By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 June 2020 at 7:40 am
Joe Biden won the New York presidential primary on Tuesday. The primary didn’t draw many Democrats in Orleans County on Tuesday. Biden’s main competitor, Bernie Sanders, conceded in April.
Only 484 voted at the polls in the primary on Tuesday and with early voting. There are 5,167 registered Democrats in the county.
The vote total on Tuesday doesn’t include absentees. The Board of Elections received 1,276 requests for absentee ballots from Democrats.
Here are the vote totals for the presidential candidates in Orleans County:
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 June 2020 at 12:24 am
Chris Jacobs is declaring himself the winner in a special election for the 27th Congressional District and also in a Republican primary.
Chris Jacobs
“We did it, it has been a long, challenging and ever-changing election, nevertheless the people of Western New York made their voices heard overwhelmingly for strong, conservative leadership!” Jacobs said in a statement. “With the commanding lead I have amassed, I am confident in declaring victory in both the Special and Primary elections. Now I am looking forward to getting to Congress and getting right to work fighting alongside our great President for the people of Western New York. I would like to thank all the volunteers, supporters, party leaders, and elected officials who have worked so hard to make this happen, and I would especially like to thank President Trump for his early and consistent support throughout this entire election, I am deeply grateful.”
Nate McMurray, the main challenger to Jacobs in the special election, said there are still tens of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted.
“How can you declare victory before the ballots are counted?” McMurray said Tuesday night. “There are more ballots still out there, uncounted, than people that voted in-person today. As we have always said, we will fight for every single vote. Chris always wanted to be crowned. The coronation will have to wait. They had to bring the whole Trump family into this to help drag him across the finish line. He can peacock. We will talk in two weeks.”
Jacobs and McMurray could face each other again in November. The special election was to fill the remaining months of a term vacated by Chris Collins. The November election will be for a full two-year term.
Jacobs has a big lead in the Republican primary against Beth Parlato and Stefan Mychajliw.
“I called Chris Jacobs a few minutes ago to congratulate him on his victory in the Republican Primary,” Mychajliw said in a statement to the media. “I’m thankful for the support I’ve received in this race. We said it was important to let voters decide, and they have. While not victorious, I’m proud of the race we ran. We stayed above the fray, and ran a positive campaign on the issues. I’m a loyal Republican – always have been, always will be. Just like I have in the past, I will work hard to keep NY-27 in Republican hands in November.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 11:22 pm
Republicans in Murray and Ridgeway voted in primaries for their committee members. Absentee ballots will be counted on July 1. The Board of Elections didn’t have a breakdown on how many were received so far for each district.
• In Ridgeway, there are three candidates for two positions with District 2 on the Ridgeway Republican Committee. The candidates include Virginia Nicholson, David Stalker and Ayesha Kreutz.
Nicholson leads with 24 votes, followed by 22 for Stalker, and 16 for Kreutz.
• In Murray, there are primaries for three of the districts, with three candidates seeking two positions in District 3, District 5 and District 6.
In District 3, the candidates include Kathleen Case, Anthony Peone and Kerri Neale. Neale leads with 28 votes, followed by 18 for Peone and 17 for Case.
In District 5, the candidates include Lynn Wood, Cynthia Oliver and Ronald Vendetti. Oliver has 42, followed by 41 for Wood and 12 for Vendetti.
In District 6, the candidates include Kellie Gregoire, Robert Miller and Adam R. Moore. Moore leads with 47, followed by 35 for Gregoire and 25 for Miller.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 11:03 pm
ALBION – Diane Shampine has a slight lead over Nadine Hanlon in the race for Orleans County clerk, based on votes at the polls today.
Shampine has 1,083 votes to Hanlon’s 1,029 in the Republican primary.
However, there are at least 1,270 absentee ballots to be counted. The Orleans County Board of Elections will start counting those ballots on July 1. More ballots could arrive in the coming days. They will be counted as long as they are postmarked by today.
In the race for the 27th Congressional District, Chris Jacobs has a big lead over Nate McMurray in Orleans County. Jacobs, running with the Republican and Independence lines, has 2,804 votes to McMurray’s 674, among Orleans County voters today and in early voting. McMurray is running as a Democrat and with the Working Families Party.
