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Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule...
M&T Bank supports Mendon Public Library’s Summer Reading 2017
Branch Manager Cybil Brock and Kim Ackerman of Honeoye Fall’s M&T Bank stopped by the Mendon Public Library recently...
M&T Bank supports Mendon Public Library’s Summer Reading 2017
Branch Manager Cybil Brock and Kim Ackerman of Honeoye Fall’s M&T Bank stopped by the Mendon Public Library recently...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule with a demanding academic courseload to become valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at Lima Christian School. Meanwhile, Jerry Brushafer showed dogged determination and persistence in both his academic studies...
HF-L’s Bond and Li are valedictorian, salutatorian
Endurance and persistence is needed if one is to be a runner on a cross country team and the same is true if one wants to become a champion swimmer. Honeoye Falls-Lima seniors Sarah Bond and Amy Li applied those two attributes to their academic studies as well and...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule with a demanding academic courseload to become valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at Lima Christian School. Meanwhile, Jerry Brushafer showed dogged determination and persistence in both his academic studies...
HF-L’s Bond and Li are valedictorian, salutatorian
Endurance and persistence is needed if one is to be a runner on a cross country team and the same is true if one wants to become a champion swimmer. Honeoye Falls-Lima seniors Sarah Bond and Amy Li applied those two attributes to their academic studies as well and...
HF-L high school choirs earn top ratings at Virginia Beach festival
There wasn’t just competition at the Virginia Beach Festival but also some fun in the sun for the members...
HF-L Green Team and Josh Landscaping Join Forces for 7th Annual Front Entrance Clean Up
Thanks to the HF-L High School Green Team and Josh Landscaping, the High School entrance is looking good for...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule...
Exploring New Personal Characters
It’s the season of high school graduation and what better way to prepare young minds than to reveal to them how (and why) a certain platitude they’ve been force fed since birth may not actually work as advertised. Surprisingly, rather than scorn those that misled them, they’re more likely...
What is the “Content Economy” and Why are We Headed There?
Do you want to take a peek into the future? It’s a future you’re not likely to see, but your children and grandchildren will thrive in it. It’s exciting. It’s stimulating. In many ways, it will literally be a dream come true for many. Discover it in this week’s...
Playing Through the Pain
Among Vince Lombardi’s most inspirational quotes is this one: “The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” What did he mean by that? You may not like the answer, but you’ll find it in this week’s...
You Can’t Have Rainbows without a Little Rain
For anyone who’s ever been to a reunion, whether high school, college, or simply with friends and family you haven’t seen in a long time, there’s always a touch of hesitancy just prior to meeting. How will it turn out? Have the sands of time forced you to travel...
It’s Time to Outlaw Student Loans
What if we introduce true market dynamics to college education – specifically, the choice of majors. This might offer a rare win-win-win scenario. Not only does it present the advantage of reducing college load defaults, but it also may produce more of the workers our economy needs and fewer...
How to Protect Yourself From Being Hypnotized Without Knowing It
A trusted friend stands behind you speaking so softly you can barely hear. Moments later you find yourself acting on his behalf. Surprise! You’ve just been hypnotized. Don’t like it? Then you better read this week’s Carosa Commentary “How to Protect Yourself From Being Hypnotized Without Knowing It.”
A Career vs. A Calling
They say, when looking for your initial job, it’s best not to accept the first one offered. It’s a common misconception to believe this is because, in desperation, you’ll be accepting the lowest offer. The more likely problem is, in desperation, you may be embarking on the wrong career...
Old Granite Face Proves the Futility of Man Against Nature
So often we elevate the brave, the courageous, the stalwart souls who stand athwart history against all odds. Many times their foes isn’t another person or even themselves, it’s nature itself. Alas, all glory is fleeting – Sic transit gloria mundi – and, no matter how heroic our intentions,...
A New Beginning
Ah, spring, when a young man’s fancy turns to… baseball! Take yourself out to the old ballpark and relive the ups and downs (and ups) of Little League baseball. Hear the sounds, smell the smells, and feel what’s it’s like to be young again. This week’s Carosa Commentary “A...
Cuomo Albany Über Alles
The more things change the more they stay the same. It turns out the challenges we face today so far from the power poles of the Empire State are as old as America itself. The difference is this: Nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago, those bullied citizens revolted and formed their...
