The Mynderse-Romulus girls lacrosse team avenged an earlier season loss last night vs. Penn Yan at East Rochester HS field. The 11-7 win against the storied Penn Yan lacrosse team was a first in sectional play for the Blue Devils. M-R added another record breaking win and improved to a Section V best, 16-2 overall... more

A Penn Yan man is facing federal charges after federal prosecutors said he forged inspections on space equipment. His actions, they say, led to the closure of a Rochester business. Prosecutors say James Smalley of Penn Yan was employed at PMI Industries in Rochester since March 2017 as a quality assurance engineer. PMI was an... more

ALDI welcomes shoppers back to its renovated Penn Yan store when it reopens on Wednesday, May 22. The store, at 204 Liberty St., is part of a $1.9 billion initiative to remodel and expand more than 1,300 ALDI stores nationwide by the end of 2020. To celebrate the Penn Yan store reopening, ALDI will host... more

The Penn Yan Academy Drama club attended the 21st annual “Stars of Tomorrow” gala May 16 in Rochester. This year, the Penn Yan Academy Drama Club brought home a number of awards in their division, in which they competed against nine schools: Outstanding Acting Ensemble, Outstanding Singing Ensemble, Outstanding Production Crew, And the Bob Sagan... more

With newly minted graduates, a newly installed president, and a sun-filled sky that was, if not new, at least novel in recent weeks, Keuka College's Class of 2019 whooped, hollered, and crossed the stage during Saturday's 111th Commencement celebration. Retired American Ambassador Robert R. Gosende encouraged the approximately 460 graduates to be global thinkers who... more

The Penn Yan Lions Club has made a contribution of $5,000 to the Finger Lakes Health Foundation to support the campaign to bring 3D mammography equipment to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital. May 7, Lions Club president Cheryl Sheehan was on hand at the hospital for a check presentation to Helen Kelley, Director of Development... more

The Penn Yan Central School capital project is more than 52 percent complete, and most of the project will be done in time for the school year opening in September. The completion of the new bus garage, anticipated for October, will spell the completion of the entire $15.2 million project, which was approved by voters... more

The Penn Yan Police Department reports the arrest of a 27-year-old resident on multiple charges after an incident during the early-morning hours in the village. Police were called to Vineland Apartments shortly after midnight for the report of shots fire, according to a press release. They say Damon Walker, 27, of Penn Yan discharged a... more

After ten months as Keuka College’s interim president, Amy Storey will be taking on the role permanently, the College’s Board of Trustees Chair Alan Ziegler announced today. “This afternoon, the Board voted to offer Amy Storey the role of President,” Mr. Ziegler said in a letter to the College Community. “I am pleased to announce that she accepted our... more

Local school sports teams are likely to look a little different in the coming years, because of reductions in student enrollment shrinking the numbers of potential team members for various sports. Now, the wheels are in motion for the merger of Penn Yan and Dundee modified and junior varsity football teams, and officials from the... more

A Penn Yan man is facing multiple charges after fleeing a traffic stop in the Town of Potter over the weekend. On Saturday, deputies say Christopher Rossman, 28, didn’t stop for officers along State Route 364 when they initiated a traffic stop. Instead, Rossman sped away from the scene, according to deputies. They say he... more

The Penn Yan Middle School Library was named the RRLC School Library of the Year last week when patrons of all types of libraries in the greater Rochester area were submitted for 2019 Rochester Regional Library Council Library of the Year. “I love my library because I can see Mrs. Simmons and be in my... more

An informational meeting regarding the merger of Dundee and Penn Yan Central Schools football at the modified and JV levels will be held at 6 p.m. May 8 in the Public Meeting room at Dundee Central School. The meeting will also cover plans for Dundee to move from 11 to 8-man football at the varsity... more

Developer David Genecco has prevailed in his lawsuit against the village of Penn Yan and the village’s zoning board of appeals. Acting Supreme Court Justice Jason Cook handed down a decision April 12 that overturns the determination by Penn Yan Village Code Enforcement Officer Bruce Lyon, and upheld by the village’s ZBA, that housing units... more

Conversations surrounding issues of race are neither easy nor comfortable, but they will be necessary on campus if Keuka College and similar institutions are to thrive in an increasingly diverse society. That was the message delivered by Beverly Daniel Tatum to a packed Norton Chapel during the 31st annual Carl and Fanny Fribolin lecture. The... more

The Penn Yan Academy Culinary Arts Club celebrated the conclusion of their immersive culinary experience by making a final dinner for family and friends at New York Kitchen in Canandaigua. Chef Jeffory McLean, Chef/Owner of Finger Lakes Foodies, and Gretchen Jensen, Family and Consumer Science/Career Technical Education teacher, presented the PYA Culinary Arts Club members... more

When spring finally arrives in the Finger Lakes, it is time to pay a visit to the singular attraction in Middlesex, the Rochester Folk Art Guild. Artisans at the Guild’s East Hill Farm welcome the public to their craft studios and the East Hill Gallery on Mothers’ Day weekend. Saturday, May 11, the hours are... more

Gavin Polmanteer, owner of Polmanteer Auto Service Center in the Horizon Park in Penn Yan, appeared before the April 25 meeting of the Yates County Planning Board for approval of a Use Variance and an Area Variance to allow the expansion of his family’s current pre-existing business. Polmanteer wants to make a considerable investment to... more

For many in this community, Barbara Pringle has been the face of The Once Again Shoppe for as long as they can remember. And that is probably true, since the fame of the local “next-to-new” thrift store has risen considerably during her tenure as its manager. Her smile and friendly banter in her signature downstate... more

The calendar said spring, the thermometer said winter, and the volunteers said “who cares?” as they spread out across Yates County on Sunday for the 22nd annual Celebrate Service…Celebrate Yates (CSCY) community service project. More than 250 volunteers – including scores of Keuka College students, staff, alumni, and friends – bundled up against temperatures that... more