Public concern about microplastics and health has grown sharply over the past several years. Questions such as “Are plastic cutting boards safe?” and “Should I drink out of plastic water ...

America’s current daylight saving time system — spring-to-fall DST followed by winter standard time — is an excellent compromise, providing all of DST’s many benefits for the majority of the ...

Students gather in front of a fire truck Monday morning at Kendall Elementary School. They got a fire truck ride to school as a reward for clearing snow from fire hydrants during a recent January snow ...

PIKE — A meat raffle on Saturday will support the Pike Volunteer Rescue Squad. Doors will open 5 p.m. at the fire hall on 67 ...

Much of the confusion arises from maneuvers to pad this year’s refunds, conveniently timed to influence November’s elections. (For many taxpayers, OBBBA cut taxes retroactively for 2025, but ...

The state agency that oversees addiction services is planning to cease millions of dollars in funding for Save the Michaels of the World Inc., a Buffalo-based nonprofit that has been ...

BATAVIA — City police charged the following people: ...

The quartet of barbers behind The Local Barbershop, which opened Jan. 1, 2025, at 466 Ellicott St., Batavia, came to the Chamber dinner all wearing tuxedos. They were recognized for their commitment ...

Trees are valuable assets and a long-term investment in the landscape. They not only beautify our surroundings, but they purify the air, manufacture oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, capture stormwater ...

I’m one of the many Americans who hate being forced to time-shift twice a year. After only four months on standard time, daylight saving time returned with a vengeance on Sunday, March 8, when 2 a.m.

Genesee County District Attorney Kevin Finnell speaks to the press outside the courtroom Monday afternoon after the discovery hearing for Bin Shao, the driver charged in the August 22, 2025, ...

A Genesee County Court judge on Monday increased the bail for the driver of a bus that crashed on the Thruway in Pembroke last August, in the first ...