HF-L’s Bond and Li are valedictorian, salutatorian
Endurance and persistence is needed if one is to be a runner on a cross country team and the same is true if one wants to become a champion swimmer. Honeoye Falls-Lima seniors Sarah Bond and Amy Li applied those two attributes to their academic studies as well and...
Summer Reading Fun for ALL Ages at Mendon Public Library
What do storytelling, clowning around, yoga, sign language, scrap art, photonics, animals, Peace Corps, Heroes, Building Buddies & LEGO Club, nutrition, music, and NYS wine all have in common? They’re all events being offered this summer at the Mendon Public Library. The 2017 Summer Reading Program, “Build A Better...
Two HF-L High School student designs to be featured at Festival on the Green
This year the Honeoye Falls Festival on the Green (June 16-18) will feature the artwork of two students from the Honeoye Falls Lima High School. Phil Ackerman designed this year’s 5K race t-shirt and Dalton Recktenwald designed a first ever Festival on the Green poster, prints of which will...
Manor Brownie Troop makes Summer Fun Packs
This past month, a second-grade Brownie Troop at Manor School collected donations of art supplies and small toys to give to the less fortunate in the community, in conjunction with their Celebrating Community Brownie badge work, when they learned about the needs within even this community. HF-L has 21...
Michelle Fraser is HF-L Bus Driver of the Year
Michelle Fraser received the HF-L Bus Driver of the Year Award for 2017 at a celebration at the Diplomat Party House. Pictured from left to right are Bill Harvey, Director of Transportation; Michelle Fraser, and Gene Mancuso, Superintendent of HF-L Schools. It was noted that Michelle is a positive...
Festival on the Green 2017 is this weekend
Following a 50-year plus tradition, the annual Festival on the Green will be held on June 16, 17, and 18 in the Village of Honeoye Falls. The yearly event, originally headed by local Businesses, then the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Historical Society, this low-key, family-friendly event is now organized by a...
Democratic Candidates for Mendon Town Board Pledge Transparency
Voters in the Town of Mendon will have well defined options this November when casting their ballots for the Town Board. The Mendon Democratic Committee is proud to endorse two strong candidates for the Board: Terry Daniele and Erin Kehaley-Corr. Both bring impressive credentials, fresh perspectives, and a commitment...
Enjoyment under the sun at Mendon Fire Department Carnival
These youngsters enjoy the view from on high on the Ferris Wheel ride at the Mendon Fire Department Carnival last Saturday. Members of the Mendon Fire Department march in the Mendon Fire Department Carnival parade last Saturday night with members of the HF-L High School Marching Band right behind...
Falls Post #664 Legion marches in Memorial Day parades
The Falls Post #664 of the American Legion marches on North Main Street in Honeoye Falls during the Memorial Day celebration and parade. Legion members also marched in the Mendon Memorial Day parade and in a short parade and service in North Bloomfield earlier in the day. Submitted photo
Team Ali-Gaiters hosting clambake to support Golisano Children’s Hospital
Team Ali-Gaiters is hosting their 14th Annual Clambake event to support the Golisano Children’s Hospital on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 2-7 p.m. at the Honeoye Falls Fireman’s Training Grounds, 321 Monroe Street in Honeoye Falls. The clam bake is a family friendly event which features live music, food,...
HF-L’s Bond and Li are valedictorian, salutatorian
Endurance and persistence is needed if one is to be a runner on a cross country team and the same is true if one wants to become a champion swimmer. Honeoye Falls-Lima seniors Sarah Bond and Amy Li applied those two attributes to their academic studies as well and...
Two HF-L High School student designs to be featured at Festival on the Green
This year the Honeoye Falls Festival on the Green (June 16-18) will feature the artwork of two students from the Honeoye Falls Lima High School. Phil Ackerman designed this year’s 5K race t-shirt and Dalton Recktenwald designed a first ever Festival on the Green poster, prints of which will...
Manor Brownie Troop makes Summer Fun Packs
This past month, a second-grade Brownie Troop at Manor School collected donations of art supplies and small toys to give to the less fortunate in the community, in conjunction with their Celebrating Community Brownie badge work, when they learned about the needs within even this community. HF-L has 21...
