Upton Monument News Today

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

Image Command Sergeant Major William Joyce (U.S. Army, Retired) of Pembroke, and the Genesee County Veterans Services Officer, upon his induction into the New York Senate Veterans Hall of Fame on

BATAVIA - It was a normal day at work for attorney Gerald O. Williams, with a timely exception. He wore the Army uniform that hes kept all these years.

Renee Henning won The Batavian's guitar giveaway contest at Monday's Batavia Muckdogs game at Dwyer Stadium.  Contestants were asked to draw an Eagle in order to enter, and the winner was selected by

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Genesee County veterans gathered today at the locations and landmarks associated with the local men and women who served the nation in times of war and peace. The ceremonies started at 9 a.m. at Genesee County Park, where former Assemblyman Dan Burling was the keynote speaker and he celebrated the freedom that the men and women who served helped secure. "We just had an

U.S. Air Force airmen stand guard as a Memorial Day vigil at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, or the Upton Monument, this morning at Ellicott Street and Main in Batavia.

U.S. Air Force airmen stand guard as a Memorial Day vigil at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, or the Upton Monument, this morning at Ellicott Street and Main in Batavia.

My life in the teen years growing up in Batavia in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a mix of trying to please my parents and teachers while also attempting to be more independent. Of course, this is true of young teens pretty much anywhere at any time. My friends and what they thought and did became all-consuming it seemed. When I was 10 and going into the fifth grade, we