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BATAVIA - OLacys Irish Pub got off to a good start with a surprise opening Wednesday under new ownership, staff said Thursday.

Of all the various items in a city budget—from personnel and medical insurance to sidewalk replacement, facilities upkeep, and community celebrations—one department, in particular, weighed heavy on

BATAVIA — It’s too early to discuss the menu or any other specifics regarding the potentially reopening of O’Lacy’s Irish Pub, but there may be a formal purchase next month.

City of Batavia's superintendents of Maintenance and Water/Wastewater Scott Allen, left, and Tom Phelps far right, flank Public Works Director Brett Frank during Wednesday's final budget session at

Taking their oaths of office are, from left, Tammy Schmidt, David Twichell, Derek Geib, Paul Viele, Kathy Briggs and Al McGinnis during City Council's organizational meeting Monday at City Hall.Photo

Image File Photo of Downtown Batavia by Howard Owens. Batavia’s downtown Business Improvement District members would like to spend some of their more than $220,000 capital account to enhance the

Image File photo of Derek Geib in 2019, when he first opened The Coffee Press on Jackson Street in Batavia.Photo by Howard Owens. It’s not a very exciting election year in Genesee County, as the two

Image Derek Geib, left, a member of the city's Planning & Development Committee, discusses a new Burger King location with Real Estate Manager Doug Beachel and site engineer Patrick Mahoney during the

Image Batavia's City Planning and Development Committee members, left, David Beatty, Ed Flynn, Duane Preston, John Ognibene and Derek Geib discuss plans for a new Burger King location with site

During the downtown annual beer walk, an out-of-town participant won a gift card, which not only brought her back, but she had her whole family in tow. They shopped at Empire Hemp and booked a massage at The Spa at Artemis, promising to return for dinner and stop into Valle Jewelers to browse and hopefully purchase some of the shop’s dazzling items on display. That is perhaps