Decades ago advertising gurus coined the terms “penetration” and “usage pull.” What do those terms have to do...
One-Upping Warren: This is the Right Way to Forgive Student Loans
Politicians like to give money away. As long as it’s other people’s money. But there is a way to avoid robbing Peter to pay Paul in this great college loan crisis we find ourselves in. We actually know who’s responsible for this. And they can be made to pay....
“Can I Do This?”
It’s a question that ultimately confronts us all. It comes up in different places at different times for everyone. Each of us finds our own answer in our own way. Sometimes it helps to understand how life reveals the answer to others. Would you like to discover how a...
Et tu, Espagnol? / More Lasting Than Bronze?
Contained herein lies a Shakespearean eulogy to a dead language and a father’s plea once made some eight years ago. Does this same truth still ring? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Et tu, Espagnol? More Lasting Than Bronze?” and decide for yourself.
Camp Lima Blossom Fest is June 9
BY DEB AND TIM SMITH Looking for a new and family friendly way to spruce up your weekend and stay right here in Sentinel-Land? If you are, you should check out the 86th annual Camp Lima Blossom Festival on June 9! At this point we’re sure a lot of...
Honeoye Falls-Mendon & Lima Rotary Clubs Co-hosting the 32nd Annual Community Golf Tournament
The Honeoye Falls-Mendon and Lima Rotary Clubs are co-hosting the 32nd Annual Rotary Community Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 8 at Lima Golf and Country Club, 7470 Chase Road in Lima. Rotary members thank the community for its dedicated support and loyalty to Rotary. If you can’t make it...
Lima Historical Society opens new exhibit
A New Summer Exhibit at the Tennie Burton Museum, home of the Lima Historical Society, will open on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019. The exhibit is “One Hundred Years of Hats Made and Worn in Lima”. The museum will be open on Sundays 2-4 pm- June through end of...
HF-L voters to weigh in on proposed budget May 21
Voters in the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District will go to the polls May 21 to decide whether to approve the 2019-2020 budget proposal that was a very tough one for the district to put together this year. The proposal totals $50,699,032 which is an increase of $733 over...
Applications due for Livingston County Economic Development grant
Applications for the Livingston County Downtown Enhancement Program Grant are due May 15th. You don’t want to miss this. Apply now for up to $5,000 in grant funding! Available in the Designated Downtown Districts to: * Business Owners * Building Owners * Public Art Committees Livingston County Economic Development...
HF-L Youth Girls Softball goes to the flamingos
Community members can now “Flamingo” someone, all in the name of good fun and fundraising. The Honeoye Falls-Lima Youth Girls’ Softball League has a great new fundraiser that the entire community can get in on. Neighbors are seeing flocks of flamingos landing in front yards across the district. Anyone...
Lima Village employee Dan Dumar honored
On Thursday, March 28, Dan Dumar was honored for his 35 years of employment with the Village of Lima. He had been the certified operator of the waste water treatment plant since 1997 and started his work with Lima in 1984. Mayor Carl Luft read a Proclamation naming that...
Happy Easter! Easter Week Services Scheduled at Area Churches
Avon Wesleyan Church: Good Friday Prayer Event 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Easter worship services at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the church, 300 Genesee Street, Avon. Christ Episcopal Church in the Village of Pittsford: Maundy Thursday 7 p.m., Good Friday Noon and 5:30 p.m., Easter Eve (April 20) 3...
Palm Sunday, Maundy/Holy Thursday, Good Friday services at area churches
Avon Wesleyan Church: Palm Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Good Friday 24 Hour Prayer Station Vigil. Christ Episcopal Church in the Village of Pittsford: Palm Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Maundy Thursday 7 p.m., Good Friday Noon and 5:30 p.m. Church of the Transfiguration: Palm Sunday...
Ellie Fairchild and CougarTech Take Awards at Finger Lakes Regional
On March 16, 2019, at the Finger Lakes Regional, HF-L’s Robotics Team, CougarTech placed eighth in the qualifying rounds out of 49 teams and earned the Innovation in Controls Award. The Innovation in Controls awards “was truly a full technical team effort” said Gary Stottler. It required the electrical,...
Mark IV Enterprises Plans Residential Development in Wheatland
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY Earlier this spring Mark IV Enterprises, owner of the Clearview Farms apartment complex off of Scottsville Road, approached the Town of Wheatland about plans to construct new residential development on land the company owns adjacent to the existing Clearview complex. Mark IV Enterprises describes the project...
Scottsville’s Midweek Farmers’ Market Is Back for the 2019 Season
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY June 5th marked opening day for Scottsville’s Midweek Farmers’ Market. Each Wednesday through September 25th from 4:00 until 7:00 PM, vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables, locally raised meats and eggs, baked goods, plants and more take over the parking lot of the American Legion on...
Scottsville Welcomes Hometown Heroes
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY In addition to holding its annual Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony on May 27th, the Village of Scottsville unveiled eleven “Hometown Hero” banners adorning light posts on Main Street. This program honors active military personnel with personal or familial connections to the Wheatland-Scottsville area. Each...
Wheatland Boy Scouts spruce up cemetery
On May 11th, Boy Scout Troop Master Seth Webster (and wife Jillian) brought Boy Scout Troop #140, sponsored by the Scottsville American Legion, to Wheatland’s Oatka Cemetery for a spring clean-up. The troop raked and cut low hanging branches, cleaned the grounds, and greatly enhanced the look and feel...
Mock Newbery Club Brings Students Together
The joy of reading united students from five school districts in a collaborative reading project called Mock Newbery Club. Ninety fifth-graders participated in the club, which was modeled after the American Library Association’s Newbery Medal program. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished...
HF-L, Wheatland-Chili pass school budgets
Voters in both the Honeoye Falls-Lima and Wheatland-Chili Central School Districts passed their respective school budget proposals for 2019-2020 during school budget voting on May 21. HF-L residents approved its school budget proposal of $50,699,032 by 754-213. They also passed a proposition to purchase up to seven busses for...
Cub Scouts finish service project in Scottsville
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY Cub Scout Pack 140 recently helped install a clothing dropoff shed in the parking lot of Scottsville’s Union Presbyterian Church (Browns Avenue). The church and the troop worked together to obtain all of the approvals to place the St. Pauly Textiles shed on the property. The...
Scottsville Observes Arbor Day with New Tree Plantings
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY The Village of Scottsville officially proclaimed Saturday, May 4th as Arbor Day. To commemorate this important day, the village’s Forestry Board along with community members and local scouting groups planted eleven new trees in the two village parks. In Canawaugus Park, a group of scouts and...
Scottsville’s iKON Ice Cream Celebrates 2019 Opening
BY JENNIFER CROWLEY Despite being open for only one season, iKON Ice Cream undoubtedly secured its spot as a Scottsville “hall of fame” business. The bright storefront, friendly staff, bittersweet beginnings (and of course, ice cream) all helped bring a youthful energy and a bit of buzz back to...
Legal Notice
Legal Notice PLEASE TAKE NOTICE VILLAGE OF SCOTTSVILLE Planning Board Meeting Cancelled The Planning Board Meeting scheduled on Thursday, May 9, 2019 has been cancelled. The next meeting is June 13. May 8, 2019 Anne Hartman Village Clerk S5/9