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DEC issues Air Quality Health Advisory today in WNY until 11 p.m. because of the pollutant ozone

By Press Release
May 21, 2021, 12:14pm

Press release:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., J.D., issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for Western New York, Eastern Lake Ontario, and Central New York regions for Friday, May 21.

The pollutant

Developer, mayor address criticism; stage is set for May 19 public hearing on Le Roy senior housing development

By Mike Pettinella
May 4, 2021, 12:09pm

The Batavia businessman and Le Roy municipal leader at the forefront of a proposed 60-unit senior residential complex off East Avenue in the Village of Le Roy on Monday afternoon responded to objections about the project -- calling the development a quality, well-thought-out venture that will benefit tenants and the

Campbell: Inability to attract workers compels Chapin International to 'right size' Batavia facility's operations

By Mike Pettinella
May 26, 2021, 12:04pm

Jim Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Chapin International Inc., says the current labor situation in New York State is forcing him to “right size” operations at the Batavia facility on Ellicott Street.

“I can’t get people to work and the way the state is going, I have to

Genesee County director presents clear, earnest picture of how mental health issues affect our daily lives

By Mike Pettinella
May 13, 2021, 9:33am

Lynda Battaglia, director of Mental Health & Community Services for Genesee County, packed a powerful punch into a two-minute speech Wednesday as she accepted a proclamation from the Genesee County Legislature designating May as National Mental Health Awareness Month.

Her words about mental health and its far-reaching effects on so

Deputy sheriffs' union leader 'very pleased' that new contract with Genesee County finally has been approved

By Mike Pettinella
May 12, 2021, 8:23pm

Better late than really, really late.

Tonight’s ratification of a four-year contract with Genesee County is a welcome relief for Sgt. John Baiocco, president of the Genesee County Deputy Sheriffs' Association.

“It was long overdue -- because of COVID and changing from County Manager Jay (Gsell) to Matt (Landers). But I

First meeting 'a good beginning' for comfort care home effort

By Joanne Beck
Oct 29, 2024, 7:58am

As a nurse in long-term and outpatient family care, Joy Hammond has seen the need for more options when it comes to caring for terminally ill people, she says.

“I would say in general, the staff in hospitals and staff in long-term care do the best that they can. But the reality is, there's just not enough of them. It just simply is the fact of the matter. And you can have the biggest heart to the patient who, or the resident in that case, who is dying, but you cannot be at their bedside 24/7, which is not possible. And so to be able to have that option to have a comfort care situation where you can have a volunteer or paid staff be there and be focused on that patient, be focused on their family, that is a wonderful, wonderful thing,” Hammond said during a meeting Monday night at Stone Church in Bergen.

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