Axcess Ontario Announces Sale to Empire Access

County Road 23 at McIvor/Fort Hill Rd Closing starting 6/24 for approx. 10 weeks

Phelps - Ontario County Department of Public Works will close the County Road 23/McIvor Road & Fort Hill Road intersection beginning at 7:00 a.m. June 24, 2019 for approximately ten (10) weeks as work crews complete improvements at the intersection. &...

Update: September 24, 2018

Harvesting has
concluded for the 2018 season.  The crew will pick up weed fragments collectedinto rows or piles at shore through October 15 where access allows. Aquatic plants will continue to be cut by boat
propellers and w...

Weed Pickup Delayed by Unexpected Truck Repairs

The AVMP’s six-wheel dump truck broke down this week and parts have been ordered.  The 2018 operations were originally scheduled to start July 2, however, the crew hoped to meet several individual/neighborhood requests for early harvest...

Update August 4, 2015

Harvesting operations for the first part of August will focus on areas between California Ranch and Francis Tract on the west side of Honeoye Lake, and between Burns Point and Honeoye Park (Times Union) on the east side. Sonar data collected by volunteers...Read on...

Update July 28, 2015. Harvester launched to work at town park.

Sandy Bottom Beach was closed today due to an algal bloom, but is scheduled to reopen tomorrow. The area west of the swimming beach is clogged today with floating vegetation blown in from south winds. Working with the Town of Richmond, our crew will use t...Read on...

Update July 27, 2015: Blue Green Algae Seminar August 5 at HWS, Geneva

Interested in learning more about blue green algae and harmful algal blooms (HABS)? Copy this link into your browser for information on an upcoming educational opportunity close to home in Ontario County.

http://www.greenupstateny.org/event-1987450

...Read on...

Harvesting Update July 23, 2015

In six days of harvesting, the crew pulled an estimated 120 wet tons of vegetation from the lake, or 22 loads. All targeted areas have been harvested. Fragments raked up by residents were removed from several shoreline properties. Harvested material was d...Read on...

Sheriff Henderson announces arrest in Phelps homicide

An arrest has been made in the death of Jean Carlos RentasFigeuroa, 28 of Rochester, who was found dead on August 13th on Rt. 96 in the Town of Phelps. Omar Antonio Martinez-Salome 28, of Rochester is charged with Murder in the second degree. A second sus...

New Vehicle Graphics

Press Release

June 11, 2019

Sheriff Kevin Henderson introduces the new graphics for the 2019 sheriff’s vehicle fleet. The current vehicle graphics has been on the sheriff’s vehicles since 1999, after 20 years and Sheriff Henderson wanted...

Remember to keep your pets cool this summer!

Hot Dogs are not cool!  Even on a mild day, temperatures in a parked vehicle can quickly rise to over 100 degrees.  Cracking the window is not enough to save your animal from heat exhaustion, stroke or even death.

Ontario County STOP-DWI and DMV Partnership!

"Casual" Friday is back at the Ontario County DMV but with a twist!  This August, the Ontario County STOP-DWI Program and the Ontario County DMV are partnering with the message "STOP IMPAIRED DRIVING" and designate a driver. &...