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Flowers By Dick Burton Inc. has been awarded an FTD Quality Star of Excellence Award for 2011.

Nickelodeon boy band Big Time Rush is planning to bring its Big Time Summer Tour to Darien Lake Theme Park for an Aug. 9 show.

WAR AND PEACE: Barb Toal, project manager for the Batavia Peace Garden to be installed on West Main Street next to Holland Land Office Museum, shows a War of 1812 Peace Garden trail map that features Batavia’s site in between Buffalo and Rochester

Robert Knipe is looking forward to unleashing some of his animal instincts this Sunday afternoon while performing with the Genesee Symphony Orchestra.

The group, featuring 17 student musicians from a half-dozen schools, will be the opening act at the Third Annual Evening of Jazz on March 4 at Stuart Steiner Theater in the Genesee Center for the Arts at Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd., Batavia.

Some local musicians will be giving back while they’re letting the good times roll at HomeCare & Hospice’s Mardi Gras Saturday at Batavia Downs.

Mrs. Richmond presided over the mansion with dignity and grace and was loved by the town as well as by visiting dignitaries.

When Lynn Belluscio first proposed starting a barn quilt project in Le Roy, she was hoping to get 30 or so quilts installed on barns in Le Roy by June.

Learn fascinating facts about the stars, planets and constellations in the night sky during a one-day-only program Saturday, March 3, at Genesee County Park & Forest Interpretive Nature Center.

Hors d’oeuvres, scrumptious desserts, a talented trio of musicians and a basket raffle are on tap for the second annual Cabaret, organizers say.

The rebirth of the Batavia Downs hit another milestone when an expanded smoking room opened Friday at the historic race track on Park Road.

There is a special Civil War exhibit inside the Alfred O'Connell Library at the Batavia campus of Genesee Community College. It's part of a series of activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of America's most divisive conflict.

LE ROY — It’s an opportunity to indulge your sweet tooth and that of a special someone and support the Woodward Memorial Library, 7 Wolcott St., at the same time.

The snowmobilers are pretty unhappy with winter in 2012 so far, but the golfers don't mind. About 80 people showed up at Terry Hills today to get in a round on a course that is usually covered inches deep or more in snow this time of year.

The Genesee Center for the Arts is delighted to be welcoming the First Family of Western New York's country music scene, the Ramblin' Lou Family Band. Special guest will be Canadian "Polka King" -- Walter Ostanek.

Batavia Downs Casino is pleased to announce the opening of its newly expanded gaming floor. With construction complete, it now boasts 640 machines in the entire facility, up from just over 600.

Genesee Community College continues its Civil War history lecture series in the spring with four more talks, beginning Tuesday.

BATAVIA -- Batavia Players Inc. will reach two milestones during its 2012 season. The just-started season is the 80th for the community theater troupe, which will also present its 10th "Shakespeare in Springtime" production.

The Seneca chief, known by his people at Do-ne-bo-ga-wa, was a Civil War officer and the writer of the Terms of Surrender at Appomattox Court House.

A new, free brochure is now available from the Genesee County tourism office called the "War of 1812 Bicentennial Peace Garden Trail" map.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe.

The Le Roy Community Pool will re-open this summer.

Water parks in the middle of winter?! Yes! Indoor water parks are the rage in our area when it's cold outside. There are some good ones including a new one!

Nels Jorgensen isn't pretentious about pursuing the hobby he loves.