Evening News Brief
Written by Dan Fischer on October 22, 2021
Early voting gets underway tomorrow for Batavia and Genesee County and will run through October 31st.
The only local site for early voting is the Arc GLOW Community Center on Woodrow Road in Batavia. This site serves as the early voting location for the City of Batavia and all Genesee County towns.
The hours of early voting for tomorrow are Noon to 5pm.
Voting continues, at various times, daily until October 31st.
The schedule on dates and times came be found HERE.
While you are welcome to vote early, there are few choices in this local election. Most races feature candidates who are running unopposed.
In the city of Batavia, voters will select three councilmen at large from a field of four candidates. The field includes incumbents Gene Jankowski, Bob Bialkowski and Jeremy Karas, all Republicans and the lone Democrat on the ballot is Erica O’Donnell. The top three vote getters are elected.
County wide, voters will elect a county court judge. The lone candidate is Republican Melissa Cianfrini (sin-free-nee) a former Assistant District Attorney.
The lone candidate or Genesee County District Attorney is Kevin Finnell.
All nine members of the Genesee County legislature are running for re-election and all are Republicans, and all are running unopposed.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 2nd.
Shiela Taylor
Some statewide recognition for a Direct Care Specialist for the Arc GLOW.
Sheila Taylor has been selected to receive the Thomas A. Maul award for excellence. Only four persons in the state are chosen to receive the award from hundreds of nominations.
Sheila works at a home for Livingston County for Developmentally disabled individuals. Arc GLOW is made up of the recently merged Arc Chapters in Genesee, Orleans, Livingston and Wyoming Counties.
The Buffalo Sabres are back on the ice tonight as they look to continue their perfect start to the brand-new season. The three-and-oh Sabres are hosting the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center.
Face-off for tonight’s contest is scheduled for 7 p-m.