Michelle Fraser is HF-L Bus Driver of the Year
Michelle Fraser received the HF-L Bus Driver of the Year Award for 2017 at a celebration at the Diplomat Party House. Pictured from left to right are Bill Harvey, Director of Transportation; Michelle Fraser, and Gene Mancuso, Superintendent of HF-L Schools. It was noted that Michelle is a positive...
Festival on the Green 2017 is this weekend
Following a 50-year plus tradition, the annual Festival on the Green will be held on June 16, 17, and 18 in the Village of Honeoye Falls. The yearly event, originally headed by local Businesses, then the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Historical Society, this low-key, family-friendly event is now organized by a...
Team Ali-Gaiters hosting clambake to support Golisano Children’s Hospital
Team Ali-Gaiters is hosting their 14th Annual Clambake event to support the Golisano Children’s Hospital on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 2-7 p.m. at the Honeoye Falls Fireman’s Training Grounds, 321 Monroe Street in Honeoye Falls. The clam bake is a family friendly event which features live music, food,...
Lockdown occurred last Thursday after school at HF-L High
The Honeoye Falls-Lima High School was placed in lockdown for under 15 minutes last Thursday, June 1 after school had let out for the day, according to a notice placed on the district’s website last week. A person walking on the campus spotted a suspicious item on the front...
Whooping cough case diagnosed in HF-L High School student
The Honeoye Falls-Lima School District reported that there is a case of whooping cough in a high school student on Wednesday, May 24. District officials are working closely with the County Health Department and the School District Physician, Dr. Cindy Devore, to monitor the situation. Pertussis is a vaccine preventable...
HF-L, W-C, Avon and Bloomfield school budgets pass, Pittsford fails
Voters in the Honeoye Falls-Lima School District passed their proposed school budget proposition as did voters in the Wheatland-Chili, Avon and Bloomfield School Districts, but Pittsford’s proposed budget failed as it did not receive the “Super Majority” of 60 percent to override the tax cap limit. HF-L’s proposal of...
Memorial Day Parades Listing
On Monday, May 29, 2017 Falls Post #664 and other area American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War Posts will have several events to commemorate Memorial Day. The ceremonies are as follows: North Bloomfield Cemetery (at 8:30 a.m.): Memorial Day Parade will start marching from Tenny’s Grocery Store (corner...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule with a demanding academic courseload to become valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at Lima Christian School. Meanwhile, Jerry Brushafer showed dogged determination and persistence in both his academic studies...
Livingston County Public Market Survey now available
Livingston County received a grant to conduct a Feasibility Study for a potential public market to be located within the County. The study will be conducted by specialty planning and economic development firm, Market Ventures, Inc. Market Ventures Inc. assists public, non-profit, and for-profit clients with planning, creating, and...
Dansville Teenager, a Junior at LCS, Named 2017 ESL Jefferson Award Winner
Mary Kate Brushafer of Dansville was one of five local heroes who were recognized by ESL Federal Credit Union and News10 NBC WHEC with a Jefferson Award as Founder and CEO of Santa Hat Society. Brushafer and four others were presented with the award at an event held last...
Whooping cough case diagnosed in HF-L High School student
The Honeoye Falls-Lima School District reported that there is a case of whooping cough in a high school student on Wednesday, May 24. District officials are working closely with the County Health Department and the School District Physician, Dr. Cindy Devore, to monitor the situation. Pertussis is a vaccine preventable...
HF-L, W-C, Avon and Bloomfield school budgets pass, Pittsford fails
Voters in the Honeoye Falls-Lima School District passed their proposed school budget proposition as did voters in the Wheatland-Chili, Avon and Bloomfield School Districts, but Pittsford’s proposed budget failed as it did not receive the “Super Majority” of 60 percent to override the tax cap limit. HF-L’s proposal of...
Memorial Day Parades Listing
On Monday, May 29, 2017 Falls Post #664 and other area American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War Posts will have several events to commemorate Memorial Day. The ceremonies are as follows: North Bloomfield Cemetery (at 8:30 a.m.): Memorial Day Parade will start marching from Tenny’s Grocery Store (corner...
Two Livingston County Programs Receive 2017 National Association of Counties (NACO) Achievement Awards
The National Association of Counties (NACO) Achievement Awards Program is a non-competitive awards program which seeks to recognize innovative county government programs. Each year counties are asked to nominate the programs they feel represent innovation and accomplish one or more of the following: Offer new services to county residents,...
