Tom Rivers

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Enchanted characters celebrate Faery Festival in Medina

6 days ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 June 2025 at 8:38 am Photos by Tom RiversMEDINA – These three were dressed up as faeries on Saturday for Medina’s “Enchanted Faery Festival.” Pictured form left include Natasha Abdurrafi of Medina, and sisters Amelia and Daisy Marr of Albion. The Medina Area Partnership organizes the event which usually brings in about 75 to 100 kids dressed as kings, queens, princes and princesses.
Barre hosts Square Dance at Town Park

6 days ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 June 2025 at 8:57 am Photos by Tom RiversBARRE – Jacob Rowland and his sister Hannah, center, dance the Virginia Reel on Saturday evening during square dance at the Barre Town Park. The Barre Betterment Committee and Go Art! teamed to offer the event, which also included food and a basket raffle. The Orleans County String Band has performed at the square dance in Barre since 2018. They performed Appalachian string band music.
Albion PD seeks public’s help in locating missing girl, 14

6 days ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 June 2025 at 7:14 pm ALBION – The Albion Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been reported as missing. Kendra Wilston is a white female, at 5 feet, 6 inches and about 105 pounds. She has black hair and blue eyes. Her family told the Albion PD she ran away from home on Friday at about 6 p.m. and hasn’t come back. Kendra was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt with white writing, black pants and purple slippers.
(Photos) Nature abounds in Orleans County

6 days ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

(Photos) Nature abounds in Orleans County By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 June 2025 at 3:23 pm Orleans Hub readers sent in photos today of wildlife in Orleans County. Jonathan Marciszewski sent in the photos of a turtle laying her eggs in Lyndonville this morning, near the bridge on main Street over Johnson Creek. Emily Luckman took the photo of a deer this morning on a canal walk through Albion.
Reward offered for return of treasured fishing pole lost at Glenwood Lake

6 days ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 June 2025 at 2:54 pm Provided photosRIDGEWAY – Sawyer Hahn of Lockport is shown with a fishing pole that was left behind on Tuesday at Glenwood Lake. Hahn is offering a $50 reward if someone can return the pole. “That pole means everything to me and is irreplaceable,” Hahn said.
Heat advisory starts today, goes until June 24

1 week ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 June 2025 at 8:33 am A heat advisory starts today at noon and continues through 6 p.m. on Tuesday for Orleans County and all of Western New York. In Orleans County, the high temperature today is forecast for 87, followed by three days in the 90s – with 91 on Sunday, 93 on Monday and 91 on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
Albion grad earns Harvard diploma, on pre-med track

1 week ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 20 June 2025 at 9:53 am Nolberto Martinez Maya said he made friends from all over the world at Harvard. ALBION – Nolberto Martinez Maya is back in Albion for a couple weeks after four rigorous years as a student at Harvard University. He earned his degree in molecular and cellular biology at that prestigious Ivy League university. Martinez, 22, said it was a transforming four years for him, and not just because of the challenging courses.
Medina will host Albany Symphony, fireworks on July 2 to celebrate Erie Canal’s 200th

1 week ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 19 June 2025 at 11:54 am MEDINA – The Village of Medina on July 2 will be hosting the Albany Symphony as part of a day-long celebration of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial, a day that will be capped with fireworks. The New York Power Authority and NYS Canal Corp. have set five concerts from the symphony from July 2-6, events that will feature the debut of commissioned compositions.
Job Corps students, left in limbo, say program makes huge difference in their lives

1 week ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 19 June 2025 at 8:36 am SHELBY – On May 29, the federal Department of Labor made an announcement that has threatened 99 Job Corps centers around the country, including the one in Orleans County in Shelby. The DOL put those centers on “pause,” effectively shutting them down, claiming the centers were not successful – graduation rates were too low and incidents of violence too high.
Barre firefighters retire worn out flags, assuming the duty the scout troop disbanded

1 week ago | orleanshub.com | Tom Rivers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 18 June 2025 at 8:56 am Photos by Tom RiversBARRE – Karl Driesel, past president of the Barre Volunteer Fire Company and a former scoutmaster in Barre, puts part of a flag in a fire on Tuesday evening behind the Barre fire hall. The fire company led a flag retirement ceremony. Boy Scout Troop 175 used to do the flag retirement ceremony each year in Barre near Flag Day, but the troop disbanded not long after the Covid pandemic in 2020, facing dwindling numbers.