Here's one of the more interesting free classifieds placed on The Batavian yet:
I am will to trade charges from the Batavia Police for the return of the brown box that was stolen from my truck on Friday night.
Here's to hoping Richard Clark of Alexandar is able to make the swap.
For any of our readers who stopped by our booth at Christmas in the City and answered the question on video of "What Christmas means to you?" and you're wondering why we haven't posted that video ... truth is, I lost it.
I remember just before leaving the office, I stuck the tape in my jacket poket, but didn't have it the next afternoon when I went to edit the video. I was afraid, or hoped, I left in my truck, which I took in for service Saturday morning and didn't get back until last night.
It wasn't in the truck.
So I double checked the office.
Today, I stopped in at Sunny's, where Hilly and I went for dinner that night, to see if it fell out of my pocket there -- no luck.
Well, there's always next year ...
A double-occupancy residence at the corner of Elm and Fisher Park was gutted in a fire that was reported at 7:40 a.m.
Both families evacuated themselves without incident according to Batavia Fire Chief Thomas Dillon, who said the fire was a hard one to fight because of the age of the building.
No injuries, either to the families or firefighters, were reported.
We'll have a video interview with the chief posted within an hour. (as you can see, video now up) The Daily News has three photos posted, but no additional information.
UPDATE: Here's a Google Street view of the location.
UPDATE II: Photo of the aftermath:
After months of "we'll have a web site soon" -- some tell us years -- the Batavia Daily News finally does.
The site launched some time in the past two hours.
The site, hosted by Town News, which is a favorite content management system used by many small publishers, is rather basic. The platform offers limited ability for big news packages or posting breaking news.
But the daily will offer comments on stories, at least for now. However, the registration process is rather lengthy and submissions are held in a moderation queue pending approval, a process often used by papers on Town News, but tends to inhibit community conversation.
We'll see if the comment I just left on a Joanne Beck story gets posted!
Of course, Daily News staffers are always welcome to leave comments on The Batavian.
Many people have asked me what the launch of the Daily News site means for The Batavian. To me, it only bodes well. The Daily is going to help create more community interest in local online news, which means many, many more people will find The Batavian and like the different way we handle news.
Go take a look at the site and let us know what you think of it.
UPDATE: They did publish my comment ... at least for now.
Naomi Silver, CEO and chair of the Rochester Red Wings was named minor league executive of the year by Baseball America, the leading publication on minor league and college baseball.
Prior to the 2008 season, the Red Wings assumed operations of the Batavia Muckdogs. The Muckdogs won the New York-Penn League championship this season.
Her father, Morrie Silver, organized the fund drive to form Rochester Community Baseball and purchase the Red Wings from the St. Louis Cardinals in the winter of 1956-57. He was a long-time president of the team and his business savvy and dedication helped keep the franchise viable during some difficult times.
“I’m very appreciative of this honor and proud to be recognized by my peers,” Naomi Silver said today. “We had a tremendous year in every way. We started slowly on the field but came on strong and we’ll finish in the black (for fiscal 2008) despite challenging economic times.
One of our periodic reminders about how The Batavian works.
At The Batavian, we work hard to gather news and keep area residents up to date with what's going on around Genesee County, but we also make the site available to any community member who has something interesting to share with his or her friends and neighbors.
Thomas Wommack submitted this photo. He said he shot the scene Galloway Road.
Our previous posts:
We continue to welcome reader pictures of this fire (or anything interesting you've photographed). The best way to submit photos is to create a new blog post and upload your photos. Here's a tutorial to help.
UPDATE: Here's a satallite photo via Google Maps of the farm. The barn that was destroyed is the large one to the right of the photo. The gymnasium forms the lower part of the T, pointing toward Lewiston Road.
The fire has also become a topic of discussion in the Ag-Talk Forum.
We've got the stranged problem with the site at the moment, and it won't be fixed until tomorrow some time -- from the home page, and only the home page, you can't click on the "Sports" tab or the "Announcements" tab.
For Sports: Click Here.
For Announcements: Click Here.
Sometimes we don't even need to leave the office to see some thing interesting. We lean out the window.
Most likely, you've seen this old black and white cruising around town before, but it caught my eye as I turned onto Center Street, so I stopped to snap a pic.
Nope, Adam-12 didn't suddenly turn up in town.
It belongs to Center Street Smokehouse.
UPDATE 10:54 a.m.: The fire is at 8127 Lewiston Rd. in Batavia. A large plume of black smoke can be seen drifting over the city of Batavia.
UPDATE: 11:17 a.m. We're at the scene (after a long walk because State Troopers wouldn't let us drive in).
Owner of the property Pat Riner says they noticed a small flame coming from one of the barns and the fire spread quickly. A silo appears to have fallen. UPDATE: After the flames and smoke cleared, I decided what looked like the ribs of a silo were just part of the barn that had been fully engulfed.
The facility is My-T acres.
Witnesses said they heard explosions. Riner said the explosions where mostly truck engines. The barn that caught fire was full of harvester equipment, "because the harvest is over." She said. Also, a truck was full of ferilizer for next year.
The structure is adjacent ot a barn that Riner described as a sports facility used by many athletes in Batavia. As we post now, the fire is spreading to that structures while crews battle the flames from atop two ladder trucks, spraying water down onto the flames.
We should have a quick video posted in 30 to 60 minutes.
Philip Anselmo will follow up with more reports once he's on scene.
UPDATE: 11:29 a.m.: Crews put additonal hoses on the sprots-structure fire. The fire seems well tapped down at that end of the building now. I'd estimate about 15 to 20 percent of the structure was lost.
UPDATE 11:52 a.m. : Here's a quick video from the scene.
UPDATE 12:08 p.m.: Spoke with Genesee County Emergency Management Coordinator Timothy Yaeger briefly. No loss of life. No injuries. No animals known to be involved. About 12 companies responded. Flames can still be seen in an around the structure, but the fire appears to be under control.
UPDATE 2:31 p.m.: The fire is under control and nearly extinquished. Some of the companies that responded are now back in service.
Below is one of the pictures from the scene. More can be viewed here.
UPDATE: If you were at the scene and took pictures, or took pictures of the plume over Batavia, please upload them in a blog post or send us a link to where ever you posted your shots.
Here's a camera phone shot taken from the Thruway.
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FIRST POST 10:40 a.m.: We've received reports of a large barn fire in Pembroke Batavia. Multiple units responding, from as far away and LeRoy.
We'll head out to the scene now.
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