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Senator Majority Leader in town to announce funding for STAMP

By Howard B. Owens

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will be in Batavia today, at the offices of Genesee County Economic Development Center, to announce approval of $2 million in funding to advance the development of the STAMP project in Alabama.

The project is a planned 1,300-acre high-tech manufacturing park and the funding will

Senate Majority leader visits Batavia to help announce $2 million for STAMP

By Howard B. Owens

Dignitaries from throughout the county were at the Upstate Med-Tech Center today for the official announcement of $2 million in funding for the STAMP project in Alabama.

The project, if successful, is expected to produce thousands of jobs and the round of funding will help pay for grading and infrastructure

Opinion: The Enemy Arrives by Limousine

By Reader Submitted

By Angela Larmon of Batavia

“The enemy doesn’t come by boat; he arrives in a limousine.” These words feel especially relevant when considering the renewed push for the STAMP project.

If you grew up in Oakfield, like me, the term “STAMP Project” might stir faint memories from years past. But

Favored Oaxacan Dream N bucked longshot bias at Batavia Monday

By Tim Bojarski
oaxacan-dream-n-2-3-1.jpg
Photo of Oaxacan Dream N courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery.

Sent off at 50-cents to the dollar in the featured $9,500 pace for fillies and mares at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 3), Oaxacan Dream N lived up to the hype on a rainy night over a sloppy track with an impressive gate-to-wire win, which was her first of

Potential candidate for Legislature from Le Roy had legal trouble in Georgia

By Joanne Beck
dr. George Robert Vito, le roy
Dr. George Robert Vito
In a lab coat from the Foot & Leg Center of Georgia. The photo appears on the website for the Foot and Ankles Center of WNY.

Dr. George Robert Vito, of Le Roy, is apparently considering his options after the Genesee County Conservative Party withdrew its endorsement of him for the County Legislature District #5 seat, citing "legal issues."

The Batavian has located multiple court documents in Georgia, New York, and at the federal level that detail a number of "legal issues."

High School Vignettes: Getting by as an in-between kid

By David Reilly
notre dame high school 1950s

High school students can be generally divided into three groups: about 10% are the “movers and shakers.” These are the student body presidents, sports stars, honor society members, cheerleaders, etc; Another 10% are on the bottom, the skippers, the disciplinary problems, strugglers. The biggest group is the kids who

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