Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
Akron Central Superintendent of Schools Andrea Kersten Taylor shared her 2025-2026 goals with the Board of Education during their November 5 meeting. Taylor indicated that the goals are designed to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) and are aligned to the Board of Education Goals and the Akron CSD 2025–2028 Strategic Plan.
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The udefeated in league and #1 seed Akron Varsity Field Hockey Team is headed into the playoffs. They will their first sectional playoff game Monday, November 3, against Eden, on the Alden High School turf field — game time is 6:00 p.m. This team has battled all season long with heart, grit, and teamwork — earning the top seed in the Class C playoff bracket and the chance to make another deep postseason run. All are invited to make plans to attend this game that promises to be competitive! “Wear your orange and black and support this team with some
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Town of Newstead voters have several seats to fill in the current election with early voting underway at various locations including the lower level of the Akron Village Hall, Main Street and your designated polling place on election day, November 4, 2025, however, only one is contested. Two candidates are seeking the position of Town of Newstead Highway Superintendent, incumbent Michael Bassennello and Gary Baehr, a veteran member of the Town Highway Department.
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Due to Springville forfeiting the game, the Friday, October 24th, Akron Varsity football game against the Griffins has been canceled. But Tiger Spirit is STRONG! You are invited to come out to honor our senior players and cheerleaders at 5:30 PM on the football field. Ethan Robinson will give an encore rendition of the national anthem. Stay tuned for the Tigers’ post-season contests. Go Tigers!
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FIRE SAFETY WEEK – Akron Central Elementary School students participated in Fire Safety Week activities October 7-10, 2025. The District and those who had an opportunity to participate send a “Thank you” to the volunteers from the Akron and Newstead Fire Companies and Akron Ladies Auxiliary members who provided students with life lessons in fire prevention and safety. The Akron Fire Company once again brought its Fire Safety House and rescue truck to help with its demonstrations
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Akron Central School Board of Education members adopted goals for the 25-26 school year during their October 1 Board meeting. The goals were developed at a Board workshop and build on last year’s goals. The Board Philosophy serving as a foundation for the goals is: “As a board, we are committed to remaining fiscally conservative, focused on long-term sustainability for facilities, transportation and personnel that best benefits the instruction and experiences of our students.”
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This Halloween season, the Akron Chamber of Commerce. with the support of village merchants, plans to “spook up” the Main Street business district by sponsoring a scarecrow contest. Walking down Main Street this month you can see many different scarecrow types all designed and put up by various area businesses. Those not located on Main Street are also invited to set up a scarecrow on Main Street. Some scarecrows already in place include a pirate skeleton (pictured left), Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (pictured right), and the headless horseman (pictured middle). All of these scarecrows will be put up from
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The Akron Central School year began last week with inspirational messages for students and staff. Board of Education President Erik Polkowski delivered “an inspiring Opening Address that perfectly set the tone for our year ahead, focused on leadership and the dreams of our students,” Superintendent of Schools Andrea Kersten Taylor told Board of Education members at their meeting on September 3. Noting what she described as a Historic Milestone Kersten said. “We celebrated Mary Borden’s remarkable 50th first day of school, with her family joining us for this incredible achievement. Continuing Excellence Mary becomes our second teacher in two years to
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East Pembroke, Millgrove, Newstead, Akron, and Wolcottsville were among local fire companies called to assist following a serious bus crash on the NYS Thruway Friday afternoon. The New York State Police are investigating the crash that occurred on Interstate 90 eastbound between exits 48A and 49 in the town of Pembroke, Genesee County. Preliminary reports indicate the bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, overturned. Multiple individuals have been injured, with several confirmed fatalities. Emergency personnel, including State Police, local first responders, and multiple medical helicopters, are on scene providing aid and transporting victims to area hospitals. The tour bus was
Read moreThe Akron Police Department has learned of a text messaging campaign that appears to be a data collection agency. The campaign asks residents of Akron to click a link and answer a survey. APD is encouraging everyone to delete and not click on any links from unknown senders.
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