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VA honors volunteers who log many hours to assist veterans

By Howard B. Owens
Apr 24, 2017, 6:34pm

The VA Hospital honored its volunteers today with a luncheon at the Quality Inn & Suites in Batavia.

The volunteers with the most hours, more than 1,750 were Phyllis Scharader, Robert J. Shepard, Douglas Titus and James Yoder. Pictured with three of the top volunteers above is Danielle Bergman, assistant

U.S. beef, poultry and egg products allowed to be imported to Tunisia

By Billie Owens
Apr 17, 2019, 6:14pm

(Washington, D.C., April 17) -- U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Tunisia and the United States have finalized U.S. export certificates to allow imports of U.S. beef, poultry, and egg products into Tunisia. This announcement follows meetings between

Batavia native helping students with reading and more in the Peace Corps in Jamaica

By Virginia Kropf
Apr 17, 2019, 1:55pm

Liz Richards, a Batavia native, has been serving with the Peace Corps in Jamaica, where she is involved with a project called Camp GLOW – Girls Leading Our World. Pictured above are the young girls she worked with during the four-day camp this year. Richards will co-direct the fourth annual camp in Jamaica in August

Milestone for Mortellaro: Corfu resident to bowl in 50th USBC Open tournament

By Mike Pettinella
Apr 17, 2019, 11:32pm

The display at the USBC Open Championships in Las Vegas recognizing Joe Mortellaro as a 50-year tournament participant. Mortellaro will be honored when he competes next week.

The year was 1956 and Joe Mortellaro, a 19-year-old Batavian with loads of bowling potential, competed in his first American Bowling Congress Tournament

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