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MATT SURTEL

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Sep 10, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Daily News
Top 500K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · MATT SURTEL msurtel@batavianews.com

    Sticky situation: Frustration over Route 262 difficulties in Byron (opens the original)

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    BYRON — Drivers, school officials and highway crews were quite literally presented with a sticky situation Wednesday after a road project went awry on Route 262. Crews from Midland Asphalt of Tonawanda had applied a chip seal treatment to the highway, said Steven Falitico, public communications specialist for Genesee County. But it failed to adhere properly and left the surface covered with tar.

  2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · MATT SURTEL msurtel@batavianews.com

    'Violent and predatory' sex offender gets more prison time (opens the original)

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    BUFFALO — A “violent and predatory” sex offender already serving time for assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Wyoming County was sentenced Monday on additional federal charges. Shayne H. Hildreth, 46, formerly of Eagle, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in federal prison for transportation of child pornography. Five years of his federal sentence will be served consecutively to his state time.

  3. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Matt Surtel/Daily News file photo

    DEC, EPA hold chaotic community meeting on Niagara County radiation (opens the original)

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    A public meeting Monday evening about radiological contamination in Niagara County quickly devolved into a shouting match between residents and officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State departments of Environmental Conservation and Health. The officials were at the Niagara Falls Convention Center to present information about the radiation surveys that have taken place in Erie and Niagara counties since 2023. Those aerial, vehicle and now ground-based surveys have

  4. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · MATT SURTEL msurtel@batavianews.com

    Livingston County man guilty in child porn case (opens the original)

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    ROCHESTER — A Livingston County man convicted in March of multiple child sex offenses is now facing up to 60 years in prison on separate child pornography charges. Patrick J. Steinmetz, 40, of Springwater was convicted Thursday by a federal jury of two counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 60 years.

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