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Capping off a 'tremendous experience' after 16 years
He may not have been a City of Batavia resident for long before being appointed city historian, but whatever Larry Barnes may have lacked in residential longevity, he made up for with a growing...
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In the age of silver screens, Batavia residents had several options to go out...
As baby boomers, the Mancuso and Dipson theaters were essential to our childhoods. A Saturday afternoon in the 50s and 60s would be spent at one of these theaters. If we took our pop bottles to your...
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HLOM History: Colgrove and Ryan’s Meat Market once leading source of meats...
During the first half of the 20th century, most Batavia families purchased their main courses from one source for all their meals big and small, Colgrove and Ryan’s Meat Market. The store became the...
View ArticleNew book, 'The Other Oakfields,' available from the Oakfield Historical Society
Press Release:The Oakfield Historical Society has a new book “The Other Oakfields” (Who Knew) by Darlene K. Warner. The book is available at the Oakfield Family Pharmacy.The book highlights East...
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Tenney bill could help maintain and preserve Upton Monument, and war...
Rep. Claudia Tenney, at the site of the Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Monument in Batavia.Photo by Howard Owens. Take any object -- a house, office building, highway, bridge, car -- all will...
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Batavian's journey to trace roots leads to Italy, pauper's plot, enlightened...
Jim Morasco and Sharon Burkel stand in front of the pauper's plot at Batavia Cemetery on a sunny Monday on Harvester Avenue in Batavia. Photo by Joanne Beck Although it’s fair to say the Rev. James...
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Chamber Awards: Director and staff have brought history to life at HLOM
Holland Land Office Museum Executive Director Ryan Duffy, left, and Curator Tyler Angora. Photo by Howard Owens Perhaps an 11-year-old Ryan Duffy could have predicted that he’d be championing the...
View ArticleHistorical Society meeting in Stafford canceled
Tonight's meeting of the Stafford Historical Society, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., has been canceled.It has not yet been rescheduled.
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HLOM History: The brief ride of the trolley service in Batavia
A trolley car with conductors that ran the length of Main Street from 1903-1927.Submitted photo. Much of Batavia’s growth in the nineteenth and early twentieth century can be attributed to its...
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'Historic Chronicles' debuts Monday, author talk and book-signing April 27
Michael Eula, 2023 file photo.Photo by Howard Owens. After talking to The Batavian in November 2023 about the premise and subject matter of his latest book, “Historic Chronicles of Genesee County,”...
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