File photo by Natalie Baron: Caspian Villegas of Medina high-fives the Safety Pup during National Night Out in Medina on Aug. 5, 2025.

MEDINA – National Night Out is back for the fifth year in Medina on Tuesday with free pizza, and lots of activities to connect with local first responders and agencies that serve the community.

The event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. outside the Clifford Wise Intermediate School at 1016 Gwinn St.

National Night Out often draws about 500 to 800 people. Albion hosted NNO for five years from 2015 to 2019. It was then cancelled due to the Covid pandemic and restrictions in 2020 and 2021. Medina has hosted it annually since 2022.

There are many activities including the Battle of the Belts competition which will be emceed by Assemblyman Steve Hawley. The battle of the Belts feature four-person teams alternating as fast as they can to put on seat belts in four different seats in a car. Many community members also will be in the dunk tank and there will again be a bike rodeo.

A committee planning the event has been co-chaired by Diana Fulcomer of UConnectCare and Sherrie Bensley of GO Health. Other committee members include Alishia Foss and Taryn Moyle of Community Action, Jess Marciano of the Village of Medina, and Danielle Figura of the Orleans County Mental Health Department.

‘I love to see art in unexpected places’ – Selva Aparicio

(Left – Provided photo) Selva Aparicio is the artist behind an exhibit at the Medina Railroad Museum, where she will give a talk at noon Saturday. (Right – photo by Ginny Kropf) Noele Wiedemer, director of the Medina Railroad Museum, looks at a broom carved out of anthracite by artist Selva Aparicio. The exhibit is one of the features of the Medina Triennial and can be seen in a crossing booth on the grounds of the Railroad Museum. 

MEDINA – The Medina Triennial continues into the summer with a special presentation from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Medina Railroad Museum by world-acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Selva Aparico, whose work centers on sculpture and installation.

Her contribution to the Medina Triennial, entitled “Maintenance,” is a broom made of anthracite coal and reclaimed steel rail fragments, an idea conceived after a visit to the Railroad Museum.

An associate professor who teaches sculpture at Alfred University, Aparico has won numerous awards, including the VILCEK Prize for Contemporary Promise in Spain.

She said she was contacted by Triennial co-curators Keri Conte and Karin Laansoo to do a work that would correspond to the Railroad Museum’s collection. She hadn’t visited Medina before, but came here a year ago to visit the museum.

“I was impressed how people helped me with the specific information I requested,” Aparicio said. “I toured the museum and the brooms really fascinated me – how they did the work and the fact they were found in the walls. It was a perfect metaphor for labor and how things that do work were thrown in the walls when they weren’t needed. They were magic treasure waiting to be told.”

With a background in stone carving, Aparacio started looking into anthracite coal and everything necessary to transform brooms into anthracite. She found a company in Bath called Homestead Coal, who agreed to sell her small amounts of anthracite coal.

“Coal is brittle and hard to carve,” the artist said. “When you connect all the pieces and you get up close, you can see the lines from a little lump of coal. This takes you back to times when coal was used to run trains.”

Her work is displayed in a historic crossing booth, resting on a reclaimed rail on the railroad museum grounds.

“It took me seven weeks to complete the carving,” Aparicio said. “I had to polish it as well. It is exciting to see contemporary art in a small town.”

Aparicio first came to America for her undergraduate degree in fine arts in Chicago in 2016. After she finished her degree, she lived in New York City, where she applied for her masters. Back in Chicago, she was hit by a truck while crossing the street, and returned to Spain for surgery. Returning to the U.S. she went to Connecticut, where she got her master’s in sculpture at Yale.

“I love to see art in unexpected places,” Aparicio said. “It is more approachable for anyone to whom galleries seem unapproachable. The Medina Triennial is a really exciting and approachable way to experience contemporary art, and I feel lucky to be a part of it.”

Aparicio added that Medina was a beautiful town and everyone had been kind and helpful to her.

“I love the town and all of Upstate New York,” she said.

Following Aparicio’s talk, visitors can view another Triennial exhibit on the Railroad Museum grounds, “Live Work Session: Faithfully Recording,” by  Lina Lapelyte, as work unfolds by a small team, who gathers to sing while constructing a sculpture from pieces of reclaimed Medina sandstone.

