Batavia News

The 22-year-old man who got Tased by a deputy Saturday after a high-speed chase in the Darien area is identified as Christian Doell Nicholas, according to a press release today from the Sheriff's Office.

Who could use a Wurlitzer spinet piano? Who could use a cable ready, 27" console Zenith TV with attached VCR? Who could use assorted quilling supplies, paper, and books? Who could donate a working riding lawnmower to a children's summer camp? Who could donate men's ties? Who could donate an air conditioner with remote? Who could donate DVD player ... (more)

Why are so many buildings around the world collapsing daily? What does it take to destroy a building's supporting structure, causing it to collapse without warning? The answer is simple: Planet X in the solar system is closing the gap between itself and Planet Earth.

Was the GCEDC board of director's decision to provide $1.7 million in tax abatements to COR Development legal? A Buffalo assemblyman thinks the GCEDC board violated provisions of the 2013-14 budget act, which attempts to curtail state sales tax abatments for retail projects.

Sarah Della Penna takes walks with her Great Danes out on a piece of property off Creek Road, Batavia, and always takes her camera.

The 2013 Awards Ceremony held on May 9, 2013 at the Richmond Memorial Library, in Batavia.

More than 600 National Grid customers in Genesee County are with out power this afternoon, including 590 in Batavia, as high winds play havoc with trees and power lines.

A structure fire is reported at 109 Oak Street, Batavia. Fire and smoke are reportedly coming from an electrical power outlet.

Tonisha Price has a growing little bakery business -- so much so that she needed to move Sweet Ecstasy out of her cramped shop in Stafford and find a space closer to her growing customer base in Batavia.

Chantal M. Lord , 32, of 82 Gilbert St., Le Roy, is charged with two counts of grand larceny 4th and two counts of petit larceny.

According to a report by The Daily News Online , a father-and-son duo of Wyoming County, NY has been charged with 44 counts of animal abuse and abandonment, and one count of falsely reporting an incident, after authorities recover 44 neglected dog and one dead body of a pooch from Joseph C. Wenzel, Jr.'s Middlebury, NY home.

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Yesterday, Ryan P. Johnson was reported as a fugitive from the law; today, he's a convict headed to state prison.

A 77-year-old Thorpe Street resident has been arrested by the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office and charged with animal abuse.

Felipe Fernandez , 42, of Borinquen, Plaza, Rochester, is charged with aggravated unlicensed operation 1st and motor vehicle lights do not meet standards.

Assemblyman Steve Hawley recently met with City of Batavia firefighters Jeff Stevens and Greg Ireland at his Albany office while the firefighters were in town for the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association's 2013 Legislative Conference.

A level-2 sex offender in Genesee County has been arrested and accused of having sex with a child.

Patrick Maxwell Hackett , 44, of West Main Street Road, Batavia, is charged with rape 3rd, unlawful dealing with a child 1st and endangering the welfare of a child.

A Level 2 sex offender has been arrested and accused of having sex with a minor and providing the child with alcohol.

It will be another summer of new commercial development in the Town of Batavia, with three new projects already for Planning Board review, and that doesn't include the expansion project at Batavia Towne Center.