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CANANDAIGUA Officials from New York, Canandaigua and the Board of Directors at Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park broke ground Friday for a new entrance and visitor center to the historic venue.
Estimated to be completed sometime in 2021, according to Sonnenberg Executive Director David Hutchings, the $6.1 million project will provide a new entrance for visitors, room for on-site archives, permanent offices for Sonnenberg staff, new maintenance facilities and enough parking for 140 cars.
Hutchings added that with this project and the $7.2 million in restoration done over his 15 years as executive director, we re returning the estate to its original position on the Finger Lakes, adding that it was a jewel of the region.
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Voters across the state will head to the polls again this year to decide the annual budgets for their school districts. Voters also will be tasked with choosing candidates for each district s board of education on May 18, according to the state s School Boards Association. While there will be in-person voting, due to COVID-19 many districts will be keeping certain precautions in place, along with the use of drop boxes and absentee ballots.
Here s what you need to know for each school district s election:
What s on the ballot for 2021?
While specifics vary, most school districts will be asking voters to approve a budget for the following school year. Voters will also be tasked with choosing candidates for each district s Board of Education, depending on when an official s term expires.
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VICTOR Proceedings in a driving while intoxicated case against former Assemblyman Brian Kolb continued Thursday in Victor Town Court, with plans for a possible verdict on the morning of July 15 after Judge James Mulley of Penfield Town Court has had time to review motions, memos from the prosecution and defense in addition to all relevant evidence.
Beginning at 10 a.m., the prosecution called three expert witnesses who provided testimony, before getting cross-examined by Kolb s defense attorney Christopher Schiano. Schiano attempted to cast doubt on the procedures for maintaining and servicing the DataMaster DMT breathalyzer with the first witness Steve Carluccio, supervisor for New York s Highway Safety Technology Unit s Equipment Repair division.
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CANANDAIGUA The Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce held a virtual panel discussion on the state of education Tuesday, discussing lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, notable community support and how everyone adapted to remote learning. Being an educator right now, I don’t know if there’s ever been a more challenging time,” said Jamie Farr, Canandaigua City School District superintendent. He cited Black Lives Matter protests in addition to COVID-19 and a challenging budget situation from New York, with no idea what it looks like two to three years from now.
Finger Lakes Community College President Robert Nye agreed with Farr s overall point, describing the pandemic as a series of unknowns.
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VICTOR While there are multiple ways of tracking progress for the Fishers Fire Department, the most notable metric in seeing how far the department has come is from the volume of calls, according to Joel Richter. We ran about 120 alarms, requests for service of any kind when I was chief. And now it s over 1,000, Richter said.
First formed on June 21, 1921, the fire department is celebrating 100 years of service this year and according to Richter, who s been a member for 45 years, the number of calls received isn t the only thing that s changed.
The department has also moved a number of times, starting at an old property donated to the department on Railroad Street before moving the service to an old school building on Wangum Road in the 1940s, then moving again to 7853 Main Street Fishers, according to Richter. Similarly, the way fire alarms are broadcast has also changed significantly from their inception.