All exhibits in the Medina Triennial are free and open to the public Thursdays through Sundays until Labor Day.

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MEDINA – The Medina High Class of 1986 recently held its 40th reunion at the Knights of Columbus in Medina.

Over 60 classmates attended the event traveling from 13 different states. The class also donated over $600 to the Richard Knights-Sue Kaderli Memorial Fund in memory of classmates who have passed away. The Knights-Kaderli Fund provides financial assistance to people in Orleans County who are battling cancer.

Photo from shopgarage.com: Medina’s ladder truck is shown on an online site that sells fire trucks, emergency vehicles and equipment.

MEDINA – The Village of Medina has received offers and a lot of interest in its ladder truck, and the apparatus could be sold next month at a tidy profit for Medina, village officials said.

The website, shopgarage.com, lists the 2025 quint fire truck with a 100-foot ladder for $2.4 million. That is about $700,000 more than Medina’s deal for the truck. Medina in March 2023 agreed to pay $1,698,995 to Pierce manufactruing.

The truck hasn’t been put into service by the Medina Fire Department, a move the Village Board decided would maximize the sale value.

Village Trustee Scott Bieliski said the offers thus far would allow Medina to at least break even. The board in April approved a 2026-27 village budget that included $300,000 in profit for the sale of the ladder truck. Bieliski said he expects Medina will reach the $300,000 number in profit. The truck sale would have to reach at least $2.1 million for the $300,000 profit. The village is working with a broker that collects a 5 percent fee or about $100,000.

Interested fire departments in the ladder truck are working with their municipalities to work out financing, which has stretched out the process, Bieliski said.

During Monday’s Village Board meeting, he declined to disclose the offers publicly for the ladder truck, but said there is strong interest in the 2025 Pierce Enforcer Quint.

The Village Board on Feb. 9 voted to declare the truck surplus, to begin the process of selling it. The board said the truck isn’t affordable for the community. In addition to buying the truck, the village would need to put an addition on the fire hall to accommodate it. The current fire hall is too small for the new truck. A one-bay addition would cost at least $1.3 million.

Village Board also approves Boxwood at Night event for Oct. 3

File photo by Tom Rivers: Sandra and Tom Philbrick portray Susan and John Bland at the Bland family plot during the Boxwood at Night event on Oct. 5, 2024. The Philbricks live in the Bland family home on West Center Street. Boxwood at Night returns on Oct. 3.

MEDINA – The Village Board on Monday authorized spending $22,800 to remove seven trees in Boxwood Cemetery.

The board also approved spending $8,500 to reset two monuments that are in a precarious position. The money comes from two cemetery funds.

The Boxwood Cemetery Commission was initially eyeing about $36,000 be spent to repair the Newell retaining wall. But Jake Hebdon, the leader of the commission, said the group is very concerned about the seven dead trees and wants them removed because they pose a danger to the public, and the monuments and headstones at the cemetery.

Hebdon urged the Village Board to make it a priority to have the trees removed before Boxwood hosts two Medina cross country races in the falls and the Boxwood at Night event on Oct. 3.

“Due to liability issues the trees should take major precedence,” Hebdon said at Monday’s Village Board meeting. “If we could green light that ASAP that would be fantastic.”

The Village Board approved the $22,800 bid from Lakeshore Tree Service in Gasport to remove the large trees, which include maple, beech and oak.

The board approved paying Brigden Memorials in Albion $8,500 to take care of two large monuments that are close to toppling over. That includes the Hedley monument and a spire for the Fuller family.

Brigden will need to put in new concrete footers and move the monuments, dissembling and then resetting them.

The village has been the caretaker of the Boxwood Cemetery since about 1850, even though the site is outside the village. Mayor Debbie Padoleski said will reach out to Town of Ridgeway officials about helping to support the cemetery, which is in the town.

The Village Board also gave its blessing for the Boxwood at Night event on Oct. 3. The event features dramatic lighting around the cemetery, as well as music and highlighting some of the prominent people in the cemetery. Boxwood at Night is the biggest fundraiser for the Friends of Boxwood.

Todd Bensley, one of the Friends members, said past events helped raise money to refurbish a stained-glass window in the chapel. He is hopeful a new memorial will be ready by Oct. 3 for the 107 people buried in a potter’s field. Only 28 have head stones. The Friends wants to list all 107 people.