There are 2,594 absentees received so far for the special election.
Jacobs also was in a Republican primary. He had a commanding lead in Orleans County with 1,775 votes to 472 for Beth Parlato and 230 for Stefan Mychajliw.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 6:53 pm
Commencement will be virtual on Friday with senior parade in vehicles
Photos by Tom Rivers: Geno Allport hugs his daughter Callie after she graduated in a personalized ceremony last Thursday. The district did personal ceremonies for all members of the Class of 2020 because of the limitations on large gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic.
ALBION – It was stretched out nearly 35 hours, the personalized graduation ceremonies for 135 members of the Class of 2020.
Albion completed the individual graduations on Saturday. They were spaced out every 15 minutes. It took more than a week to have all the students come through. They brought their families and close friends.
“It made it more special,” said Mekhi Rivera, who received his diploma last Thursday. “My family was right there with me while I walked through the cafeteria, down the hallway and then right up to the stage.”
Photo courtesy of Sue Starkweather Miller: Salutation Katelyn Spierdowis delivers her speech which will be shared online Friday during a virtual commencement. District Superintendent Michael Bonnewell is at left, next to Kathy Winans, the senior class advisor.
The district tried to create an almost-normal graduation ceremony. Pomp and Circumstance was played, High School Principal Jennifer Ashbery announced their names, the grads walked up a riser, then they walked to the center of the stage and Board of Education President Kathy Harling handed them their diplomas.
They smiled for a photo with the BOE president, and then moved down the line to be congratulated by Kathy Winans, the senior class advisor, and then Michael Bonnewell, the district superintendent.
Then the graduates walked down the riser, stopping briefly to get their picture taken by their families.
Callie Allport gets ready to walk up the riser and accept her diploma. From left on stage include Superintendent Michael Bonnewell, Senior Class Advisor Kathy Winans, BOE President Kathy Harling and Principal Jennifer Ashbery.
Geno Allport takes a video of his daughter Callie Allport as she walks down the riser after receiving her diploma.
After they received their diplomas, students returned to the stage for photos with their families.
It some ways, the graduates liked it better than the traditional ceremony, when 2,000 people pack the high school gym and it can feel hectic after the ceremony, with a big crowd gathered on the front lawn of the school.
This year, it is a quieter commencement but it still proved meaningful to graduates.
Callie Allport had her family and close friends at her graduation. She said she would have liked to have her classmates by her side, but having her family up close proved extra special.
Mekhi Rivera is happy after receiving his diploma last Thursday. He is pictured with his girlfriend Mercy Sugar, his mother Sandra Rivera, and brother Israel Florentino.
In many ways, it felt like the usual high school graduation at Albion. But the gym was;t packed. And there weren’t other classmates in the front rows.
Mekhi Rivera misses his classmates. He said he has only seen a few close friends since the school was closed in mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It’s been hard not seeing my friends and the teachers,” Rivera said.
Mehkyron Drisdom received his diploma last week in a personalized ceremony.
Mekhi’s mother Sandra Rivera has attended several Albion graduations. She appreciates the district’s efforts to have a ceremony for each graduate because a large ceremony isn’t possible during the Covid-19 pandemic. The state has capped graduations at no more than 150 people.
She would have liked her son to have been with all of his classmates and a large contingent from the community.
“This was different,” she said after her son walked the stage. “I like it with the gym full. You can feel the love in the air.”
The district will compile the individual ceremonies and put them together in a virtual graduation to be aired online Friday at 8:20 p.m. That will include the student speeches by Valedictorian Ashlyn LeBaron, Salutatorian Katelyn Spierdowis and Class President Angel Rosario Soto.
The ceremony will be presented after a senior parade in vehicles on the school campus. Seniors will start to line up at 6:30 p.m. at the middle school.
Molly Wadhams continued one commencement tradition: a photo on the front lawn with the class numbers.
Molly Wadhams would have preferred the big graduation ceremony with all of her classmates. She said the past three months have been difficult for seniors who missed their senior prank, senior skip day, baccalaureate and other time with their friends. She also was looking forward to her final time on stage in a school musical. But the Little Mermaid was also cancelled in April. (Wadhams is majoring in musical theater at Geneseo in the fall.)
