It was “getting to know you” time in Genesee County Monday as Governor David Paterson met for the first time with western New York farmers. Two-hundred farmers gathered at the Genesee County Fairgrounds in Batavia.

A college baseball coach, who suffered a serious head injury this week, has been released from Strong Hospital. SUNY Oswego Baseball Coach Frank Paino has returned home to Oswego. He was hit with a line drive during a game against St. John Fisher Thursday. He was not wearing a helmet.

New numbers from the FBI say major crime in one local county seat has dropped to its lowest level in five years. The Lyons Police Department in Wayne County has been working to lower the village crime rate for some time. But up until last year, the crime rate kept going up.

A coalition of business and trade organizations fighting for upstate development is worried that the changes the governor plans to make to the Empire State Development Corporation could affect the businesses and jobs coming to our area.

A coalition of business and trade organizations fighting for upstate development is worried that the changes the governor plans to make to the Empire State Development Corporation could affect the businesses and jobs coming to our area.