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GUEST APPEARANCE: Cut Geneva taxes now

For more than 18 months, every attempt to address the paralyzing weight of Geneva’s state-leading tax burden has been swatted away by the status...

yesterday 10

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Chris Lavin

GUEST APPEARANCE: Missing in action but present for the cuts — Tenney turns her back on NY-24

Has anyone seen Rep. Claudia Tenney lately? While key decisions are being made that could reshape healthcare and jobs across NY-24, she’s been...

yesterday 9

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Anthony Noone

GUEST APPEARANCE: xxxxxxxx

Geneva is at a pivotal moment. Our city, like many across New York State, faces the difficult task of balancing fiscal responsibility with...

yesterday 9

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Steve Valentino

GUEST APPEARANCE: Ontario County waste planning modeling

After the courageous and somewhat intrepid decision to not renew Ontario County’s existing Town of Seneca landfill, the obvious question is what...

yesterday 8

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John Pruett

POSITIVE VIBES: Mindful gurus

Lately, I’ve been working more on staying in the moment and being mindful. I must admit I still need a lot of improvement. Luckily, I got a...

thursday 30

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John Zakour Johnzakour

DENIM SPIRIT: On the porch, listening to bird blues

What is that bird song? My wife has a phone app that can identify birdsongs. While I want to know — because it is perched nearby, singing a...

02.07.2025 4

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Cameron Miller

SIMPLE STUFF: Raising someone with a vision for service

On June 21, the First Presbyterian Church of Lyons was filled for a memorial that celebrated the life of Jane DeCracker, who passed away recently...

02.07.2025 4

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Louise Hoffman Broach Lbroach

BIGGER PICTURE: 'If you don't have your health, you don't have anything'

The past few years have been life altering for Alicen Pidlisky, 46, of Penn Yan — and, unfortunately, not in a good way. As the saying goes, “If...

01.07.2025 1

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Spencer Tulis Nyp2904

MOVIE REVIEW: '28 Years Later'

It has been 23 years (not 28, somewhat frustratingly) since British audiences were first introduced to the mind-and-body-ravaging Rage virus in “28...

30.06.2025 1

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Bob Garver Rrg251

GENEVA IN 1900, Part 1: A man steps off a train in Batavia

GENEVA IN 1900, Part 1: A man steps off a train in Batavia

On June 30, 1900, the Geneva Daily Times reported enigmatically that a man got off a train: “Howard C. Benham arrived in Batavia yesterday.”...

29.06.2025 2

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Linda Robertson