CANANDAIGUA, NY — Different people will have different ways of remembering George M. Ewing Jr., the former Canandaigua Daily Messenger newspaper president and publisher, said his son, Brendan Ewing.
There is the Mr. Ewing who made his mark in journalism and the communities in Ontario and Monroe counties his newspapers served. There is the philanthropist Mr. Ewing, who gave his time and money at times without fanfare to causes in Canandaigua, Rochester and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he lived after selling the newspaper and retiring. ...