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Football: Buffalo Stampede score late to beat Genesee County Spartans

4 days ago | thebatavian.com | Mike Pettinella

By Press Release Press release:Written by Mike Pettinella for the Genesee County SpartansThe Genesee County Spartans lost to the Buffalo Stampede, 18-17, on Saturday in a Northeastern Football Alliance AA Division season opener at Mulray Park in South Buffalo. Stampede backup quarterback Anthony Davis found Kendrick Benson from 10 yards out with 54 seconds remaining to complete the host squad’s comeback from a 17-6 deficit.
Baseball: Muckdogs bats catch fire for 13-1 win before home opener fireworks display

6 days ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens The Batavia Muckdogs (1-1) defeated the Elmira Pioneers 13-1 in their 2025 home opener Saturday night at Dwyer Stadium. Batavia took the lead with two runs in the second inning and added two more in the third. The Muckdogs broke the game open with a seven-run fourth, then tacked on two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Elmira scored its only run in the top of the fourth. Sean Mindas tripled and drove in two runs for Batavia.
Baseball: Kendall walks off Oakfield-Alabama, 3-2, in extra innings

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Howard Owens

By Howard B. Owens Kendall edged Oakfield-Alabama 3-2 in eight innings on Wednesday. Kendall collected 10 hits and did not commit an error, while Oakfield-Alabama had eight hits and two errors. Oakfield-Alabama scored first with a run in the second inning. Kendall answered in the bottom half. Oakfield-Alabama added another in the fourth, but Kendall tied it in the sixth. The game remained tied going into the seventh. Kendall walked it off in the bottom of the inning.
Have you seen Moana? Her family is looking for her

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

By Joanne Beck Moana, a "very friendly" and sweet dog went missing from Main Road on Tuesday and ran toward Angling Road in Corfu. She was last seen at 9 p.m. Wednesday crossing Route 5 near Crosby's. If you see her, please contact her owner, Katie, at 716-548-0559. She may be skittish.
Speakers give mixed thoughts about expanded open container law downtown during hearing

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

With the majority of five speakers being in favor of expanding the city’s downtown open container law, business owner Dr. Marlin Salmon stood alone, discouraging City Council’s future yes vote, as the proposed amendment brought out downtown merchants on both sides of the issue during a pubic hearing Tuesday evening.
Birdie Bash rings up big winnings for charity at Stafford Country Club

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

By Joanne Beck Golfers had a long day Tuesday during Western New York's PGA Works fundraiser "Birdie Bash 2025" at Stafford Country Club, Fellow Abbie Kludt says. The upside was that plenty of birdies were counted under the sunshine and $31,655 was raised for worthy causes, including Golisano Children's Hospital and Oishei Hospital in Rochester. "And the event doesn't close for another two days, so that number might fluctuate a little bit," Kludt said later Tuesday night.
Memorial service Wednesday to remember 'the dedicated and brave police officers'

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

City Council President and retired City Police Lieutenant Eugene Jankowski Jr. read a proclamation during Tuesday’s council meeting as a preview to Wednesday’s memorial police ceremony at who Cemetery on Clinton Street Road (Route 33). The public is invited to attend the event at 1 p.m., at which time Batavia Police Department officers will place flags on the graves of officers who have died, and to remember those officers in other cemeteries in the area, Jankowski said.
Class to help you have 'a full, beautiful life' introduces tools of powerful energy June 5

1 week ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

Mary Lichtenstein struggled and suffered most of her life with depression, and did so in silence, coming from a family at a time when one didn’t “air the dirty laundry,” and masking repercussions of having been in a car accident as a teenager by being “a walking pharmacy,” she says. Yet despite the prescription drugs, there were the side effects, migraines from a head injury, and not much relief, rendering her feeling as if “I didn’t want to be here,” she said.
Taking 'baby steps' toward a land bank for Genesee County

2 weeks ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

By Joanne Beck After more than an hour of discussing the concept, possibilities and potential partners for establishing a land bank with Genesee County and economic development officials, Matt Chavez, project manager of Niagara Orleans Regional Land Improvement Corporation (NORLIC), summarized the only way he thought it should go. Batavia is the birthplace of Western New York and, therefore, holds a certain prominence in the county.
Public hearing Tuesday for open containers in downtown Batavia: to boost 'foot traffic, festival-like atmosphere'

2 weeks ago | thebatavian.com | Joanne Beck

Hoping to boost pedestrian presence, spending, and a more lively downtown Batavia environment, members of the Business Improvement District have proposed expanding the city’s open container law from Jackson Square to the entire BID territory. This would allow folks to drink alcoholic beverages from noon to 10 p.m. daily within the district, except for properties west of Court Street (Genesee County office buildings and Austin Park), in containers other than glass.