Finger Lakes Life

Carol Urbaitis, Finger Lakes Community College's vice president of enrollment management and a Canandaigua resident, has been named a 2026 Icon Honors recipient by the Rochester Business Journal. FLCC said in an … more: FLCC vice president Carol Urbaitis named to Rochester Icon Honors

Schuyler County veterans and service members can seek free advice on civil legal matters at an Oct. 28 clinic in Montour Falls, with a separate Cornell Law School hotline available for those … more: Schuyler veterans can seek free civil legal advice at Oct. 28 clinic

It’s late in the evening on All Hallow’s Eve, 1865, and a group of vigilantes in central New York approach the Loomis Farm to rid the family of their evil mischief and … more: The Loomis Gang: Crime, revenge, and a deadly Halloween in Central New York

After more than two decades helping patients and teaching new nurses, Eileen Arnau found herself relying on some of those former students during treatment for breast cancer. Arnau, a Rochester Regional Health … more: Rochester nurse shares breast cancer treatment journey

Holly Jean Buck, a Cornell University doctoral alumna whose work examines climate policy and rural communities, is among 20 people selected for a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship. The fellowship carries an unrestricted … more: Cornell alumna Holly Jean Buck wins MacArthur fellowship

Soprano Dawn Upshaw will perform with Cornell University students in a free public concert Oct. 22 at Barnes Hall in Ithaca. The 7:30 p.m. program is part of her visit to … more: Dawn Upshaw to perform with Cornell students in Ithaca Oct. 22

Two female African penguins have joined Seneca Park Zoo’s public habitat, bringing its colony to 28 birds after weeks of quarantine and introductions to potential mates. Bay and Coriander moved into the … more: Two African penguins join Seneca Park Zoo’s colony

The Auburn Symphony Orchestra will present a free concert Nov. 1 featuring music from the 18th through 21st centuries, including a work commissioned for the orchestra. “A Musical Journey Across the … more: Auburn Symphony plans free Nov. 1 concert spanning four centuries of music

A fever that lasts more than three days, reaches 103 degrees or comes with troubling symptoms warrants medical attention, according to University of Rochester Medicine's guidance for adults. In its fever explainer, … more: UR Medicine explains when a fever needs medical attention

Nearly 600 Keuka College students took part in a daylong wellness program that included presentations on mental health, financial management and substance use, according to the college’s account of Passport to Wellness. … more: Keuka wellness event draws nearly 600 students

Hobart and William Smith Colleges ranked seventh nationally for both alumni network and internship access in The Princeton Review’s 2027 Best Value Colleges lists, according to an announcement from the Geneva colleges. … more: HWS ranks seventh for alumni network and internship access

Cayuga County will hold a grand opening for its relocated Department of Motor Vehicles office at 25 Dill St. in Auburn at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. The temporary DMV office at … more: Cayuga County DMV sets Oct. 13 grand opening on Dill Street

The Watkins-Montour Rotary Club will hold its annual community blood screening Nov. 7 at the Clute Park Community Center in Watkins Glen, offering appointments for a Quest Diagnostics blood analysis through AMBA … more: Watkins-Montour Rotary plans Nov. 7 blood screening

Photographers can submit work Oct. 29-31 for a juried art exhibition at Artworks Gallery in Seneca Falls, with the show opening Nov. 6 and running through Dec. 3, according to the Seneca … more: Artworks Gallery seeks entries for juried photo show

SUNY Geneseo's first group in a student-support program includes 150 students across 31 majors, with more than 90% of them the first in their families to attend college. The Advancing Completion through Engagement … more: SUNY Geneseo ACE program serves 150 students in first cohort

Keuka College has named four instructors to its fall STAR Faculty Panel, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Hawkins Lounge of the Dahlstrom Student Center. The forum focuses on … more: Keuka College names panelists for Oct. 14 faculty forum

Auburn's historic and cultural organizations will share preservation work, recent accomplishments and future plans at a free State of the Sites program Thursday, Oct. 15. The event returns after more than a … more: Auburn brings back State of the Sites with free Oct. 15 program

A Hobart and William Smith Colleges graduate who spent more than four decades as a pediatric reconstructive surgeon will return to campus next week to explain how three-dimensional thinking shapes both … more: HWS alum to discuss surgery and sculpture in Geneva

Indigenous students at Cornell University are sharing how plants connect their families, cultures and communities in a new exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens that will remain on display through the end of 2027. … more: Cornell exhibit connects Indigenous students’ stories with plants

The Finger Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce says its September harvest celebration in Penn Yan raised more money than any previous edition of the fundraiser, though it did not release a dollar … more: FLX Chamber harvest fundraiser sets record in Penn Yan

More than 100 Ontario County residents age 60 and older attended the county Office for the Aging's summer picnic Sept. 18 at John Brown Memorial Park in Clifton Springs. The Office … more: Ontario County senior picnic draws more than 100 to Clifton Springs