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Image Artist David Burke with a past mural at The Goose in Oakfield funded by a GO ART! grant, and 2024 SCR recipient. Submitted File Photo After a thorough and time-consuming process that involves a

Lt. Col. Todd M. “Sparky ” Randall, age 69, of Batavia, N.Y., (formerly of Greensburg, Pa.), passed away Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, 2023, at United Memorial Medical Center.

This past year has been a year of firsts for Genesee-Orleans Regional Art Council. The nonprofit gave out $147,000 through its regrant program and $210,000 through COVID relief funding, both more than what’s been doled out in the past, Executive Director Gregory Hallock says. Better known as GO ART!, it has grown exponentially with the number and variety of programs offered

The Genesee Orleans Regional Arts Council, GO Art!, handed out $107,000 in grants to about three dozen arts organizations and artists on Thursday. These "re-grants" are state-sponsored and in a program designed by the Legislature to promote the arts in every region in the state. All 62 counties in the state have organizations that are in charge of ensuring the grants are