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Ontario County deputies arrested a Monroe County man on drug charges after they found a woman who had overdosed at Eastview Mall.

Deputies investigating a suspicious incident said they found Melinda S. Matula, 22, of 1217 Weiland Road, Rochester, in an incoherent state, apparently suffering from a narcotic overdose. She was taken to Thompson Hospital by Victor-Farmington Ambulance.

After a quarter-century spent plowing, planning and driving some 400,000 miles inside the town, Jim Hecker has submitted his resignation.

Camden Hills homeowner Nicholas Vassello was not about to take an order to remove his fence lying down.

This morning, Vassello’s attorney and lawyers for the town were scheduled to meet in Ontario County Court to see if they can resolve a months-long dispute over the fence that first started in September with neighbors distributing flyers and setting up a Web site urging the town to take down structure.

A landlord-tenant dispute between a town councilman and a constituent was moved from East Bloomfield Town Court and is waiting reassignment to another town court.

East Bloomfield Town Justice Andrew Ventura filed the request to relocate a complaint lodged by Elaine Miller, who is seeking a rent rebate from East Bloomfield Town Councilman Ron Hawkins.

ROCHESTER — Canandaigua resident Trevor Tripp, a recent graduate of SUNY- Cortland, has applied for 75 teaching positions — all in New York state — and has only received one call-back.

The city will start its budget discussions tonight on the topic of the nearly $1 million anticipated shortfall for 2010.

“The city faces a $975,000 gap for next year,” said City Councilman Val Fenti. “That number represents 26 percent of the 2009 tax levy, hence the stakes are huge for all concerned, including taxpayers.”

The City Council will meet tonight at 7 at the Hurley Building, 205 Saltonstall St., for the first discussion of the 2010 budget.

Thursday, 3/12/09, 9:49 p.m. - Jim Bowers got a phone call to his house last night.

Thursday, 3/12/09, 9:49 p.m. - Jim Bowers got a phone call to his house last night.

The town of Brighton is replacing a sanitary sewer this month, which will affect travel on part of Elmwood Avenue.

The Greece school board this week heard more details on the superintendent’s 2009-10 budget plan, which calls for dozens of position cuts, and the board got an earful from residents concerned over potential cuts to the elementary music program.