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Boys Basketball: Batavia’s offense dominates Marcus Whitman 63-36

By Staff Writer
Carter Mullen going for two points last evening on Batavia's home court vs Marcus Whitman.  Photo by Steve Ognibene
Carter Mullen going for two points last evening on Batavia's home court vs Marcus Whitman.  Photo by Steve Ognibene

Batavia's offense sizzled against Marcus Whitman on Wednesday leading to a 63-36 win at home.

Casey Mazur scored 17 points for the Blue Devils, Gavin White, 15, Carter Mullen, 14, Justin Smith, 7, and Ty Gioia, 6.

Mazur hit five three-pointers.

"We're trying to become an inside-first team with

GCEDC mum on whether Genesee County was in running for new Coca-Cola dairy processing plant

By Howard B. Owens
HP Hood Ag Park

There just isn't enough room in the Genesee Valley Ag Park on the east side of the Town of Batavia for a project as large as the Fairlife plant announced today in Monroe County.

The 745,000-square-foot facility will be built by Coca-Cola and create an estimated 250 jobs in the Town of Webster.  The company is expected to invest $650 million in the project.

Biogas plant on the drawing board for ag park since 2014 reemerges in planning process

By Howard B. Owens
digester tank

A long-discussed plan to build a biogas plant in the Genesee Valley Agri-business Park in the Town of Batavia is again moving forward with the recommended approval on Thursday of a height variance for a storage tank on the property.

CH4 Biogas of Covington, operating the business name Genesee Biogas for the project,  first proposed the plant in 2014. 

Sara Gilbert, of Pinewood Engineering, asked the board to Genesee County Planning Board on Thursday to recommend approval for the company to build a digester storage tank taller than allowed by zoning code.  The biogas plant seeks approval for an 83.5-foot tall digester tank.

Blue Devils beat Eastridge giving Coach Buddy Brasky 500th career win

By Howard B. Owens
Coach Buddy Brasky pictured with his team, former students, parents now helped celebrate his 500th career win over Eastridge 83-79 at Batavia High School Friday evening.  Photo by Steve Ognibene
Coach Buddy Brasky pictured with his team, former students, and parents now helped celebrate his 500th career win over Eastridge 83-79 at Batavia High School Friday evening.  Photo by Steve Ognibene

Genesee County Undersheriff Brad Mazur was there for Buddy Brasky's first win as Batavia's varsity basketball coach, and on Friday, he was in the Batavia High School gymnasium for Brasky's 500th win.

Mazur played on Brasky’s first squad in 1990-91, and this season, his son Brady, a senior, and

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