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Manor students hold basketball game for St. Baldrick’s
It took a community to help the Manor School’s Make A Difference Committee raise money for the St. Baldrick’s...
Mendon Planning Board to meet April 1 via Zoom
The Town of Mendon Planning Board meeting set for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 will take place as scheduled at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard time, but the meeting will be available via Zoom only due to COVID-19. Due to COVID-19, New York State’s Open Meetings Law has been modified to...
Most Local Parks Closed
1st Livingston Co. Death “Male in 20s,” Half of COVID-19 cases in Monroe/Livingston Under 50 Local town and village officials are imploring people to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and not congregate in the local parks. While trails in Monroe County Parks such as Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon...
Sports and Activities
HF-L Youth Wrestling celebrates
On March 10, the HFL youth wrestling team (K-6) won the Greater Rochester Youth Wrestling Championships for the second...
HF-L students participated in solo fests
alls-Lima schools participated in various Monroe County School Music Association winter solo festivals. The solo festivals are grouped according...
Carosa Commentary
Just Get Past The Peak
What do you do when the light of hope disappears in the darkness of an endless tunnel? It might seem hard, but you have a fool-proof option. Just what is this discipline you need until the light of hope returns? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Just Get Past The...
Mendon Planning Board to meet April 1 via Zoom
The Town of Mendon Planning Board meeting set for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 will take place as scheduled at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard time, but the meeting will be available via Zoom only due to COVID-19. Due to COVID-19, New York State’s Open Meetings Law has been modified to...
Most Local Parks Closed
1st Livingston Co. Death “Male in 20s,” Half of COVID-19 cases in Monroe/Livingston Under 50 Local town and village officials are imploring people to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and not congregate in the local parks. While trails in Monroe County Parks such as Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon...
Mendon State of Emergency a Proactive Response
For local COVID-19 updates from community leaders, go to https://mhflsentinel.com/forums/forum/covid-19-update/ We spoke with Mendon Town Supervisor John Moffitt to follow up on the State of Emergency just declared for the Town of Mendon. The good news is that there was no triggering event that precipitated the move. The better...
Town of Mendon Declares State of Emergency
For local COVID-19 updates from community leaders, go to https://mhflsentinel.com/forums/forum/covid-19-update/ Proclamation Local State of Emergency I, JOHN D. MOFFITT, THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE TOWN OF MENDON, PURUANT TO THE POWER GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 2B, SECTION 24, OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, DO...
Mendon Supervisor Moffitt: Some Closings But “Town Hall, Highway Dept. currently open & operational”
From John Moffitt, Mendon Town Supervisor Preventing the spread of COVID-19 is a community challenge, and we, as a community, will face this challenge head-on. The Town of Mendon is taking extra precautions to protect our residents and help keep our community healthy and safe. We are in constant...
Honeoye Falls Mayor Milne: “Appointments need to be made to visit Village Office”
From Rick Milne, Honeoye Falls Mayor: In response to the corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak and in following Federal, State and County Guidelines: Effective March 17, 2020: The Village of Honeoye Falls will be suspending all nonessential operations until further notice. Meetings of the Village Board (post 3/16/20) will be...
Mendon Library Now Showing Finger Lakes Photos
Kris Knight, recently back to NY State after spending 30 years in northern California, has beautiful HDR Photography of the Finger Lakes on Display at the Mendon Public Library. An artist with works also on display at Artizanns in Naples and the Naples Public Library, Kris’s photography showcases what...
Goodbye to the Garage!!
Rotary Casino Hits Jackpot!
Cleanup Remedy Proposed for Rolling Hills Development Site in Mendon
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is inviting Public Comment About a Cleanup Proposal for the State Superfund Site on the Southwest End of Old French Road in Mendon. NYSDEC is accepting public comments about the proposal through March 27, 2020. NYSDEC also has scheduled a...
Most Local Parks Closed
1st Livingston Co. Death “Male in 20s,” Half of COVID-19 cases in Monroe/Livingston Under 50 Local town and village officials are imploring people to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and not congregate in the local parks. While trails in Monroe County Parks such as Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon...
Honeoye Falls Mayor Milne: “Appointments need to be made to visit Village Office”
From Rick Milne, Honeoye Falls Mayor: In response to the corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak and in following Federal, State and County Guidelines: Effective March 17, 2020: The Village of Honeoye Falls will be suspending all nonessential operations until further notice. Meetings of the Village Board (post 3/16/20) will be...
