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ALBION: Group volunteers to keep village, community active.
The Albion Main Street Alliance has been busy preparing for summer, logging more than 5,600 volunteer hours to make sure tourists and residents, alike, achieve their full potential this summer for canal activities.
First Fridays, Olde Erie Canal Day, and the downtown beautification project have all been deemed successes, according to Chairman Michael Bonafede. Four new business have moved into downtown, the office is set up, plans are in process for a fall fundraising event in Mount Albion Cemetery, and the dunk tank raised more than $300 for the downtown flag fund.
On June 25, the Main Street managers from the three communities involved in the Western Erie Canal Alliance’s National Trust Main Street Program met in Lyons to discuss the progress they have made to date, challenges they face, and plans for the future. Those challenges include increasing volunteer participation, fundraising to support the program, promoting business in the target area and signage on the canal.
At the meeting, the Main Street communities learned of a new project, one that residents can be part of. The three communities are cooperating on a canal visitor-monitoring program.
For one hour at a total of 10 different times, each community is being asked to count pedestrians and boaters on the canal. The purpose is to determine the number of people using the canal and its towpath in each of the three areas.
Results will be given to WECA and Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council. Volunteers are needed to take the counts. The project requires one hour of your time, during which you will sit at the northeast side of the canal on Route 98 and count pedestrians or boaters.
If you are interested in helping with this project, call the AMSA office for a list of available times.
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Teens accused of harassing mosque parishioners
Members of the World Sufi Foundation Mosque have experienced harassment in the past, but nothing like what happened earlier this week. The disruption resulted in the arrest of five teens — one of whom is facing criminal charges for allegedly firing a weapon.
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Dad gets 6 months in child's death
An Orleans County man who pleaded guilty in June to criminally negligent homicide in his daughter’s death was sentenced Monday to serve six months in jail.
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Teens accused of harassing Carlton mosque
Members of the World Sufi Foundation Mosque have experienced harassment in the past, but nothing like what happened earlier this week. The disruption resulted in the arrest of five teens — one of whom is facing criminal charges for allegedly firing a weapon.
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Community Action helps children prepare for school
Community Action of Orleans and Genesee completed its annual back to school drive Thursday, helping more than 200 children get supplies.
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Remembering 9/11
Each year a group gathers in Albion to remember those who lost their lives that September day nine years ago. Holding tributes and candlelight vigils, the Orleans County American Legion has hosted the event to pay tribute to those involved in 9/11.
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Special gift pushes trust campaign over the top
The Sandstone Trust of Medina has exceeded its 2010 summer campaign goal on the strength of a very special memorial gift which was made public this week. The immediate family of the late Fern J. Blackburn (widow of Paul R. Blackburn) presented a major contribution to the Trust committee in an amount equaling 20 percent of the entire summer campaign goal of $25,000. With this support, the total of summer gifts stands today at approx. $27,000, leaders said.
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District confirms leave of absence
The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department issued an appearance ticket Aug. 21, requiring a district administrator to appear in Batavia Town Court next month to answer a charge of driving while intoxicated. The Holley Central School District can confirm that the administrator has been on leave since Aug. 3, which includes the alleged time of the incident.
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Village improves skateboard agreement
The Village of Albion board had good news for skateboarders and Santa Clauses on Wednesday, approving the Town of Albion’s offer to help pay for skate park equipment and offering to assist with the upcoming celebration of legendary Santa Claus Charles Howard.
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Fifty-six years strong for Camp Rainbow Fund
The Camp Rainbow Fund, which inherited its new name six months ago from the former Journal-Register Camp Fund, continued this summer to do good work on behalf of children in Orleans County. A total of $5,074 was raised from the public to send boys and girls “into the sunshine of Camp Rainbow,” located on Town Line Road in the northern part of Ridgeway.
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Natale introduces book about spirituality, sexuality
Maintaining a relationship with God can be difficult for anyone who is tempted by the distractions of everyday life — money, sex, addictions. But faith goes deeper than the labels affixed to these indulgences and the churches people go to seeking guidance.
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