Created: December 21, 2020 04:27 PM
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The first thing you notice when you meet Tim O’Neill is that his hazel eyes smile, forming warm half-moons just above the disposable mask the pandemic necessitates.
O’Neill is a retired superintendent of Tompkins Seneca Tioga BOCES, and he believes his volunteer work is not unlike the job that once paid his mortgage. Both allow him to touch lives in both small and extraordinarily meaningful ways.