Resource & Relocation Guide

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3 Table Of Contents 4-5 Newcomer Information 6 Help Hotlines 7 Health & Hospitals 9 Local Education 11 Things To Do 14 State Information 15 County History Wayne County Map Lyons City Map 24 Home Buyer Information 27 Buyer Mistakes 29 How Much Can You Afford 33 Tips to Selling Your Home 34 Packing Tips 35 Moving Checklist 36 Homefinder Notepad Skyline Publishing Project Coordinator: Dean Zehr Ad Designer: Jeremy Newel Book Designer: Linda Swindler 2 3

4 Newcomer Information Post Offices US Post Office 1 Pearl St. Lyons, NY (315) US Post Office 300 S. Main St. Newark, NY (315) US Post Office 522 E. Main St. Palmyra, NY (315) Wayne County Sheriff State Highway 31, #1000 Lyons, NY - (315) Police Fire US Post Office 4133 Mill St. Pulteney, NY (315) Courthouse US Post Office 3785 S. Main Marion, NY (315) Wayne County Courthouse 54 Broad St. Lyons, NY (315) Clyde Police 6 S. Park St. Clyde, NY (315) Lyons Police 72 Williams St. Lyons, NY (315) Macedon Police 1620 Wayneport Rd. Macedon, NY (315) Sodus Village Police 14 Mill St # 2 Sodus, NY (315) Fairville Fire 2963 New York 88 Newark, NY (315) Lincoln Fire 719 Plank Rd. Ontario, NY (315) Lyons Fire 23 Water St. Lyons, NY (315) Marion Fire 3786 Mill St. Marion, NY (315) Ontario Fire 6160 Walter Cone Dr. Ontario, NY (315) Sodus Center Fire 5521 Main St. Sodus Center, NY (315) Utilities Sodus Point Water Dept. (315) NYSEG (800) Frontier Communications (315) Newark Police 100 E. Miller St. Newark, NY (315) Macedon Fire 1 Canal Park Macedon, NY (315) Wayne County Water Authority (315) Suburban Propane (315) Superior Plus Energy Services (315) TDS Telecom (315) Palmyra Police 144 E. Main St. Palmyra, NY (315) Marbletown Fire 6416 Silver Hill Rd. Newark, NY (315)

5 6 7 Health & Hospitals Wayne County Health Department 1519 Nye Rd.. Suite 200 Lyons, NY (315) Dial 911for Emergencies Newark-Wayne Community Hospital 1200 Driving Park Ave. Newark, NY (315) Sodus Internal Medicine 6692 Middle Rd. #1100 Sodus, NY (315)

6 Local s Cato-Meridian Central (315) North Rose-Wolcott Central (315) Sodus Central (315) Clyde-Savannah Central (315) Gananda Central (315) Lyons Central (315) Marion Central (315) Newark Central (315) Palmyra-Macedon Central (315) Penfield Central (585) Phelps-Clifton Springs Central (315) Port Byron Central (315) Red Creek Central (315) Victor Central (585) Wayne Central (315) Webster Central (585) Williamson Central (315) When Registering Your Children For School, Please Remember To Bring: Current Immunization Record & Birth Certificate Name & Address Of Last School Attended Last Report Card & Any Scores Obtained From Standardized Tests Colleges & Universities Hobart William Smith Colleges 300 Pulteney St. Geneva, NY (315) Finger Lakes Community College 1100 Technology Pkwy. Newark, NY (315) Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES- School of Practical Nursing 131 Drumlin Ct. Newark, NY (315) New York Chiropractic College 2360 New York 89 Seneca Falls, NY 8 9

7 Wayne County Artisans' Loft 4135 Mill St. Pultneyville, NY (315) Kuk Sool Won Of NY W. Main St. Wolcott, NY (315) Sportworks Family Fun Park 180 Route 31 Macedon, NY (315) Reduce Ṙeuse. Recycle. Americans throw away 25,000,000 plastic bottles every hour Clingerman's Wildlife Museum 4995 Brick Schoolhouse Rd. North Rose, NY (315) Doug Kent's Rose Bowl Lanes 725 W. Miller St. Newark, NY (315) Eagle Ridge Sports LLC 4794 Route 104 Williamson, NY (315) Erie Canal Depot 136 Market St. Palmyra, NY (315) Heritage Square Museum 7147 Ontario Center Rd. Ontario, NY (315) Lukacs Pottery Studios 7060 State Route 14 Sodus Point, NY (315) Marion Museum 3827 N. Main St. Marion, NY (315) Museum of Wayne Co. History 21 Butternut St. Lyons, NY (315) Newark Pilots Baseball 1160 E. Union St. Newark, NY (315) Ohmann Theatre 65 William St. Lyons, NY (315) Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum 7606 N. Ontario St. Sodus Point, NY (315) The Amazing Maize Maze 1342 Eddy Rd. Macedon, NY (315) Wayne County Fair 250 W. Jackson St. Palmyra, NY (315) William Phelps General Store Museum 140 Market St. Palmyra, NY (315) and so much more! Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it. The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day and about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your ipod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks. Inspire Moore Winery & Tasting Room Ridge Rd. North Rose, NY (585) Joseph Smith Farm 863 Stafford Rd. Palmyra, NY (315) Katie Acres Alpacs & Country Gift Shop 4864 Arcadia Zurich Norris Rd. Sodus, NY (315) Palmyra Historical Museum 132 Market St. Palmyra, NY (315) Spencer Speedway 3020 Route 104 Williamson, NY (315) Dock Rentals Davenport & Son Boat Livery 9667 Resort Rd. North Rose, NY (315)