Goodbye to the Garage!!
HF Mayor Milne still looking for letters of interest regarding fire department facility committee
The Village of Honeoye Falls in conjunction with the Honeoye Falls Fire Department will be forming a committee to evaluate the Honeoye Falls Fire Department facility and options to upgrade the current building or to consider a new facility in the future. The current facility is aging and the...
HF-M Historical Society to feature Chris Bensch
The March meeting of the Honeoye Falls/Mendon Historical Society will feature Christopher (Chris) Bensch. In 1989, Bensch became one of the curators at The Strong Museum in Rochester with responsibility for a wide array of items: furniture, and cookware, record albums and televisions, Big Mac boxes and Halloween costumes....
HF-L Girl Scouts Make ‘dinner in a bag’ for Children Awaiting Parents
Kayla, Chelsie, and Emily Wells, and Irene Sesnie helped pack 13 ‘dinner in a bag’s for CAP Closet families last month. These dinners will provide a little extra boost for families who foster children through Children Awaiting Parents in Rochester, and who sometimes receive a new children with little...
ERNA KIENERT TURNS 100!
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (ESLC) hosted a 100th birthday party for Erna Kienert on Friday, February 7 at Pinehurst – part of Episcopal SeniorLife Communities. Fellow residents, staff and family gathered to celebrate, enjoy cake, and fellowship. Erna was born in Simminau, East Germany. She grew up in this small...
Falls Post #664 Food Drive a success
Every year the Honeoye Falls American Legion Post #664 holds a food drive to support the FISH Food Closet. This worthwhile organization supplies food for Honeoye Falls, Mendon, Lima and West Bloomfield neighbors in need. The food closet operates out of 153 East Street in Honeoye Falls. Their phone...
HF Mayor Milne looking for letters of interest regarding fire department facility committee
The Village of Honeoye Falls in conjunction with the Honeoye Falls Fire Department will be forming a committee to evaluate the Honeoye Falls Fire Department facility and options to upgrade the current building or to consider a new facility in the future. The current facility is aging and the...
Yoga Love of Honeoye Falls celebrates grand opening in new space
While Yoga Love of Honeoye Falls has been in business for several years, owner Niki Januzzi has dreamed of a space that she could make her own and now she has it. Yoga Love of Honeoye Falls has moved into a new, and bigger, space, at 4 Ontario Street...
Most Local Parks Closed
1st Livingston Co. Death “Male in 20s,” Half of COVID-19 cases in Monroe/Livingston Under 50 Local town and village officials are imploring people to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and not congregate in the local parks. While trails in Monroe County Parks such as Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon...
LOVIN’ LIMA STEVE GRILLS ~ FAVORITE ARTISTS & AFTER HOURS CD
BY DEB AND TIM SMITH RESET ~ As a sign of the times, we are undergoing a rewrite of this week’s column due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is the third component of a 5-part piece we wrote about Lima blues guitar great, Steve Grills. We started it earlier...
The Village Board of Trustees of Lima NY will hold its 3/24 board meeting remotely.
The Village Board of Trustees of Lima NY will hold its 3/24 board meeting remotely. Info to log in is on the website: http://www.villageoflima.us We will be sending a legal notice with info about future meetings, but wanted to get this info to the public as soon as we...
Lima Historical Society Features Bill Lane on History of Mendon Ponds Park
On Saturday afternoon, March 21st at 1 PM at the Lima Town Hall, William Lane, Curator of the Honeoye Falls/Mendon Museum will present an interesting talk on the history of the Mendon Ponds Park. When, how and why was our favorite “local” park created? What was there before the...
Citizen Emergency Preparedness Program offered at Lima Ambulance Base
Are you ready to shelter in place, evacuate your home, or prepare for a pandemic?? Join your friends and neighbors on March 12th at 6:30 pm at the Lima Volunteer Ambulance to learn how to prepare an emergency plan for you, your family and your pets. The program is...
HF-L Girl Scouts Make ‘dinner in a bag’ for Children Awaiting Parents
Kayla, Chelsie, and Emily Wells, and Irene Sesnie helped pack 13 ‘dinner in a bag’s for CAP Closet families last month. These dinners will provide a little extra boost for families who foster children through Children Awaiting Parents in Rochester, and who sometimes receive a new children with little...
Livingston County Conservatives Pick Parlato in NY-27 Congressional Race
Two weeks ago, Livingston County Conservative Party Chairman Jason J. McGuire announced Beth Parlato as his committee’s choice in the General Election race to represent the 27th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Our committee casts our lot with wife, mother, attorney and former town justice Beth...
