Community
Webster swim lesson registration opens June 4. Spots fill in minutes.
What Webster families need to know about summer 2026 rec: swim lesson registration opens June 4 at 8 AM, camp spots are rolling, and adult softball is already underway.
Morgan VanDerLeest
Government
Webster resident says he defaced library copy of "Flamer" with a Sharpie, posts photos
A Webster resident posted photographs Friday night of pages from a Webster Public Library copy of "Flamer" he says he covered with a Sharpie before returning the book. The book was on display for AAPI Heritage Month.
Government
Webster Town Board approves $526K in MRB contracts, gets wastewater update and Bay Road briefing
The board approved two MRB Group engineering contracts totaling $526,000, received a wastewater plant update showing ammonia levels now well below permit limits, and learned of a Bay Road road diet design change the full board had not been briefed on.
WCSD
Webster voters approve $227M school budget, pass both propositions, seat Richardson and Barker on BOE
Webster Central voters passed the 2026-27 budget on the first vote Tuesday, averting the district's contingency plan and keeping all three ballot questions well above the 50% threshold.
Business
The Fairlife deal: what Webster traded, what was promised, and what's actually in writing
Stand at the east end of Tebor Road and the scale of what Webster agreed to is hard to miss. Seven hundred and forty-five thousand square feet of production, warehouse, and office space on 110 acres of what used to be Burrows family farmland. Stainless-steel silos catching the
Community
Webster's Summer 2026: Mark Your Calendar
June 13 brings fireworks over Webster Rec Center and the Farmers' Market opening day. Here's everything on Webster's summer calendar, from weekly concerts to the Jazz Festival.
WCSD
Webster schools budget vote May 19: what's on the ballot, what it costs
Webster Central School District residents vote Tuesday, May 19, on a $227.1 million budget. Here's what's on the ballot, what it costs a typical homeowner, and what happens if it fails.
Community
Five things every new Webster resident should know
Moving to Webster means joining a community with its own civic rhythms. None are complicated, but a few will surprise you if you don't know to look. 1. There are two governments, and they overlap Webster has a Town government and a Village government. The Village of Webster
Business
What a PILOT is, how COMIDA approves one, and what the signed Fairlife agreement actually contains
A plain-language guide to Payment In Lieu Of Taxes agreements, how COMIDA approves them without a school-board vote, and what that means for Webster taxpayers.
WCSD
Six days to the schools vote: what it costs your house, and what happens if it fails
Webster Central School District residents vote Tuesday, May 19, on a $227.1 million budget for 2026-27. Our May 4 overview walked through what’s on the ballot. This piece answers the two questions that overview left at the rate level: what the budget actually costs a homeowner in
Planning & development
Webster's development pause isn't law yet: here's where it actually stands
Despite headlines suggesting otherwise, Webster has not paused new development. The Town Board's April 16 vote sent the proposed moratorium, Local Law No. 2 of 2026, to the Monroe County Planning Board for a required advisory review, a step the law calls a §239-m referral. The Town&
Government
Webster Town Board rejects Climate Smart bid and police chief pay fix in split votes
Webster's Town Board voted down a Climate Smart Community pledge and a one-year salary fix for the police chief on May 7, and set a June 2 hearing on a boundary-line move at the Xerox campus.