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9 New York The Empire State Named in honor of the English Duke of York, New York State joined the Union July as the 11th State of The United States. The State Motto is Excelsior, which means ever upwards. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were roughly similar to those of the present-day state. About one third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War took place in New York. The state constitution was enacted in Both the state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland. New York City alone, makes up over 40 percent of the population of New York state. It is known for its status as a center for finance and culture and for its status as the largest gateway for immigration to the United States. Capital: Albany Population: 19,570,261 State Bird: Eastern Bluebird State Flower: Rose State Tree: Sugar Maple State Song: I Love New York - State Facts - State Insect: Nine-Spotted Ladybug Highest Point: Mt. Marcy, 5,344 ft. Area: 54,475 sq mi Largest City: New York City Entered the Union: July 26, 1788 Top Industries: International Trade, Finance, etc. Wayne County History Wayne County, originally included in lands of Ontario and Seneca Counties, became a separate county on April 11, The county s history actually begins long before Little has been written about the early Indians who lived in and around Wayne County. When the first white pioneers arrived in 1789, it does not appear that there were any major Indian settlements in this area. Rather, the Indian made hunting and fishing trips into this region where bear, wolf, deer and a wide variety of fish could be found in large quantities. Sodus Bay was a favorite fishing spot and a well-worn trail extended from its shores to the head of Cayuga Lake, where the Indians hapermanent homes. Artifacts found throughout the county, and especially in the town of Savannah, indicate that Indians, at one time, did have permanent or seasonal camps in the area. In fact, as far back as 10,000 years ago, Indian hunters, following the retreating glacier, moved into the area to hunt such animals as mastodon and moose elk. Once agriculture was introduced into the Indian Society, permanent settlement moved to the south of Wayne County, into the area around the Finger Lakes. The Indians had an appreciation of their natural surroundings, which has become part of our heritage in the names which they used: for example, Sodus, a shortened form of the Cayuga work meaning "silvery waters" and Ontario, meaning "pleasant lake". The French fur traders and Jesuit missionaries also made occasional visits to this area. On the banks of the Clyde River, near the site of the present village of Clyde, a blockhouse once stood. The legends surrounding it are many. The most authentic seems to be the one recounted by an early resident who places its construction at about the time of the French and Indian War. It was built, according to his story, for the protection of the trappers and missionaries. It was two stories high with the second story projecting beyond the first on all four sides. There is no record that the blockhouse actually figured in combat. During the Revolutionary War, the Tories had possession of it and used it for a station for goods smuggled in from Canada by way of Sodus Bay. A group of renegades, trap-robbers and other criminals settled near the fort and carried on a lively and profitable smuggling business until it was broken up by the governmend of the war. Nothing more was heard of this group, and it was not until 1789 that the first permanent settlement was established in the area. In May of 1789, two bateaux (flat-bottomed boats) carrying Nicholas and William Stansell, John Featherly and their families--12 persons in all, landed on the banks of the Clyde River just south of the present village of Lyons and became our "first" settlers. That same year, pioneers took up land in Palmyra and Macedon. A steady stream of newcomers followed, and by the early 1800 s, there were settlements in almost every town of the county. The early settlers of Wayne County found land covered with thick forests principally of hard woods, such as oak, hickory, beech, birch and maple, with some soft woods on the low lands. The cutting away of these forests was a tremendous task, but it gave the pioneers a source of cash income at a time when there was almost no other, through the manufacture of potash from the ashes of the burned logs. An ashery was one of the first business enterprises mentioned in the history of almost every settlement. Although the tillable land has long since been stripped of its forests, there is still a fair amount of logging done in the county. The land of the county is level or slightly rolling, except for the drumlins, long ridges of hills extending north and south, created by the receding ice sheet. It has a general slope northward toward Lake Ontario. From the lake southward, there is a fairly uniform riis known as "the Ridge". This is an elevation extending across Wayne County from east to west and continuing on even beyond the state boundary. The elevation of the ridge, from 150 to 188 feet; its situation with reference to the lake; and the soil had lead geologists to the conclusion that it constituted the southern shore of Lake Ontario in the far distant past. The influence of the lake on the climate of the county is reflected in the concentration of orchards in the northern section. As a result, Wayne County ranks high in the production of sour cherries, apples and pears. The agriculture of the county is greatly diversified with the rich muck lands contribution to the production of vegetables. Some of Wayne County s early arrivals were veterans of the Revolution who came to take up claims in the Military Tract. This fact, along with the story of the blockhouse, furnished Wayne County with its major link to the War for Independence, although a segment of the troops engaged in the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign passed through, or very near to, the southern edge of the county

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16 How much House Can You Afford? How much you can afford is determined by a relatively simple formula. Lenders generally figure that no more than 28 percent of your income should be for total housing costs. In addition, they require that your total monthly debt be less than 36 percent of your income. (Note: These are general numbers. Other loan programs may allow higher percentages.) For example, if you make $48,000 a year, divided by 12 months, your monthly income is $4,000. (Remember, that s $48,000 in gross pay, before federal and state taxes are removed.) Twenty-eight percent of $4,000 is $1,120. That is the most you can make in a monthly mortgage, taxes, and insurance payments. Generally, to qualify, the self-employed buyer must have been self-employed in the same line of work for at least 24 months before applying for a loan. Lenders use your net income, the figure at the bottom of schedule C of your federal income tax form, to decide how large a mortgage you can carry. But they don t look at what you earn now or what you made last year. Rather lenders figure the monthly average of your income over the past 24 months. Also, overtime pay & bonuses sometimes may not be figured into your average income. Don t forget that points, closing costs & other out-of-the-pocket expenses probably will come out to about one percent of the mortgage amount

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19 Packing Strategies Supplies: Preparing to move: A strategy for packing: Packing for efficiency:

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