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Congratulations are due the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce for earning the 2012 Excellence in Tourism Award for Visitor Services from the New York State Travel & Vacation Association.

If your thing is trains, Batavia Downs was the place to be Sunday.

There was a big turn out today at St. Joe's for Batavia's Irish Afternoon, featuring music by Penny Whisky and entertainment by the McMahon Irish Dancers

What started as an effort to organize and examine all of the old articles of clothing in the Holland Land Office Museum has turned into a new exhibit displaying the history of WNY wedding dresses.

GO ART!’s popular Salon Series returns this month through May with three programs in Genesee County, all featuring “Rising Stars” -- young artists in our communities.

They were perhaps the most famous family in Batavia. If not, they were certainly the most daring.

"God's Favorite" is loosely based on the biblical Book of Job, with God and Satan making a bet involving a wealthy Long Island businessman whose faith is tempted by a wisecracking messenger from God.

Vermont author Yannick Murphy is visiting Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties as part of the “A Tale for Three Counties” community reading project, which is featuring her novel “The Call” this year.

A plan for Ken Mistler to remodel the patio of the former South Beach Restaurant on Main Street received glowing reviews and eventual approval from members of the city's Design Review Committee on Tuesday.

Maple producers statewide annually open up their operations, allowing visitors to buy their products, and see exactly how maple syrup is made.

The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce received a statewide honor this month for creating a new television promotional channel that airs in local motels and hotels.

"Beauty and the Beast," a tale of love and sacrifice with roots in a 1740s French fairytale, has been told and retold in book, film and stage form over the centuries and around the world.

"Cinderella" will include interactive elements, with some of the action taking place in the audience and down the aisles. Young audience members are also invited to take park in a special way.

On Monday, GO ART! announced gallery exhibits through April.

Pat Burk wasn't thinking long-term when he announced the inaugural Shakespeare in Springtime series a decade ago. As he recalled that first opening night of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the crowd's audible response, he relished the fact that it survived not only those first few years but 10 years and counting.

Fencing is part of the upcoming summer Olympics that are being held in London.

Well-known Rochester musicians Mitzie Collins, on hammered dulcimer, and Roxanne Ziegler, on Celtic harp, will lead a stirring program of old-fashioned hymns and Irish songs, seasoned with a generous helping of lively jigs and reels.

One day, a boss suggested "you're a young man without a wife or child -- you ought to move to America and seek out better opportunities.”

Ever since this past summer, Kathy Jasinski and Anne Marie Starowitz have been up to their necks in crinoline, silk, cotton and tulle.

At a time when institutions across New York are cutting back on arts program, Genesee Community College built a new, modern art gallery.

Some people leave their mark on the land by building highways and shopping centers. Paul Osborn is leaving his mark by making Genesee County's parks more accessible and inviting to visitors.

Once upon a time in a small town and in a small school in Le Roy, a beautiful girl and a stately prince find true love...

Individual game tickets for the seven Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees games will go on sale for the first time on Monday, March 5, when the Dwyer Stadium Box Office opens at 9 a.m.

The arrival of March 1 on the calendar also brings “Arts Awareness Month" to Genesee and Orleans counties.