Molly Wadhams is happy after receiving her diploma.
She is hopeful the senior prom can still happen. It was scheduled for June 12, but now is scheduled for Aug. 6.
“It has been hard but you can’t change it,” she said about a senior year during a pandemic.
She also liked appreciated that the school changed one policy for the personalized graduations. They let the seniors decorate the mortar boards on the graduation caps. Wadhams’ mortarboard had a musical theme, “End of Act One 2020.”
Her mother Pam Wadhams has had two other children graduate from Albion. As a parent, she wanted Molly to be recognized at graduation with her classmates.
“It’s nice we can do this,” Mrs. Wadhams said about the personalized graduation. “But it is a little sad because her friends aren’t here.”
Molly Wadhams is ending Act One and looks forward to the next chapter in her life.
MEDINA – The Village of Medina has received complaints from village residents of a company offering to take credit card payments for water bills. The company name is Doxo.com.
The village does not utilize any outside third party firm for collection of any fees, bills or taxes (other than Medex the billing company for the ambulance) due the village and warns residents that any request for payments from other than the village or Medex should be considered fraudulent.
All fees, bills and taxes due the village (other than Medex) can be made in person at the village clerk’s office on Park Avenue utilizing cash, check or credit card. In addition, payments can be made by credit card by phoning the village clerk’s office at 585-798-0710.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 4:24 pm
Oak Orchard Health now offering Covid testing in Albion
Orleans County doesn’t have any new Covid-19 cases to report today, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said this afternoon.
The county also has one new recovery for 108 total in the community. Thirteen residents are currently hospitalized with Covid-19.
In Genesee County, there are three new cases, giving Genesee 215 who have tested positive for Covid-19 during the pandemic.
Two of the new positive individuals reside in Batavia and one lives in Byron. Two of the individuals are in their 40s and one is in the 50s. None of the new positive people were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.
Click here to see an online map of cases in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties.
More information from the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments:
Community Testing – Oak Orchard Health is now able to provide expanded Covid-19 swabbing to the public at their Albion location (future locations may be added later).
Anyone needing testing for Covid-19 and meeting the criteria (being symptomatic – sick) or required for profession) can call Oak Orchard Health at 585-589-5613 for an appointment. Oak Orchard isn’t accepting walk-ins for the tests.
Oak Orchard Health will do their best to accommodate scheduling demands, but be aware appointments may fill up quickly. The current testing schedule is
Monday 3:40-4:40; Tuesday 4 to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 2:20 to 3:20 p.m.; Thursday 3 to 4 p.m.; and Friday 3:20 to 4:20 p.m.
Antibody Testing – This is a current snapshot of the SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody test results both departments have received and will be updated periodically, but not daily.
• Genesee County: Of the 1,553 antibody test results received there were 45 who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG (the virus that causes Covid-19) antibodies.
• Orleans County: Of the 670 antibody test results received there were 17 who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG (the virus that causes Covid-19) antibodies.
Local assemblyman has led trips to DC with veterans the past 12 years
Provided photo: Assemblyman Steve Hawley poses for a photo with Assemblyman Michael DenDekker [left of wreath] and veterans in front of the Vietnam War Memorial during the 2018 Patriot Trip to Washington D.C.
Press Release, Assemblyman Steve Hawley
State Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) announced today that his annual Patriot Trip to Washington D.C. will unfortunately be postponed this year in the wake of the Covid-19 virus’ presence in America.
The intent behind this postponement is to protect our veterans who were interested in traveling to Washington, D.C. With all that is known about Covid-19, it was decided that 52 men and women on a bus traveling across various state lines where health regulations could vary radically, and would not be in the best interest of veterans.
Hawley, who has served on the Assembly Veterans’ Affairs Committee since 2006, was just as disappointed about the decision, but understands this temporary pause is in the best interest of the continued well-being of the veterans of our community.