The village approved closing the cemetery at 2 p.m. on Oct. 3 to allow for setup. The DPW will deliver five traffic barricades at the cemetery entrances and Glenwood Boat Launch. The DPW also will bring two garbage barrels near the boat launch and deliver two light stands.

Police department at half strength with 6 out of 12 officers

File photo by Tom Rivers: Miles Erickson is shown taking the oath of office on June 26, 2023 when he joined the Medina Police Department. He has resigned to join another law enforcement agency.

MEDINA – The Medina Police Department is down another officer after Miles Erickson submitted his resignation, effective Aug. 6, as a police officer. That puts Medina at half strength, with only six officers out of 12.

Village officials said another officer is expected to resign soon, further reducing the staff to five officers.

Medina police officers are in a contractual impasse with an arbitrator trying to reach a new contract between the village and the police union. Officers have been without a new contract for over three years.

Medina officers are paid significantly less than at other departments, including the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office and Albion Police Department, where the pay gap is $20,000 or more a year. In Medina, the starting pay is $50,930. The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office has a base salary of about $75,000.

Medina officers have recently left to join the Sheriff’s Office and Albion PD.

Mayor Debbie Padoleski said she has seen some of the speculation on social media, where people are wondering if the Medina PD could be shut down. She said there are no plans to dissolve the department.

The Village Board will soon be interviewing candidates for police chief, and she is hopeful an arbitrator will help resolve the contractual impasse.

Erickson’s departure follows the resignations of Police Chief Christian Navas and Sgt. Jacob Reeves, who have joined the Sheriff’s Office. The Village Board accepted their resignations on July 13.

Tim Zeiner, a village resident, asked the board on Monday if it would consider a study about possibly dissolving the police department. He said Medina often hires new recruits, puts them through the police academy, and them sees them leave for higher-paying departments.

He said dissolving the Medina PD and contracting with the Sheriff’s Office for extra patrols in the village could be an option for keeping experienced officers working in Medina. Either look at dissolving, or give the Medina officers pay increases to be on par with other local departments, Zeiner said.

The mayor said her goal is to rebuild the department and keep the Medina PD. The Village Board on July 16 appointed Sgt. Jonathan McManus to serve as sergeant in charge, handling the administrative duties until a new police chief is hired.

“There are no plans by this board to dissolve our police department,” Padoleski said at Monday’s Village Board meeting.

Photos by Ginny Kropf: (Left) Children held out their hands hoping a Monarch butterfly would land in their palms, after the butterfly release Saturday on the Floating Barge on the Erie Canal in Medina. (Right) Dave O’Donnell, founder of the Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm in Clarence, prepares to release 50 Monarch butterflies on Saturday afternoon.

MEDINA – A Monarch butterfly release from the Medina Triennial’s Floating Barge drew a crowd estimated at more than 200 Saturday afternoon.

As the Triennial concludes its eighth week today (Sunday), co-director Kari Conte said the event has been attracting people from across the country. She reported on Friday there were visitors from Ithaca, New York City, Massachusetts, California and Toronto, many of whom spent at least one night.

Grace McKissock, an intern with Great Lakes Education, and volunteer Emma Tanovis are dressed as butterflies on Medina’s floating barge, where a Monarch butterfly release took place Saturday afternoon.

Three friends from Williamsville said they visit Medina at least twice a year.

 “We love this town, its shops, Zambistro’s, the scenery and the community,” said Eileen Giarraffa of Williamsville, who was there with Lora Fletcher and Eileen Torse.

The Floating Barge, also called a “food forest on the Erie Canal,” was open for harvesting beginning at noon.

At 1 p.m. today, Conte will conduct a curatorial tour at the historic Medina High School, 324 Catherine St.  She will share information about participating artists and their works.

Volunteers Terry Cook and David Sidari greet visitors to the Floating Barge in Medina’s Canal Basin, prior to a butterfly release Saturday by Dave O’Donnell of Clarence.

Crowds stood with cameras ready to capture the release of 50 Monarch butterflies Saturday afternoon on the Floating Barge in Medina’s Canal Basin. A Monarch can be seen in the upper left corner on a flowering bush.

