Future recruits and their families prepare for 13 life-altering weeks after graduation.
Victor Relay for Life participants pushed past cloudy skies and rain to celebrate the lives of loved ones who have battled cancer, the inspirational strength of survivors, and to remember loved ones lost to the disease.
It was safety first at Mead Square Park in Victor last Saturday for children just finishing up kindergarten through grade 5.
A storefront on Route 96 in Victor will be transformed into a combination brewery and showroom.
Two projects include beautified areas in front of Farmington Commons and the new CVS.
The number of Ontario County households in need of food stamps increased 5 percent over the last year, and its not slowing down, local advocates say.
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In a highly competitive job market, maintaining a healthy balance between work and life is essential, say local professionals.
The Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament arrives in Palmyra this weekend, but there’s a lot more to the event than basketball.In a nutshell
WHAT Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
WHEN Friday through Sunday, June 14 through 16
WHERE Palmyra Community Center and Wayne County Fairgrounds
MORE INFO www.macker.com
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed authorizing three Las Vegas-type casinos in upstate New York, which could be good news for Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack (FLCR) in Farmington, if it’s chosen to become one of the three.
Ganondagan State Historic Site is now $1 million closer to paying for its new Seneca Arts and Education Center in Victor. That amount, plus another $89 million in NY Works funding, will advance nearly 90 repair and upgrade projects in more than 50 state parks and historic sites across New York, said Governor Andrew Cuomo in an announcement Wednesday.
For the first time in three years, the Victor baseball team won’t be representing western New York at the state final four. The Blue Devils’ run came to an end with a 13-1 loss to Clarence in the Class AA Western Regionals at Sal Maglie Stadium.
Victor led through the first two innings, but Clarence, the Section 6 champion, pulled in front with a four-run third inning. Red Devils ace Mark Armstrong held the Blue Devils to three hits over seven innings and struck out nine batters.
On May 29 the high school Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) hosted a simulated crash exhibition for seniors in the Junior High parking lot. Participating as if they were responding to an actual crash were members of the Victor Fire Department, Victor-Farmington Ambulance, Fishers Fire Department, Farmington Fire Department and the Ontario County Sheriff’s office.
Victor baseball coach Sean Rucker’s teams have won a lot of games in his 18-year career, but the Blue Devils found a new way to win on Monday. Despite being held to just one hit, Victor defeated Fairport 1-0 in the Section 5 Class AA state qualifier game at Dwyer Stadium.
Senior Tommy Wagner pitched a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and hit an RBI triple to lead the Blue Devils to the Western Regionals for the third straight season.
After months of construction, town officials, residents and guests gathered Saturday to dedicate the new highway garage on Hook Road in Farmington.
It may not have been obvious at first glance that the quiet, unassuming, soft-spoken man who tended the books of his local family business was also a horticultural giant. But the fruit of David Miller’s knowledge and life’s work, by conservative estimate, is now flourishing in more than 200,000 gardens, orchards and backyards nationwide.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Tornadoes rolled in from the prairie and slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs, trapping people in their vehicles as a storm swept down an interstate highway while commuters tried to beat it home.
The Victor baseball team is certainly used to playing games at Frontier Field. The No. 1 seed Blue Devils didn’t look nervous at all, making another appearance in a Section 5 championship game at the Rochester Red Wings’ home ballpark. Victor easily handled No. 2 Greece Athena, 12-1, to win the Section 5 Class AA title on Wednesday.
The win made it three straight championships for Victor and seven in head coach Sean Rucker’s 18-year tenure.