“The Patriot Trip is the highlight of every year,” Hawley said. “This trip was inspired by Mike Paduchak, a World War II veteran, who asked me to come together with local veterans and host a trip to Washington D.C. Through the experiences of my father, veterans I have met during previous year’s trips, and my own service in the military, I have gained a tremendous understanding and admiration for the sacrifices endured by our veterans. I haven’t missed a trip for 12 years, and I wouldn’t miss it this year were it not for the risks. I am willing to postpone this year’s trip to ensure all of my friends I’ve made through the trip will be healthy to travel next year. And as for next year, I hope to see as many veterans as possible turn out for the tentative trip date of September 16-19, 2021.”
Photos by Tom Rivers: The Medina Marching Band performs at home on Sept. 21 during the Fall Festival of Bands. Medina on Oct. 27 won the Small Schools 1 Division in New York State Field Band Conference Championship. Medina scored 91.6, which topped the seven other marching bands in the division.
MEDINA – Medina Marching Band director Jim Steele has announced the band awards and the students leaders for next year.
Steele posted the news on Facebook. The band was unable to have its annual banquet due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a current limit on social gatherings to no more than 25 people.
The following nine seniors will be graduating from the program:
Mary Margaret Flores – Flute Section Leader
Reagan Wilkins
Grace Cook – Alto Sax Section Leader
Lily Kiebala – Mellophone Section Leader
Trenton Crews – Clarinet Section Leader
Margaret Klotzbach – Head of Percussion and Assistant Drum Major
Lacey Kenward – Trumpet Section Leader and Assistant Drum Major
Miranda Zelazny – Low Brass Section Leader and Assistant Drum Major
Jada Draper – Drum Major
Band Awards are as follows:
NYSFBC Scholarship – Jada Draper – $400 scholarship and certificate
Steele Family Scholarship – Margarget Klotzbach – $250 scholarship, certificate and name on Steele Family Scholarship Plaque
Medina Mustang Band Service Scholarship – Lacey Kenward – $150 awarded after first semester of college, certificate and name on the Service Scholarship plaque
Joseph C McKain Award – Senior – Miranda Zelazny Junior – Faith Ann Vanderwalker – certificate and names on the McKain plaque
Alfred Hartway Drum Major Awards – Jada Draper, Lacey Kenward, Miranda Zelazny and Margaret Klotzbach – certificates and names on the Drum Major Plaque
Outstanding Band Member awards – trophies
Rookie of the year
Brass – Cameron Kenward
Woodwind – McKenzie McGrath
Percussion – Riley Tompkins
Guard – Abigayle Wright
Most Improved
Brass – Joe Brueckner
Woodwind – Caiden Class
Percussion – Reagan Wilkins
Guard – Karina Rotoli
Most Valuable
Brass – Chris Woodroe
Woodwind – Bailey Jackson
Percussion – Mark Barcena
Guard – McKenna Callard
Directors Awards – Madison Owens from Miss Diana, Reagan Wilkins from Mr. Steele, Mrs. Botsfords TBA
All members of the fall band from 2019’s show – Walk the Path will be receiving their 2019 Championship Patch.
The field band performs at Vets Park on Sept. 21. Medina won the state title in the field band competition.
All members of both the Junior Varsity and Varsity Winter Guards will be receiving patches for the 2019-2020 season from the NECGC.
Those members that will be receiving their Letter “M” for 6 or 7 seasons of service are the following:
• 6 seasons: Gabbi Flores Medina, Seagan Majchrzak, Mason Moreland, Will Roush, Alayna Smith, Kayleigh Wright, Bailey Jackson, Lana Ortiz, Jaxon Phillips and Madison Owens.
• 7 seasons: Bryce Quintern, Kiana Cleveland, Aries McMurray, Ayden Amrhein, Sam Boyle, Kaylee Lacey, Regan Timmer, Sophia Cardone, Destiny Jones and Michelle Tagg.
Those members getting a service bar for 10 or 11 seasons of service are:
• 10 seasons: Megan Zakes, Paige Adkins, Carter Green, Kylie Hinman, Hannah Kenward, Emma Leonard, Jaden Pencille, August Pietrafesa, Melanie Poynter, Emma Roush, McKenna Callard, Faith Ann Vanderwalker, Chris Woodroe, Amanda Woodruff, Grace Cook, Lacey Kenward and Mary Flores.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 10:38 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – A mural of three swans soaring over the Albion countryside was unveiled to the public for the first time today.