Photo from Medina Fire Department: Fire destroyed a house at 208 Prospect Ave. in Medina this morning and spread next door.

Press Release, Medina Fire Department

MEDINA – As many of you can imagine, we had a very difficult morning on Prospect Avenue. We are incredibly grateful that no residents or firefighters were injured. Sadly, some family pets were lost in the fire, and our thoughts are with the families affected during this difficult time.

We were dispatched at 4:22 a.m. and arrived on scene at 4:24 a.m. to find a significant volume of fire, with the possibility of occupants trapped inside. The crew of Engine 11 immediately began search operations until it was confirmed that everyone had safely escaped the original fire building.

A second alarm was struck at 4:26 a.m. as crews worked to protect the neighboring home at 206 Prospect Avenue, located approximately 20 feet north of the original structure. Once all occupants of that residence were accounted for, a third alarm was requested at 4:36 a.m. as additional manpower and equipment were needed after the fire breached the exterior of 206 Prospect Avenue. Multiple crews worked simultaneously to search for occupants while extinguishing fire throughout both floors and the attic space of that home.

Eight of Orleans County’s eleven fire departments responded to the scene, along with two departments from Niagara County. Fire departments from Niagara, Monroe, and Genesee counties also staffed stations throughout Orleans County to ensure emergency coverage remained available while crews battled the fire.

We cannot thank our brothers and sisters from every department enough for their hard work, professionalism, and support today, whether they were operating on scene or covering our stations. We also appreciate the assistance provided by Orleans County Emergency Management and the Orleans County Highway Department.

To the many residents who stopped by with encouraging words, cold drinks, and support throughout the morning—thank you. Your kindness means more than you know. We wish we could thank everyone individually, but we know we’d unintentionally leave someone out.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Orleans County Fire Investigation Unit, with assistance from the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control.

The photo accompanying this post was provided by a nearby resident and was taken just after they called 911 to report the fire.

Again, thanks to all that assisted us today.

Steve Cooley

Chief of Department

Photo by Ginny Kropf: A house at 208 Prospect Ave. was reduced to rubble after a fire this morning.

MEDINA – Three people are homeless in a fire early this morning, which completely destroyed an apartment house at 208 Prospect Ave. and displaced at least five people in the house next door at 206 Prospect Ave.

Medina Fire Department received the call at 4:20 a.m. and arrived at the scene at 4:24 a.m., said Medina Fire Chief Steve Cooley.

“The house was fully engulfed and three people were outside when we arrived,” Cooley said. “When the ambulance arrived, they said fire was coming from every window.”

A dog and cat were also lost in the fire.

Considerable damage was done to all three stories of the house next door and some damage to a house across the street.

The houses in that location are 20 feet apart, and Cooley said had they not responded as quickly as they did, an entire block of homes could have been destroyed. The fire was extinguished in an hour.

He said indications are the fire started on the front porch.  Cooley said they received assistance from every department in Orleans County and addition help from Niagara County.

Cooley praised all the responders, saying they did a great job of getting the fire extinguished.

Photos by Ginny Kropf: (Left) Donning his ventriloquist hat, Mike Randall banters with his puppet Timmy during a performance Thursday at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library. (Right) Dudley the Duck and ventriloquist Mike Randall entertain with their antics during Thursday’s appearance at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library.

MEDINA – Children and their families who attended Lee-Whedon Memorial Library’s summer reading series program on Thursday got to see local television personality Mike Randall perform his magic/puppet show. Seventy children were signed up for the program, which was the first in the new section of the library.

Sawyer Green of Medina was one of the parents who came with her son Glenn, niece Norah Bennett, and nephew Zeke Bennett, 6, to see Randall perform.

“We come to the library all the time, and my oldest son and I saw Mike in Dickens and loved it,” Sawyer said. “Some of the kids have seen Mike at school and they are happy to be seeing him again.”

Mike Randall greets his young audience prior to a puppet/magic show he performed Thursday morning at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library. Sawyer Green of Medina brought her niece and nephew, Norah, 4, and Zeke Bennett, 6, and her son Glenn Green, 4, to see Randall.

Randall, who recently moved to Medina with his wife Kathy, presents a fast-paced program featuring puppets, magic, comedy, ventriloquism and audience participation.

