Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. DANSVILLE – Noyes Memorial Hospital announced Wednesday that they are officially collaborating with the University of Rochester (UR) and several other keystone regional medical facilities to create a regional cancer center in Livingston County which will serve a multitude of communities across Western New York, using a generous gift from Springwater … [Read more...]
Grass Fire Burns Backyard in Nunda
NUNDA – A grass and brush fire nearly cost a homeowner a barn early Monday evening when a small pit fire ignited dry grass and burned a swath of land behind a residence on Meyers Road at about 5:07 p.m. The home and barn sit on a steep slope covered in dry thickets, which the homeowner was concerned might have burned down the entire slope West of Meyers Road toward Mill Street. High winds did not make fighting the fire any easier, but … [Read more...]
Ossian and Springwater Hunters Take 5 Bears for 2014
Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released the official numbers for the black bear harvest statewide, which say that five bears were taken in Livingston County as part of a record-breaking bear hunting season for the Southern Zone of New York State. According to a press release from the DEC, … [Read more...]
Sneaky Thefts of Three Vehicles Land Men in Jail
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. DANSVILLE – Two young men have been arrested and charged with felony level larceny and felony level criminal mischief charges after allegedly stealing three vehicles in Dansville and North Dansville, and more local charges are pending for other thefts from parked cars. According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Christopher … [Read more...]
Dansville Lions Club Minstrel Show Bigger than the Name
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. DANSVILLE – The Dansville Lions' 43rd Annual Minstrel Show, which is their largest annual community fundraiser, is soon to take place and according to organizers the show's title is far from its racist roots that date back to the late 1800's. According to Rodney Johnson, Membership Chair for the Dansville Lions, the Lions have tried changing the name of … [Read more...]
‘Hotspots’ Extinguished at Portage Rekindling
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. PORTAGE – The house fire that rekindled Friday afternoon has been once again extinguished by firefighters with the Nunda Fire Department. First Assistant Chief Travis Rawleigh says that the home collapsed on itself while burning, and flared up again as small pockets of heat ignited the rubble. "The way the structure collapsed on itself, it is not … [Read more...]
Portage House Rekindles, Flames Again Visible
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. PORTAGE – Nunda firefighters were called back to the scene of a house fire on Parker Road Friday afternoon as flames again were once again seen shooting out of the residence. In the early hours of Friday, Nunda firefighters rescued two women and a man who were trapped inside, and the cause of the fire was under investigation at the time of the … [Read more...]
Nunda Firefighter Recalls Heroic Rescue at Portage Home Fire
PORTAGE — Brave Nunda firefighters made a heroic rooftop rescue in the early hours of Friday, carrying two trapped women through thick clouds of seemingly impenetrable smoke and down a ladder and to safety. Firefighters Travis Rawleigh and Travis Deiter, along with Chief Rob Walker, were some of the first firefighters on scene as smoke quickly engulfed the two story structure. They were only able to discover the pinned women because of their … [Read more...]
Portage House Fire Still Under Investigation After Hospitalizing Two Occupants
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. PORTAGE — Details continue to emerge on the Portage house fire that completely destroyed a Parker Road home. According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, when Sheriff Deputies arrived everyone was out of the house but the house was fully engulfed with fire. One occupant of the residence was transported to Strong Memorial … [Read more...]
Nunda Firefighters Make Dramatic Roof Rescue in Portage House Fire
Reading this on your phone? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. PORTAGE — Two residents are lucky to be alive after two Nunda firefighters rescued them from a roof of an engulfed home that was ablaze. According to first responders on scene Nunda volunteer Fire Department members Travis Rawleigh and Travis Deiter, rescued the pinned down residents while the Parker Road home was engulfed in flames. The fire started … [Read more...]