GENESEO— The New York State Police Department urges drivers to slow down and pay more attention to the road as they begin the "Speed Week" enforcement campaign. The campaign will run from June 7 until June 13, during which troopers will be using both marked State Police vehicles as well as Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE) vehicles. "Our top priority, as with all traffic enforcement, is safety," said New York State Police … [Read more...]
Avon Judge Wants to Fix Sticky Court Night Parking Jams
AVON – Newly elected Avon Town Justice Jeannie Michalski's court night has raised parking concerns on Genesee Street, and solutions do not appear to be quick or easy. Two owners of Genesee Street businesses and a candidate for Village Trustee appeared at the Village Board meeting on Monday to explain the impacts of monthly court nights on their businesses, when over 130 defendants appear in court, possibly with an attorney or public defender, … [Read more...]
Close Call Means Geneseo Cops Remind Drivers of ‘Move Over Law’
GENESEO – The Geneseo Police Department reminds drivers of the 'move over law' after a close call on Rte. 20A (Lakeville Road). According to Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Officer Michael Donals stopped a motor vehicle on Lakeville Road (Rte 20A) when another vehicle drove by and almost struck him. "The vehicle that almost stuck the officer was later stopped and given a citation," said Osganian. The law, 1144-a, which took effect in … [Read more...]
Not all Gloom and Doom for Geneseo’s Rte. 63 Bridge Replacement Project
GENESEO — Officials have proposed some options that might relieve community traffic congestion while the Rte. 63 bridge across the Genesee River is removed and replaced. Geneseo Village Mayor Richard Hathaway briefed the Village Board on a meeting he held with DOT officials detailing options for the project. The most favorable option is to build a new bridge to the west of the existing one and place a round-about prior to the bridge as a … [Read more...]
Geneseo Main Street Resurfacing Completes Big Dig Project
GENESEO – Geneseo's Main Street is being resurfaced as the final phase for the Main Street water and sewer main replacement and repair project. Traffic is reduced to one lane while the paving project is going on, with village workers directing traffic. The work is being done by Suit-Kote out of Cortland by Livingston County bid instead of using Nardozzi Paving, who handled the Main Street project. This reduced the paving cost to $70,000 … [Read more...]
Vehicle Fire Stops Traffic on 20A Geneseo
GENESEO – A vehicle fire stopped traffic on 20A (Lakeville Road) on Thursday. The fire started in a black Jeep Cherokee at about 11:30 a.m. Multiple fire trucks with Geneseo Fire and Ambulance arrived at the scene on Lakeville Road east of North Road. Traffic was backed up on Lakeville Road from the area of North Road to 390. First responders cleared the scene at about 12:10 p.m., and traffic is beginning to move. The vehicle was … [Read more...]
Sheriff’s Operation Safe Interstate Nails Four with Drug Charges
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Two traffic stops on I-390 on Thursday made as part of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office's Operation Safe Interstate STOP DWI unit resulted in drug charges for four Western New York residents on Thursday. According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Elizabeth Helles, 32, Timothy Mayeu, Donald Deschler, 57, Joshua Burdick, 36 were arrested on drug charges after traffic stops on 390 in … [Read more...]
Truck Conks Out at Stop Sign, Blocks Traffic
LEICESTER – A semi truck driver had a terrible Monday night when his truck conked out at the stop sign at York Road and Main Street. At about 7:20 p.m., the truck's engine suddenly quit at the stop sign, blocking traffic in the right lane. Livingston County Deputy Sheriff Brittany Smyder arrived on scene to assist the driver and control traffic until a driver from Carlisle in Rochester could arrive to take him home. Temperatures hovered … [Read more...]
Fender Bender Disrupts Traffic on 20A, None Injured
GENESEO – A car accident at the intersection of Lakeville Road (Rte. 20A) and North Road in Geneseo briefly disrupted traffic Tuesday afternoon. A Chevy SUV and a Chrysler minivan collided at the intersection early in the clear, sunny afternoon, badly damaging the right headlight of the SUV and slightly damaging the side of the minivan. Though the SUV appeared to be carrying two female occupants and the minivan carried a male and female, no … [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...]