Lima Historical Society to hold dinner meeting and program on May 21
The Lima Historical Society will be holding its Annual Dinner Meeting/Program on Sunday afternoon, May 21st. The program is We Can Take It ! The History of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth Park by Thomas C. Cook. Between 1933 and 1941, over 3000 young men served in the...
Lima Public Library welcomes journalist, author Nancy Lynch
Journalist Nancy E. Lynch, author and publisher of the award-winning social history, Vietnam Mailbag, Voices From the War: 1968-1972, returns to Lima Public Library at 7 p.m. May 11 to share an unforgettable war story. The return 45 years later of a charred military driver’s license of a helicopter...
Local gathering will be held for National Day of Prayer
The local gathering for the 2017 National Day of Prayer will be held Thursday May 4, 2017 at 12:00 noon at Harry Allen Park, Honeoye Falls. The theme of this year’s NDP is For Your Great Name’s Sake! Hear Us . . . Forgive Us . . . Heal...
Tillapaugh is valedictorian and Brushafer salutatorian at LCS
A three-sport athlete, Jessica Tillapaugh learned the importance of time management and successfully navigated combining a busy sports schedule with a demanding academic courseload to become valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at Lima Christian School. Meanwhile, Jerry Brushafer showed dogged determination and persistence in both his academic studies...
HF-L’s Bond and Li are valedictorian, salutatorian
Endurance and persistence is needed if one is to be a runner on a cross country team and the same is true if one wants to become a champion swimmer. Honeoye Falls-Lima seniors Sarah Bond and Amy Li applied those two attributes to their academic studies as well and...
Summer Reading Fun for ALL Ages at Mendon Public Library
What do storytelling, clowning around, yoga, sign language, scrap art, photonics, animals, Peace Corps, Heroes, Building Buddies & LEGO Club, nutrition, music, and NYS wine all have in common? They’re all events being offered this summer at the Mendon Public Library. The 2017 Summer Reading Program, “Build A Better...
Two HF-L High School student designs to be featured at Festival on the Green
This year the Honeoye Falls Festival on the Green (June 16-18) will feature the artwork of two students from the Honeoye Falls Lima High School. Phil Ackerman designed this year’s 5K race t-shirt and Dalton Recktenwald designed a first ever Festival on the Green poster, prints of which will...
Manor Brownie Troop makes Summer Fun Packs
This past month, a second-grade Brownie Troop at Manor School collected donations of art supplies and small toys to give to the less fortunate in the community, in conjunction with their Celebrating Community Brownie badge work, when they learned about the needs within even this community. HF-L has 21...
Michelle Fraser is HF-L Bus Driver of the Year
Michelle Fraser received the HF-L Bus Driver of the Year Award for 2017 at a celebration at the Diplomat Party House. Pictured from left to right are Bill Harvey, Director of Transportation; Michelle Fraser, and Gene Mancuso, Superintendent of HF-L Schools. It was noted that Michelle is a positive...
Town Of Rush Bicentennial Celebration Planning has begun
In anticipation of the Town of Rush Bicentennial celebration in 2018, the town’s Bicentennial Committee has begun working on planning this once in a lifetime celebration. Chaired by Susan Mee, Rush Town Historian, the committee is planning a variety of events and activities to take place throughout 2018. Work...
Festival on the Green 2017 is this weekend
Following a 50-year plus tradition, the annual Festival on the Green will be held on June 16, 17, and 18 in the Village of Honeoye Falls. The yearly event, originally headed by local Businesses, then the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Historical Society, this low-key, family-friendly event is now organized by a...
Democratic Candidates for Mendon Town Board Pledge Transparency
Voters in the Town of Mendon will have well defined options this November when casting their ballots for the Town Board. The Mendon Democratic Committee is proud to endorse two strong candidates for the Board: Terry Daniele and Erin Kehaley-Corr. Both bring impressive credentials, fresh perspectives, and a commitment...
Enjoyment under the sun at Mendon Fire Department Carnival
These youngsters enjoy the view from on high on the Ferris Wheel ride at the Mendon Fire Department Carnival last Saturday. Members of the Mendon Fire Department march in the Mendon Fire Department Carnival parade last Saturday night with members of the HF-L High School Marching Band right behind...