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Genesee County named one of top areas in nation for food processing growth

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

For the third year in a row Genesee County has been recognized in the top five of the rankings in the Metro Food Processing Industry Growth category by "Business Facilities" a national site selection publication.

The agriculture industry in Genesee County employs more than 1,500 workers, a number

Heather E. Coufal

By LaVern Falcone

Pavilion/Covington ~ Heather E. Coufal, age 46, of Perry Road, passed away Friday (May 23, 2014) at home after a 20 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

     Heather was born September 15, 1967 in Rochester, a daughter of the late Harold Coufal and Marian Adams Wilson.

     She will be remembered as a loving and compassionate person, with a “firecracker” personality at times. 

     She is survived by her loving mother and step-dad, Marian (Thomas N.) Wilson, with whom she resided, her children, Brian Bisig of Freedom, Rachael Mullen of Grinnel, Iowa and Morgan Jackson of Pavilion; grandchildren, James and Brooke; siblings, Wesley Coufal of Pavilion, Melissa Coufal of Buffalo, Rebecca (James) Robinson of Warsaw and Timothy (Lisa Taylor) Ruffin of Bergen; an uncle, Alan Adams of Las Vegas; special nephew caregivers, Andre, Jason, Joshua, Noah and Riley, along with many other nieces and nephews.

     The family would like to express their deepest appreciation to all the caregivers that have assisted with Heather’s care over the years.

     Family and friends may call on Sunday from 2 ~ 4 PM at the Falcone Family Funeral & Cremation Service Inc., 8700 Lake Rd. (Rt 19), LeRoy, where services will be held at 4 PM.  Interment will be at the convenience of the family.  Memorials are suggested to Heather’s family for distribution to charities of their choice.

     Your memories and condolences may be shared with Heather’s family at www.falconefuneralhome.com.

Gov. Cuomo offers rhetoric, no specifics on how state will deal with synthetic drugs

By Howard B. Owens

Following the dedication ceremony at the new Muller Quaker Dairy plant at the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park, Batavia, Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with local and regional reporters to answer a variety of questions.

WHAM13's Sean Carroll and I both wanted to ask about synthetic drugs.

Carroll asked what action citizens

Hochul asks governor to increase cow limit for small dairy farms

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

Representative Kathy Hochul (NY-26) recently sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo urging him to provide New York dairy farms with regulatory relief to help milk producers expand their businesses.

Hochul asked that the state raise the threshold for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) regulations

Rail still vital link in Batavia's economy and opportunity for growth

By Howard B. Owens

Batavia's rail system sits on beds that are more than 150 years old, but remain relevent and essential in 2012 to local business.

To help ensure the more than one dozen Batavia businesses that regularly use  the line -- now operated by Genesee Valley Transportation -- can continue to depend

Thief who bilked elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars gets the max

By Billie Owens

Before being handed the maximum sentence possible in county court today, caregiver Heidi L. Schollard was described as ruthless, narcissistic, thoughtless, manipulative, dangerous, relentless, remorseless, predatory, cruel, selfish, without mercy and completely clueless as to the gravity of her crimes.

The 40-year-old Batavia woman and mother of two who bilked

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