The mural is about 23 feet long. It is in the Curtis Room at Hoag Library. That is the main meeting room of the library, which is being used today as a polling site for a primary and special election. The library is closed to the public today except for people voting.
Stacey Kirby Steward, an Albion native, was up high on scaffolding in the Hoag Library on Saturday, working on the mural.
The family of the late Marion Moore paid the artist fee for the mural. Moore served as director of the Swan Library from 1961 to 1973. Albion’s public library was known as Swan Library from 1900 to 2012. The new Hoag Library opened in July 2012.
The mural shows three swans flying over the Erie Canal. The painting also highlights the farm fields, Lake Ontario and a cobblestone schoolhouse. Steward used a drone to get aerial views of Albion last fall, looking down on the area near the Gaines Basin Road canal bridge.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 9:23 am
Photo by Tom Rivers: Orleans County and Town of Albion highway workers on Aug. 19, 2019 work on a new culvert on Clarendon Road. The county is seeking federal funding to help pay for more culvert, bridge and road work.
Orleans County officials have identified about $40 million worth of infrastructure work in a list of projects that could move forward in future federal stimulus bills.
The New York State Association of Counties on Monday sent a letter to President Trump and Congressional leaders calling for immediate action on infrastructure investment as part of any future economic stimulus packages.
The letter included a list of infrastructure projects from 40 counties totaling more than $7.35 billion.
The Orleans County, the list includes four main initiatives that total $40,362,555.
In Orleans County, the projects on the list include:
• Orleans/Niagara Regional Alliance Broadband Initiative: Total cost at $10,131,655.
That project would expand high-speed wireless internet to which would expand educational and economic opportunities for consumer sin remote locations. It would allow residents to take advantage of telemedicine opportunities, and allow students to do distance learning at colleges, universities and other platforms.
“We have experienced major issues during the coronavirus pandemic for educational and telemedicine’s access in rural communities,” according to a June 2 letter by County Legislator Ken DeRoller, listing the infrastructure needs in the county.
• Emergency Management Organization Operational Center/Training Facility on West Countyhouse Road in Albion at a cost of $350,000.
This project which correct deficiencies in the current buildings which have caused operational issues, according to a fact sheet from the county.
The project would provide a sufficient meeting room, training room and office space, and would be ADA complaint.
• Orleans County infrastructure improvement initiative with roads, bridges and culverts at a cost of $17,425,500.
John Papponetti, county DPW superintendent, said the county will have bridges and culverts is pushing to have some of the preliminary engineering done on the projects, with cost estimates, so they would be eligible for federal stimulus funding.
• Orleans County Shared Water Service Infrastructure Project at a cost of $12,455,400.
This project would add transmission lines and water storage tanks, increasing fire flows, storage and reducing the water rate. It would eliminate some dead ends, replace some aging infrastructure and add another major transmission line. It would also increase the capacity of water in the county for future economic and residential development needs.
NYSAC projects that counties across New York State (outside of New York City) currently have more $10.8 billion in infrastructure funding needs and that fully funding these projects could create or save up to 200,000 jobs, helping to revitalize local economies as they begin the process of recovering from the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic.
“Now is the time to innovate, to invest in our future, and to rebuild a stronger, smarter infrastructure for the good of all,” said NYSAC President John F. Marren. “It is in this spirit of renewal that we presented these project recommendations to our federal partners. These projects represent a significant opportunity to jumpstart our economy, add construction and trade jobs to our workforce, and strengthen our infrastructure for the next generation of Americans.”
The renewed call for federal funding comes as counties grapple with dramatic drops in revenues. Sales tax revenues for the month of May were down 32 percent statewide, in line with NYSAC’s most recent Coronavirus Economic Impact Report which projects that counties outside New York City will face revenue losses of up to $2 billion and the potential of another $1.5 billion in state budget cuts.
Despite these historic revenue losses, counties are required under state law to fully fund and administer all state and federal programs, which are in high demand during the pandemic and recession.
“Every community in New York has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 and the corresponding economic shutdown in response to the virus,” said NYSAC Executive Director Stephen J. Acquario. “The infrastructure projects that we are presenting to Congress and the President today are a once in a generation opportunity to provide an economic shot in the arm and reshape these communities better and stronger than ever before.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 June 2020 at 7:48 am
Orleans County residents go to the polls today with voting from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Most of the polling sites are at town halls, although Albion votes at Hoag Library and part of Ridgeway uses the Volunteer Fire Company.