A man of many hats , Randall has become one of Western New York’s most popular entertainers, having performed at many local events, including the Cattaraugus County Fair, M&T Plaza, Eastern Hills Mall Children’s Theater Series, the Toy Festival in East Aurora, Lewiston’s Wildlife Festival at the New York Power Authority, Cuba Garlic Festival, as well as schools and libraries throughout the area.

Mike Randall chose these four children to help with his dinosaur/archeology-themed show at Lee-Whedon. The children hold posters depicting things than archeologists might dig up, such as jewelry, pottery, bones and tools.

Randall’s first experience with magic was when he was 6 and saw a man who sounded like Harry Potter entertaining in the street with a deck of cards. He has loved puppets from the time he was a child, watching Howdy Doody and Paul Winchell. At the age of 7 he spent three months in the hospital, recovering from an automobile accident. The one thing which kept him from going stir crazy was a set of Disney hand puppets his grandmother had given him. He has loved puppets ever since.

In 1978 and ’79 he was hired as one of the 20 Marvelous Magical Burger-Kings, performing shows across WNY, northern Pennsylvania and southern Ontario, Canada.

Although he has received rave reviews for his fun-filled entertaining shows, Randall is best-known for his weather-forecasting and award-winning feature reporting for 40 years at WKBW-TV. He has interviewed celebrities such as John Candy, Steve Allen, Red Skelton, Gregory Peck, Willie Nelson and Robert Goulet. He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2017 and retired from WKBW in August 2023.

A native of Western New York, Randall is also a professional actor and playwright. His plays have won awards and been produced at theaters locally and nationwide. He has performed a variety of roles in theaters in Western New York and around the country. He continues to perform his critically acclaimed, one-man portrayal of Mark Twain Live! In 2017 he conceived, wrote, directed and starred in the holiday solo show, Charles Dickens Presents: A Christmas Carol, again receiving praise from area critics and theatergoers. His presentation of Dickens at the Medina Theater shortly after moving here, sold out.

The summer reading program with a theme “Unearth a Story” will continue at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library on Thursdays through Aug. 11.

Randall continues to do shows at such venues as libraries, schools and churches. His next public shows are July 30 at the Lancaster Library, Aug. 7 at Hoag Library in Albion and the Niagara County Fair on Aug. 6 and 8. In addition, he will read the Declaration of Independence Sept. 6 for the Medina Tourism’s  bicentennial celebration at State Street Park in Medina.

Caleb was picked from the audience to help Mike Randall with a trick.

(Left) Eleanor Davis of Medina is greeted by a dinosaur (who is actually her daughter) as she arrives at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library on Thursday morning to see Mike Randall do a dinosaur-themed puppet show. (Right) Magician/ventriloquist Mike Randall picked Autumn, 6, to help him with a magic trick during his appearance at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library.

MEDINA – The Medina Village Board last week approved a bond resolution for the village to borrow up to $1.7 million for sewer system improvements.

The upgrades include replacing sewer system pump stations and upgrading the SCADA systems throughout the village.

The village is seeking grants to help with the costs, so the final money needed to borrow may be less than $1.7 million.

 Medina initially authorized a bond for a maximum $1,250,000 in Oct. 11, 2021. But the project has been modified and the anticipated costs are higher, prompting the Village Board to seek a higher serial bond.

MEDINA – The Medina Rotary Club is interested in developing a new baseball field at Pine Street Park in the village.

Carl Tuohey, a member of the Rotary Club, last week presented the proposal to the Village Board. He said the club has built up some funds and wants to put some of that money to a baseball diamond.

Tuohey said he expects Job Corps students could be part of helping to create the field.

Village Board members want Tuohey to work on planning the project with Jason Watts, the superintendent of the Department of Public Works.

Pine Street Park has become a more active site since new playground and splash pad were added in 2019. Donors contributed $150,000 to those upgrades.

File photo: Jonathan McManus takes the oath of office as a Medina police officer on Sept. 26, 2022. He has been appointed as sergeant in charge.

MEDINA – The Medina Police Department has a new leader while the village looks to appoint a police chief.

Sgt. Jonathan McManus was appointed sergeant in charge during a special Village Board meeting on July 16. McManus joined the Medina PD as a police officer on Sept. 26, 2022.

