The Geneva Panthers opened their season with an 18-point win over the Greece-Olympia Spartans. Geneva was pretty much in control the entire game. They never trailed and outscored Greece-Olympia in every quarter but the fourth. On the girls side, the Red Creek Rams improved to 3-0 after beating the Sodus Spartans by 44 points, Isabella... more

Live High School Basketball on FingerLakes1.com returns with the opening night of the Finger Lakes Tip-Off Classic at Newark High School on Thursday night. The first game features the Canandaigua Braves taking on their rival Victor Blue Devils followed by a match-up of the top two teams in the FL1 Sports preseason Power Rankings as... more

Six years ago, a motorcycle crash almost killed Dave Murphy. Th collision with another vehicle left Murphy — a longtime member of the Paul L. Murphy & Son Funeral Home in Newark — at Strong Memorial Hospital with a multitude of injuries — from fractured vertebrae in his back and neck to two broken shoulder... more

Last night was the opening round of the Finger Lakes Tip-Off Classic at Newark High School. The first game featured the Canandaigua Braves taking on their rival, the Victor Blue Devils. Victor dominated the whole game, defeating Canandaigua by 33 points. That game was followed by a match-up of the top two teams in the FL1 Sports preseason... more

There were just two Wayne-Finger Lakes boys basketball games on Wednesday. One of the games featured the Dundee Scotsman and the Hammondsport Lakers. The Scotsman led the entire game until the Lakers took a one-point lead with just two seconds remaining in the game. That ended up being the difference. Dundee suffered their third consecutive... more

For most of us, we are wrapping up several days of feasting. But a recent visit to the Newark Free Lunch Program in the basement of the Emmanuel United Methodist Church is a sobering reminder that a good, hot meal is harder for others to come by. At noon every Tuesday through Thursday, volunteers serve... more

Officials announced the start of a complete renovation and rebuild of the playground at the Perkins School in Newark. The project is the result of the Newark Central School District receiving state approval, and lower-than-expected costs to the first two phases of the project, according to Ed Gnau, who serves as Assistant Superintendent of Business in the district. more

New York State Police have announced the arrest of a man formerly from Newark, Wayne County for inappropriately touching children. Gerard Wilson, 69, now lives in Warrenville, South Carolina. State Police say his arrest comes from allegations from 2018. He’s been charged with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Forcible Touching.... more

The Macedon Police Department reported the arrests of three people on Wednesday (11/20) at approximately 7:00 p.m. The Macedon Walmart security summoned police to a larceny in progress at the Walmart store on Route 31. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Store security observed the three people taking off various pieces of old clothing and replacing it... more

On Thanksgiving morning, dozens of runners and walkers will hit the road to burn off calories ahead of the day’s feast. In what has become a Newark community tradition, the annual 5-mile Newark Turkey Day Race begins at 9 a.m. Nov. 28 in front of Central Park on South Main Street. Registration and packet pickup... more

The Canandaigua Police Department reports the arrest of a 27-year-old Newark resident as part of an ongoing drug investigation. Police say Joshua Richardson, 27, of Newark was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony. Richardson is accused of selling a large amount of cocaine while in the city, according to police,... more

Money Will Have Big Impact On Students – By Josh Durso This one could make a big difference. The Newark Central School District won a $3.75 million, five-year School Climate and Transformation Grant, which it will share with two other Wayne County school districts to help improve behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for students. Red... more

For the third year in a row, a wonderfully-inspirational evening concert salute was performed for area veterans November 7th and it was attended by more than 500 people. NHS instrumental music teacher Robert Humphrey and NHS vocal music teacher Kate Flock were delighted. The concert featured American patriotic music performed by the NHS Concert Band and... more

Sheriff Barry Virts reports the arrest of a Newark man following an investigation into a domestic incident in the Town of Marion. Jacob Follett, 32, of Newark was charged with felony aggravated family offense, endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of criminal mischief, criminal trespass, obstruction of breathing, and harassment. Sheriff Virts reports... more

While residents, officials, and stakeholders in Seneca Falls were celebrating the prospect of a $10 million victory through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative — another community in the running was already looking ahead optimistically. The Village of Newark was named a finalist this year — and had been reported as a strong contender in 2018. While... more

Jeffery Garrett’s candid recollection about not that many years ago being a Newark High School student at the annual Academic Excellence Awards dinner and not having a clue about what really wanted to do after high school, may have brought a welcome sigh of relief to students at this year’s event who may be grappling... more

Three Newark High School students are members of the 2019-20 Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, the highest-level youth orchestra in The Hochstein School’s four-tier youth orchestra program. They are NHS junior and French horn player Rachel George, who is the HYSO Principal Horn, NHS junior Joshua Mercer, a percussionist and Elijah Malach, a sophomore at NHS who... more

Newark parent Amy Hernandez says both her students were taught by Shawn Flanagan in school, and both looked up to him. “Anytime the kids came into school, they wanted to go to Mr. Flanagan’s room in the morning before class, they wanted to go after school,” said Hernandez. Flanagan was found dead in his home... more

As of this month, every single one of Newark Central School District’s 2,100 students has a 1:1 computing device that allows offline access to class work, stored files and other educational materials as well as pre-filtered use of the Internet. It also enables them to digitally communicate with their teachers and vice versa. Pre-K through... more

A group of Newark students and parents rallied outside the Newark Police Department on Saturday, calling for police to address misinformation about the investigation into former Newark Teacher, Shawn Flanagan. Shawn Flanagan was found dead in his home on Thursday after he didn’t show up for work. The 45-year-old was a biomedical science teacher at... more