There are primaries at the local level (Orleans County Clerk, Republican Committees in Murray and Ridgeway), and federal positions (special election for NY-27th and Republican Primary for NY-27th) and the Democratic Presidential primary.
The County Board of Elections encourages voters to wear a mask if they go to the polls today.
Here is a list of the polling sites:
Albion – Districts 1 through 6 – Hoag Library, 134 South Main St.
Barre – Districts 1 and 2 – Town Hall, 14317 West Barre Rd.
Carlton – Districts 1 through 3 – Town Hall, 14341 Waterport-Carlton Rd.
Clarendon – Districts 1 through 3 – Town Hall, 16385 Church St.
Gaines – Districts 1 through 4 – Town Hall, 14087 Ridge Rd.
Kendall – Districts 1 through 3 – Town Hall, 1873 Kendall Rd.
Murray – Districts 1 through 6 – Murray Town Hall/Highway Garage, 3840 Fancher Rd.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 June 2020 at 10:24 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – The Orleans County Courthouse in Albion is illumined in several colors at night this week in honor of the Class of 2020 at Albion, Holley, Kendall, Lyndonville and Medina.
The dome has six lights. The county Department of Public Works is using filters made by Takeform in Medina to display six colors: red, blue, white, orange, purple and yellow.
All six colors will be shown beginning this evening through Sunday night. Albion has purple and yellow for its school colors, Holley is red and white, Kendall is blue and white, Lyndonville is orange and black, and Medina is blue and red.
“We understand that during this challenging time,” said Jack Welch, the county’s chief administrative officer. “We all need to recognize the accomplishments our 2020 graduates have achieved. We are proud of each and every one of you and wish you much success as you begin the next chapter in your lives.”
In the past the dome has been pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and green to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 June 2020 at 9:19 pm
File photo by Cheryl Wertman: Lt. Todd Draper and Kye, the Medina Police Department’s K-9, are pictured in January 2014 when they met children at a local basketball game.
MEDINA – Kye, Medina’s K-9 since 2012, will soon be retiring. Kye is a Belgian Malinois that works each day with his partner/handler Lt. Todd Draper.
The Medina Village Board announced Kye will be retiring and the board agreed to sell the dog to Draper for $1, which is typical when a K-9 retires. The dog then spends the rest of its life with its handler’s family.
Medina already has enough in donations to purchase a new a Belgian Malinois. Police Chief Chad Kenward said a new dog will likely be purchased next month. The department will also announce a new K-9 handler later this week.
The handler and the dog will then be trained together other the summer. The dog should be in serve in September or October. Once the new dog is ready, Kye will be retired, Kenward said.
Kye’s main duties have been tracking, drug detection, building searches and criminal apprehension. Kye and Draper have attended many public events and visited local schools and done demonstrations for the community.
“K-9 Kye has filled out his retirement papers and put his paw print on it,” said Mayor Mike Sidari.
The Village Board at this evening’s meeting also accepted the resignations of two full-time firefighters. Sergio DiCenso and Bob Urtel are both transferring to other fire departments.
Mayor Sidari said the village is in “quite the quandary” with the filling the two positions because a spring Civil Service test was cancelled. Fire Chief Matt Jackson said the department will work on filling the position.
Jackson said the department will be down from 20 full-time firefighters to 16. Medina’s firefighters are also emergency medical technicians or paramedics and run an ambulance service.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 June 2020 at 5:57 pm
ALBION – The Orleans County Courthouse in Albion will be illumined in six different colors this week in honor of the senior classes at Albion, Holley, Kendall, Lyndonville and Medina.
The dome has six lights. The county Department of Public Works is using filters made by Takeform in Medina to display six colors: red, blue, white, orange, purple and yellow.
All six colors will be shown beginning this evening through Sunday night.
“We understand that during this challenging time,” said Jack Welch, the county’s chief administrative officer. “We all need to recognize the accomplishments our 2020 graduates have achieved. We are proud of each and every one of you and wish you much success as you begin the next chapter in your lives.”
