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

Like the Canalside Mobile Home Park in Lyons, the Sandhill Mobile Home Park in Newark is facing it’s share of issues. Terry Russell has been a resident of Sandhill for five years, and for three of those years, he says he’s had major raw sewage issues. “When it rains, the neighbor’s septic comes up in... more

You could say that every one of the 474 sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Newark Middle School have all recently been on the same page. That’s because they’re all reading “Restart,” by children and young adults fiction writer Gordon Korman about a 13-year-old Middle School bully and football team star named Chase Ambrose who... more

A Waterloo man has been accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old, according to reports out of Wayne County. According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Casey Tourtellotte, 38, was charged with first-degree sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. The information was listed on the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office mobile app. The information... more

A Lyons couple were arrested early Sunday morning following an investigation of a domestic incident. The Wayne County Sheriff’s arrested Robert Debout, 29, and Jessica Vanopdurp, 30, for endangering the welfare of a child. Deputies say they found a large amount of marijuana hanging in a closet in a child’s bedroom. Debout and Vanopdurp were released on appearance... more

Newark High School junior Rachel George, who earned a near perfect score of 99 for her French Horn solo last spring at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) solo festival, has been selected to participate in NYSSMA’s All-State Conference in Rochester December 5-8 at the Rochester Convention Center. George, who has been playing... more

Rehearsals are underway for the Newark High School Drams Club’s October 10 &11 performances of “Argonautika.” “Argonautika” is the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece that features some well known Greek mythology characters such as Athena, Hera, Aphrodite, Eros, Hercules, and Medea. “I was really drawn to this script because there is a true... more

For the third year in a row, the Newark High School Music Department will host an inspirational salute in honor of American’s truest heroes at a Veterans’ Day Concert and reception November 7th at 7:30 p.m. The event will begin with a patriotic music concert in the auditorium featuring NHS bands and choirs and conclude... more

Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts said all law enforcement agencies in the county will take part in the Oct. 26 national pharmaceutical collection day. Expired, unused and unwanted medication will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at these locations: Clyde Police Department — Galen’s Express Lane, 17 Sodus St. Sheriff’s Office — Lyons National Bank,... more

A local fire chief is facing felony charges following an investigation into stolen bingo money from the department and community he served. Troopers say that 27-year-old Kyle M. Verstraete, of Newark was charged with falsifying business records, a felony; as well as one count of petit larceny. It’s allegedly that Verstraete, while serving as Marbletown... more

Morning television feature reporter Michael Schwartz is visiting and spotlighting a different high school every Friday morning on Good Day Rochester’s early “Friday Morning Lights” segments through the end of October to talk to the students, athletes and club members. On September 27th, the Newark Reds were gearing up for the Big Homecoming Weekend Friday... more