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Town board members in Bethany need to hear from town residents on an important topic: Do you want public water?
Eric Wies, senior associate for Clark Patterson Lee, repeated that message several times last night at a public meeting in Bethany attended by nearly 100 residents.
The town board won't
There will be a public information meeting for the proposed water district in Bethany at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Bethany Town Hall. Residents of the following roads in the proposed water district are strongly encouraged to attend:
Size and scope of the project along with other important items will be discussed. Again, it is very important those who live in this proposed water district make this meeting.
So far, only about 39 property owners within a proposed area for public water have contacted Town of Bethany officials to voice their opinion on the subject.
Carl Hyde, proponent of public water for that section of the Town of Bethany, said more people need to come forward if public
Robert Thomas Seager, 43, of East Main Road, Batavia, is charged with felony DWI, driving with a BAC of .08, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, failure to stop at stop sign, consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle and refusal to take breath test. Seager was
A fully involved structure fire is reported at 9778 Creek Road in Bethany. Bethany and Town of Batavia fire departments are responding. It is near Putnam Road.
UPDATE 11:07 p.m.: Mutual aid is called from Byron, Alexander, Pavilion, Stafford, the City Fast Team, and others.
UPDATE 11:30 p.m.: Calls are
Press release:
Due to the Federal Government partial shutdown, the Genesee County Soil & Water Conservation District has temporarily been relocated to the Genesee County Park on Bethany Center Road in Bethany.
We are open for business, but do not have access to our regular staff e-mail, so you
Brenden Carney awoke early this morning to the sound of somebody banging on the back door. It didn't take him long to figure out what was going on.
"I knew right away the barn was on fire and I started checking the house because I could feel the heat," Carney
Jerry Kujawski had no trouble with Saturday’s rule of first-come, first-served to fill up his 300-gallon water tote. In fact, he made a return trip to fill it up a second time to help out a neighbor, and he was only the third or fourth person who had been at Bethany Town Hall to do so for the two-hour fill-up period.
When it seemed as though there would have been dozens of people clamoring for a go at the pump connected to a tanker of water to shore up their dried-up wells, the parking lot was empty most of the time.
Town Supervisor Carl Hyde Jr. had put out the notice that anyone with no water could get their totes filled between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the town hall, and he and members of the Bethany town board and fire department stood at the tanker ready and waiting.
A total of 22 fire companies from four counties arrived in Pavilion at 6 a.m. to start a morning-long drill to test, learn and practice in case of a fire that requires a substantial amount of water.
The goal was to pump 5,000 gallons of water. The exercise was also
A motor-vehicle accident is reported Putnam and Creek roads. The vehicle is in some water in a ditch; wires are down and arcing. The male driver reportedly fled on foot. No one else is in the car. Power is said to be out on Ellicott Street Road. National Grid is
There isn't much new to report from the overnight fire at Baskin Livestock in Bethany. I was out to the property this afternoon and firefighters were on scene dealing with hotspots and flare-ups.
Bethany Fire Chief Jeff Fluker hadn't even been home since arriving on scene shortly after 11 p.m
Kyle Jackson, 21, of Slusser Road, Batavia, is charged with grand larceny, 4th. Jackson allegedly drove an electric shopping cart across the Walmart parking lot, onto Route 63 and into the parking lot of Rite Aid at 4:30 a.m., June 12.
Douglas G. Goodwin Jr., of 130 Bank
A lack of public water along Creek Road, Town of Bethany, hampered firefighting efforts at Baskin Livestock on Thursday night after a barn fire was reported just before 11 p.m.
Bethany, Town of Batavia, Alexander and Pavilion fire departments all responded quickly after their fire tones sounded, but as the
A family with four children lost their home this morning to fire after one of the children apparently knocked over a kerosene heater on the first floor.
The structure was not insured.
The father, Jesse Rosenbaum, suffered a minor back injury from jumping from the second floor. He was transported
Mention "bunk fire" to a volunteer firefighter, and you might get an eye roll.
Nearly every firefighter we spoke to at the scene of the fire on the Schumacher Farm in Pavilion today said when they heard "bunk fire" from the fire dispatcher, they knew there were in for a
By all accounts at the fire scene today, Speedy Greco was quite a character -- he sold cars and Airstream trailers, collected antiques and raced cars.
He also had a bit of money and built himself one heck of a sturdy building at 1606 Broadway, Darien.
That strong construction made
A fire is reported at 6471 Hudson Road in the Town of Pavilion. No structures are involved -- it's a livestock feed bunk. Pavilion, Le Roy and Stafford fire departments are responding. "We've got heavy, heavy black smoke in the air."
UPDATE 2:23 p.m.: Tankers from York and Bethany are
The Friday morning after a fire destroyed key components of the feed-making process at Baskin Livestock, one of Bill Baskin's newest hires walked into his office. He was certainly wondering if he still had a job starting Monday morning.
"I said, 'Joe,' " Baskin said, " 'Don't worry about it
Quick work by volunteer firefighters responding to an initially vague report of a fire in Pavilion helped save a woman's life, save her two dogs and save most of her house, even though flames were shooting 25 feet in the air when firefighters first arrived.
Dispatchers initially received a call
Photos and information submitted by Mark Knowles.
Mark Knowles says his son, Cameron, 12, caught "Walter" this year and last year while fishing the pond at Lei-Ti Campground in Bethany.
"This bass is called Walter by many who tried to catch him," Mark said.
Top photo is from this year
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