MOUNT MORRIS – The Mount Morris dam is due for a routine 5-year checkup by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on May 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., to check for potential problems that could become serious risks in the future. According to a press release from the USACE, they constantly monitor the Mount Morris Dam in order to detect potential weaknesses before they become a major concern and institutes a rigorous and thorough inspection … [Read more...]
Fire Weather Watch Monday for Livingston County
Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The National Weather Service advises that a fire weather watch will go into effect on Monday for much of the Genesee Valley Region, meaning that weather conditions will pose a special risk of fire. The watch will affect Livingston, Monroe, Monroe, Northern Cayuga, Ontario, and Wayne Counties on Monday from noon through the … [Read more...]
Dates Set for Sheriff’s Official Boater Safety Courses
Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. LIVINGSTON COUNTY – With boating season just around the bend, official dates are set for the Sheriff's Office's 2015 New York State Boater Safety Courses being held in Livingston County. According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, those born on or after May 1, 1996 will need to complete an approved course in order … [Read more...]
Dad By Google: What the heck is in my back seat?
The Dr. has now given us the 'any day now' routine. We have had a few false alarms but no red alert yet. I now have the drill down as smooth as a baby's bottom. I have even googled 'how to birth a baby on the side of a road in case we get a flat tire', you would be totally shocked at how there are directions available for this! If baby Mattie is not born today, there is another significant mile stone that is going to take place. Today the … [Read more...]
Salt Brine Debris Can Be a Danger for Drivers
GENESEO – The sun finally comes and the snow begins to melt. You're driving down the road to grab your groceries and out of nowhere a giant chunk of debris bounces from the rear of the vehicle in front of you and you must make a split second decision. Driving in the wintertime is difficult enough as it is, and when you throw a 40 pound chunk of hardened rock salt brine into the middle of the road all hell can break loose, and actually create a … [Read more...]
Big-Hearted Ambulance Crew Shovels Man’s Driveway
LIVONIA – A man received more than a little help on Thursday morning at the hands of a generous, hard-working Livonia ambulance crew after falling and getting stuck in his snowed-in driveway in the freezing cold. According to the Livingston County Sheirff's Office's facebook page, the ambulance crew not only rendered aid and checked the man for injuries, but broke out snow shovels and shoveled out the entire driveway to prevent another … [Read more...]
Cheers to Proactive Approach by Sheriff’s Office on 390
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Sheriff's Office has been proactively changing patrol routes to better protect the community on I-390 from severe weather, drug traffic, and daily traffic hazards, in an effort which Sheriff Thomas Dougherty calls Operation Safe Interstate. A reader of the GeneseeSun.com came forward during Monday's snowstorm, saying that it sounded on his radio scanner like some Deputy Sheriffs from the overnight shift had changed … [Read more...]
Farmer Safety Equipment Class For Youths Being Offered in Genesee County
GENESEE COUNTY — A tractor and farm equipment operator class for youngsters between the ages of 14 and 15 is being offered by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County. The course will qualify youth ages 14 and 15 years of age to be certified to operate farm equipment for hire and is scheduled to run Saturdays, 8am to Noon beginning January 17, 2015 - March 21, 2015. The training program encompasses 32 hours of intensive … [Read more...]
Gassy Situation Puts Geneseo Sorority in the Cold
GENESEO – A leaky exhaust pipe in a gas furnace at a sorority house temporarily sent the residents scrambling for emergency housing. What followed was a headache of negotiations and repairs. That was the case for the residents on 14 Wadsworth Road, who had their house tagged on October 20th by the Code Enforcement Office of the Village of Geneseo. When their carbon monoxide detector went off on Sunday night, the residents called the fire … [Read more...]