GENESEO – Town Supervisor William Wadsworth and Deputy Supervisor Roberta Irwin confronted fellow board member Patti LaVigne in an open, public meeting Thursday about allegations of misinformation about Town staffing on her campaign trail headed toward the November election. Geneseo's Republican caucus designated LaVigne and former Town Code Enforcement Officer Ron Maxwell for two seats on the Geneseo Town Board. Irwin was also nominated at … [Read more...]
Pete Dougherty’s 24-Hour Campaign Earns Most Votes at Livonia Caucus
LIVONIA – The town's former postmaster ran a highly successful 24-hour campaign for a seat on the Town Board. Republican Peter Dougherty says he didn't even know that he'd be running until the two days before the June 13 caucus. He made some phone calls to family members and decided to go for it. "That Sunday the idea popped into my head," said Dougherty. "I called my daughter Katie and my sons Tom and Michael and they were on board. Monday … [Read more...]
Livingston County Employees Give Their Biggest Ever United Way Check
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Employees of the Livingston County Government center dug deep and gave bigger than ever to United Way at Wednesday's meeting of the County Board of Supervisors. The Government employees' campaign co-chairs Frank Bassett and Ryan Snyder, who are Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Director and Workforce Development Director, respectively, presented a $40,721.40 check to Karen Rumfola, Director of United Way for Livingston … [Read more...]
WATCH: Teen Tinkerer Throws Out a Line to Fund Conesus Lake Weather Buoy
Watch Zach's video below! CONESUS – A young Livonia man is testing the waters to see if local residents are willing to fund a public weather buoy on Conesus Lake. According to an Indiegogo page set up by Zachary DuBois, he and his cousin are trying to build a complex data-logging weather buoy that will monitor and report over 30 different water and air conditions to a public website, including, water turbidity (clarity/color), temperature, … [Read more...]
Livingston County’s Big-Hearted Workers Top $38K Goal for United Way
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – County government employees have donated generously to the 2016 United Way fundraising campaign, surpassing their own goal of $38,000. At Wednesday's meeting of the Livingston County Board of Supervisors, County Workers United Way Campaign co-chairs Frank Bassett and Ryan Snyder presented Livingston County United Way Campaign vice-chair and local attorney Kevin Van Allen with a check for $39,420.58, which will support the … [Read more...]
Several Livingston County Figureheads and Leaders Head Trump’s Campaign in New York State
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Trump for President campaign announced its New York State leadership team this week, and several Livingston County officials joined them in forming a county committee to support the Trump campaign. According to a press release from NYS Assemblyman Bill Nojay, Congressman Chris Collins and Assemblyman Bill Nojay were named as statewide Co-Chairs for the Trump campaign. Joining them locally, Debbie Davis, the Mayor of … [Read more...]