Howard Owens

Batavia

Journalist, Photographer, Coder and Publisher at The Batavian

Journalist. Photographer. Coder. Publisher, The Batavian. Batavia by way of San Diego, Ventura, Bakersfield. Online news since 1995.

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Sponsored Post: New listing on Hillside Drive, Batavia

2 days ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

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Sponsored Post: New listing in the Town of Batavia

3 days ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens 4524 Batavia Elba Townline Road, Town of Batavia.
This weekend at The Firing Pin, celebrating freedom and fresh starts

6 days ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens There is more to celebrate than just liberty at The Firing Pin in Bergen for Freedom Weekend. On Wednesday, the weapons store and firing range at 8240 Buffalo Road received its certificate of occupancy, allowing it to open its renovated building, which was gutted by a fire in March 2023. Brandon Lewis, owner of The Firing Pin, said the annual event, a celebration of America's liberties, began with the business’s original grand opening.
Photos: Cupcake decorating class at GO ART!

6 days ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens Frosting and sprinkles, spatulas and tube bags, were the creative tools for a group of children and teenagers on Saturday at GO ART! for a cupcake decorating class. The class was taught by Grace Greene, manager of Audrey 2.0.1 Bakery at Seymour Place. Photos by Howard Owens
Law and Order: Jail inmate charged with second-degree assault

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

Chad M. Johnston, 39, of Batavia, N.Y., was arrested June 16 and charged with second-degree assault while confined at the Genesee County Jail. Johnston was arraigned in CAP Court on June 16 following the jail assault investigation. Bria G. Thom, 24, of Minneapolis, Mich., was arrested June 12 and charged with third-degree criminal trespass after being found riding on top of a CSX rail car on Wilkinson Road in Batavia.
Voters again reject Oakfield-Alabama's 2025-26 budget

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

The turnout was larger, but the results were the same: voters in the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District rejected a $25,555,345 spending plan for a second time on Tuesday. The budget failed 286-335. On May 21, voters rejected the budget by a margin of 171-198. The Board of Education will now be required to adopt a contingency budget. Certain expenses, non-contingent expenses, must be removed from the spending plan.
Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash in Bethany

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens A 40-year-old motorcyclist from Hemlock died Monday evening on Route 63 in Bethany in a head-on collision with a vehicle that was attempting to pass two tractor trailers and a farm tractor. Ryan A. Farley was pronounced dead. The crash was reported at 10:05 p.m.Investigators believe A 2008 Volvo SUV, driven by Marquel Kennedy, 27, of Buffalo, was in the southbound lane during a passing attempt while northbound. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending.
Ex-girlfriend of Edward Dunn provides jury with narrative of alleged murder

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

Kathryn Henry described the shock she felt in County Court on Monday after seeing her good friend, Michael Poole, shot in the head at close range on March 17, 2024. "I was out of my mind," Henry said. "I must have walked around in a circle five or six times. 'Did he really do that? Did that really just happen?" she told the jury in the trial of Edward A. Dunn, 39, who is charged with murder in the second degree, a Class A-1 felony, in the death of Poole.
Photos: Pride parade in Batavia on Saturday

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens Batavia-based GLOW OUT! hosted its annual Pride Day festival on Saturday, which included events in Jackson Square throughout the day and featured a parade Downtown later in the afternoon. The event included vendors in the School Street parking lot, and in Jackson Square, Drag Queen Story Hour, and performances by the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus and the Rochester Gay Men's Chorus. Photos by Howard Owens.
Photos: Juneteenth celebration on Saturday in Williams Park

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens The Just Kings Social Club hosted its annual Juneteenth Celebration in Williams Park in Batavia on Saturday. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, the day when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery to the 250,000 enslaved people there, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had legally freed them.