He will get an additional $400 a week stipend while leading the department until a police chief is appointed. McManus’s appointment as sergeant in charge was effective July 20.

The Village Board on July 13 accepted the resignation of Police Chief Christian Navas and Sgt. Jacob Reeves. They are both going to the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office.

Navas had his last day in Medina on July 19 while Reeves’s last day was July 20.

Both left Medina to join the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office for significant boosts in pay, said Mark Prawel, a Medina village trustee and retired Medina police officer.

Photos by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – Todd Draper (right), the former Medina police chief, runs with current Medina police officer Dustin Meredith at about noon today at the Medina High School track.

Draper wore Brett Sobieraski’s  watch that tracked the laps and distance. Draper now works with Sobieraski in the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force. They are both investigators.

Brett Sobieraski has been hobbled by bad blisters and cellulitis in his feet. After 7 miles today he was advised by healthcare professionals to not keep running more today. Matt Jackson, the former Medina fire chief, stopped by to run laps and check on Sobieraski.

He already logged more about 250 miles the first five days of an 8-day run for Community Action of Orleans & Genesee. He set a goal of 400 miles. Although he won’t do all of those himself, he said others will ensure the 400-mile goal is reached.

Besides Draper filling in for Sobrieski, Roger Bolton, an ultra-marathoner from Albion, completed many miles around the Medina track.

Sobieraski said he expects to be back running around Holley’s track on Friday at 7 a.m. with a 55-mile goal for the day.

The Community Action 400 concludes Saturday with 15 final miles at the Albion High School track beginning at 8 a.m.

People are welcome to join him, walking or running around the track.

Sobieraski is trying to raise $20,000 for Community Action, which has faced budget cuts. Click here to make a donation online.

Julia Rohde, a star runner for Roy-Hart, completed some fast-paced laps around the track today in Medina.

(Left) Monarch butterflies are pollinators and essential to the environment. Photo courtesy of Dave O’Donnell. (Right) Mary Mattingly stands in an area of her floating barge where plants are growing which are favorable to Monarch butterflies. A Monarch butterfly release is scheduled at the barge at 1 p.m. July 25. Photo courtesy of Mark Tomas Duggan.

MEDINA – A repurposed barge and the Erie Canal will be the backdrop for a historic Eastern Monarch butterfly release this Saturday as part of the Medina Triennial, now taking place throughout Medina until Sept. 7.

The butterfly release will be led by Dave O’Donnell of Clarence, who runs the Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm. O’Donnell is on the board of the Iroquois Wildlife Refuge, where he created pollination gardens at the Cayuga Overlook. He explained the 80% decline of Monarch butterflies in recent years is due to human destruction of the one plant they need to survive – the milkweed.

After O’Donnell was put in touch with Mary Mattingly, who created the Triennial’s floating barge for of vegetation, a section of the barge was dedicated to native plants favorable for butterflies.

“This is a great educational project, as well as a beautiful art installation,” O’Donnell said of the barge. “Sustainability – climate change, the environment are big issues. No matter what our ideologies are, we don’t bother about butterflies. Butterflies are pollinators, but more importantly to me, butterflies are a part of our culture.”

He hopes his programs with butterflies will bring people together for one cause – to protect our natural environment.

“A lot of pollinators and birds are disappearing and nobody is aware of it,” O’Donnell said. “Monarchs have such an interesting life cycle.”

He explained how after being released they travel to Mexico.

“Their population is down 80% because of one plant we call a ‘weed,’” O’Donnell said.

Milkweed is essential to the life of a Monarch butterfly, because milkweed is toxic, and therefore unpalatable to predators of butterflies and caterpillars.

Attending the butterfly release will be Professor of Ecology Nicholas Henshue of the University of Buffalo, who is also with the Department of Environment and Sustainability, and a a representative of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Schedule:

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Environmental organization tents open at Erie Canal Basin, behind the Medina Triennial Hub, 345 Main Street, Medina, NY 14103
• 12 p.m. – Floating Garden Harvest: Forage for a selection of fruit, vegetables and herbs.
• 2 p.m. – Program concludes

(In the event of rain, this program will be held on Sunday, July 26. The Medina Triennial’s public programs are free and open to the public.)