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Thursday, March 28, 2013  A 31-year-old upstate New York woman has been sentenced to from 1 2/3 to 5 years in state prison for falsely claiming she had breast cancer and accepting thousands of dollars raised on her behalf.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Dynamax, an image-sensory developer in Homer, is moving to Canandaigua after considering options overseas.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  An upstate New York man who admitted embezzling more than $71,000 from a Finger Lakes civic center where he was executive director has been sentenced to from one to three years in prison.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A 30-year-old upstate New York woman has admitted falsely claiming she had breast cancer and accepting thousands of dollars raised on her behalf.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  An upstate New York man has admitted embezzling more than $71,000 from a Finger Lakes civic center where he was executive director.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  State police say a court clerk in the Finger Lakes has been charged with pilfering $1,000.

Monday, December 10, 2012  A Geneva woman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after her children were found to have been left alone in a car.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Authorities say more than two dozen cats and dogs have died in a fire at a dog breeder's home in western New York.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Former Canandaigua Daily Messenger editor Bob Matson dies at the age of 53.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 75-year-old school bus driver in western New York is being credited with fighting off two pit bulls after they attacked a woman and her family's dog as she pushed her grandson in a stroller.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  Police say two people have been killed in a head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck pulling a horse trailer in western New York.

Friday, August 10, 2012  Police say a 3-year-old boy has died after a personal watercraft he was riding on with his mother hit a concrete break wall on an upstate New York lake.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A Canandaigua man racked up a handful of charges, including DWI, after he led police on chase through Volney and Fulton Thursday evening.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Police are asking for information about a fight that may have been connected to the death of a 66-year-old man whose body was found in the Canandaigua Lake outlet.

Friday, June 01, 2012  A 30-year-old western New York woman has been accused of falsely claiming she had breast cancer and accepting more than $20,000 raised on her behalf.