Falls Post #664 Food Drive a success
Every year the Honeoye Falls American Legion Post #664 holds a food drive to support the FISH Food Closet. This worthwhile organization supplies food for Honeoye Falls, Mendon, Lima and West Bloomfield neighbors in need. The food closet operates out of 153 East Street in Honeoye Falls. Their phone...
LCS teacher’s artwork featured at FLCC gallery
Finger Lakes Community College’s two art galleries – Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 and ArtSpace36 – will showcase the work of accomplished alumni in exhibits set to open later this month, one of the alumni is a teacher at Lima Christian School. The Biennial Alumni Exhibition in Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 will...
Fifth Annual Winter on the Green to benefit the Grant family
The Fifth Annual Winter on the Green is Saturday, January 25, 2020. All proceeds are benefitting the Grant family. Matt Grant is a lifelong Lima and West Bloomfield resident and he, along with his wife, Alisha, are active foster parents in the community. They have fostered many children, including...
Most Local Parks Closed
1st Livingston Co. Death “Male in 20s,” Half of COVID-19 cases in Monroe/Livingston Under 50 Local town and village officials are imploring people to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and not congregate in the local parks. While trails in Monroe County Parks such as Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon...
Wheatland Supervisor Dobson: “Wheatland Town Court and Senior Center closed”
Due to concern for the welfare of our Town residents and local Government staff, I am requesting that those people needing service from the Town Clerk, Building Department, Fire Marshal, Recreation Coordinator, Assessor, or Highway Department please refrain from face to face visits over the near term. Please call the...
Scottsville Mayor Hansen: “All non-essential operations suspended at Village Office and DPW”
Scottsville Mayor Hansen: “All non-essential operations suspended at Village Office and DPW” Village Office – All non-essential operations have been suspended and employees will be released home until further notice. Rental of Johnson Park is suspended until further notice. Email will be monitored at villageclerk@scottsvilleny.org. DPW – All non-essential...
Wheatland-Chili School Superintendent to Retire in June 2020
Dr. Deb Leh, Superintendent of Wheatland-Chili CSD, will retire in June 2020, at the conclusion of the school year. In her over 30 years in education, she has served as a business teacher, the assistant superintendent of student learning at Clarkstown Central School District, and the assistant superintendent of...
Wheatland-Chili High School Student Writers Get Published
Three Wheatland-Chili seniors in the Newspaper and Creative Writing Club submitted mini-sagas to the Young Writers Mission Catastrophe contest last year. All three had their work published in a book produced by Young Writers. The students are Ryley St. Rose-Finear, Eboni Colangelo, and Ben Miller. Young Writers encourages young...
New W-C Varsity Swim Coach honors father’s memory by breathing new life into team
Wheatland-Chili Varsity Swimming Hall of Famer Rusty Dunn was undefeated in the pool. He never lost a meet. He was at the heart of the swim program during the legendary 100 meet winning streak of the late 1970s. Forty years later, Rusty’s son returns the Dunn name to the...
Winter Activities Abound at Genesee Country Village & Museum
The winter season at Genesee Country Village & Museum is packed with activities to keep visitors warm and busy, regardless of the weather. Beginning January 5, GCV&M hosts weekly Nature Sundays featuring hikes on the Nature Center trails, stories, and crafts. A special feature of Nature Sundays is the opportunity to...
Wheatland-Chili Students Chosen for Hochstein Wind Symphony
Each year musicians entering grades seven and eight audition into a select ensemble called the Hochstein Junior Wind Symphony through the Hochstein School of Music. Students participate in this ensemble from all over Monroe and surrounding counties. This year four students from Wheatland-Chili have been chosen for this ensemble.Congratulations...
Nathaniel Fals Performs with High School Area All-State Band
Congratulations to Wheatland-Chili student Nathaniel Fals on his performance with the High School Area All-State Band. The band consisted of musicians from Monroe and the surrounding eight counties who passed competitive auditions in June of last year. All band members received perfect or near perfect scores in their...
Wheatland-Chili National Honor Society welcomes inductees
Congratulations to the following Wheatland-Chili students who were inducted in the National Honor Society at the high school last month: Acacia Adams, Hanna Beldue, Ethan Buyea, Elizabeth Hogan, Ian Orloff, Anthony Polisseni, Logan Rocha, Connor Wehle, and Aaryana Young. Submitted photo