 Beagle, who before had a connection with the Batavia Daily News as the Lifestyles editor went to the sister paper, the Livingston County Newspaper as Editor.After spending just over 5 years in Geneseo and the work experience that he learn to guide him to become the Regional Editor.Poll History

A 2009 poll in "The Batavian", an online news site and a competitor to the "Batavia Daily News" founded in 2008, indicated that 37.2 percent of respondents felt that partisanship did not figure into "The Daily News" coverage, while 23.4 percent of respondents felt it leaned Republican, and 17.9 percent felt it leaned Democrat.