Photos: Memorial Day Parade in Corfu
This afternoon, Corfu held a Memorial Day Parade.
Photos by Philip Casper.
This afternoon, Corfu held a Memorial Day Parade.
Photos by Philip Casper.
Elba Central School along with the Elba Betterment Committee held a Memorial Day Ceremony today at Maple Lawn Cemetery.
Photos by Debra Reilly.
Here are photos from the Memorial Day Ceremonies at the Veterans Hospital, the NYS Vets Home, the Upton Monument, and the War Memorial at Jerome Center.
Councilman Bob Bialkowski shared this Memorial Day photo of the front of his house. Bialkowski has organized today's Memorial Day Parade in Batavia, which starts in Eastown Plaza at 9:45 a.m.
Other events in the county today:
A caller reports that somebody stole four birdhouses from her residence on Vallance Road in Le Roy.
Her husband is following the suspect vehicle, perhaps a red pickup truck.
Law enforcement is responding.
UPDATE 6:28 p.m.: The suspect vehicle was last seen on North Road, apparently heading into Monroe County. Monroe County deputies being alerted and the husband is returning home.
UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: A person in the vehicle threw the birdhouses into the roadway.
Bryan Bartholomew submitted this photo of sunset over Lehigh Avenue, Batavia.
JoAnne Meiser submitted this photo of sunset in Indian Falls.
A "large" grass fire is reported in the area of Clinton Street Road and Horseshoe Lake Road, Stafford, near the roadway.
Stafford fire is responding.
UPDATE 11:15 a.m.: The fire is an attended controlled burn. Stafford is standing down.
"Same as yesterday," said the dispatcher.
Two little girls are reportedly going door-to-door in the Village of Bergen asking for money.
One is wearing pink pajamas. The other, blue pajamas.
Previously: Callers complain about little beggars in Bergen
A caller reports that a motorcyclist rear-ended her car on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 384 in the eastbound lane.
The rider is down in the roadway.
Le Roy fire and Le Roy ambulance dispatched. Mercy Flight is on in-air standby.
UPDATE 10:47 a.m.: One patient transported to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight.
"I figured I was one of the lucky ones who didn't have to carry a rifle," Boyer said. "I was in the Signal Corps. I just did what I was supposed to do."
At 101, Boyer is likely to be the oldest veteran taking part in the City of Batavia's Memorial Day Parade on Monday. He will be part of the veterans contingent marching and riding with the Batavia Lions Club.
Boyer served in the Army Signal Corps, first in Italy, and then after the war ended in Europe, he was shipped off to the Philippines, arriving there the Friday before the war in the Pacific ended. He then participated in the occupation of Japan until his service time ended.
He said there was nothing remarkable about his time in the Army, repeating, "I just did what I was told to do."
The parade starts at Eastown Plaza at 9:45 a.m. and will proceed down Main Street to Bank Street before wrapping up at Alva Place. The current forecast for Monday is partly cloudy and a high of 70 degrees.
Submitted photo.
At Falleti Ice Arena last night we were able to talk with seven members of the Genesee Ice Devils and Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey teams about the proposal to merge the two teams. We also spoke with Mike Rapone, ND's athletic director since we hadn't spoken with him yet about the proposal.
A structure fire is reported at 4092 Lockport Road, Elba.
Elba fire dispatched.
A first responder reports smoke showing.
Fire police are blocking Lockport Road at Route 98.
UPDATE 5:53 p.m.: Oakfield fire requested to the scene.
UPDATE 6:21 p.m.: Byron to stand by at Elba's hall.
A chase, a search, and a tip led to the arrest of two people Tuesday night after they were located at Walmart in Batavia.
The incident began with a chase on Route 63 in Oakfield.
A deputy on patrol spotted a Pontiac sedan traveling north at a high rate of speed, so the deputy turned around and attempted to catch the vehicle.
The deputy observed the sedan continue at a high rate of speed and pass a vehicle by crossing into the southbound lane. At that point, the deputy, in his marked patrol vehicle, initiated a pursuit with lights and siren.
The vehicle failed to stop and continued east on Route 262 and then north on Fox Road. At Fox and Maltby roads, the vehicle allegedly ran a stop sign and went into the air off the north shoulder of Maltby Road into a field.
The vehicle struck a tree and then continued northwest through the field. A backseat passenger jumped from the vehicle and complied with a deputy's commands.
The sedan continued northwest and entered a neighboring crop field. It allegedly damaged about $1,000 in crops.
The driver stopped the vehicle and the driver and remaining passenger fled on foot.
A vehicle search allegedly led to deputies finding scales with residue and an illegal weapon in the vehicle.
A K-9 was dispatched to assist in the search. That search led to a nearby residence.
Deputies received a tip that two people matching the suspects were given a ride to the Batavia Walmart.
Police responded to Walmart and located the suspects in the Walmart parking lot.
The driver was identified as Jason M. Fitzpatrick, 38, of Sweet Road, Howell, Mich., and the passenger as Samantha R. Makar, 22, of West Madison Street, York, S.C.
Fitzpatrick is charged with: criminal possession of a weapon, 3rd; unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle; criminal mischief, 4th; obstructing governmental administration, 2nd; and aggravated unlicensed operation. There was also a warrant for Fitzpatrick out of Michigan as a parole absconder.
Makar is charged with obstructing governmental administration and criminal possession of a weapon, 4th.
The weapon recovered was not described in the press release.
The third occupant of the vehicle complied with deputies' orders and was charged.
Assisting the in the incident were NY State Police, The Department of Environmental Conservation's K-9 unit, and Batavia PD.
Deputies involved in the incident included Jacob Gauthier and Jordan Alejandro.
While working on the recent story about Devon Wright, the Batavia man who has been arrested multiple times but because of current state law can't be held in custody while awaiting trial, we asked Batavia Police Chief Shawn Heubusch for comment on the case. Heubusch wasn't able to comment immediately. Today he issued the following statement:
Bail reform, a measure recently passed into law by the state legislature and the Governor, is seriously flawed. In this particular case, we get a front-row seat of the unintended consequences of so-called bail reform playing out across our State. Bail reform is putting the safety of our officers and our citizens at risk. I, along with my colleagues in law enforcement, implore the State Legislature to examine the current bail reforms and restore protections for the citizens of New York against violent criminals who are brazenly flaunting the law, knowing they will be back out on the street in a matter of hours.
Last night, Kevin Brusie waited up for the clouds to clear and then took these photos of the "Super Flower Blood Moon," aka Super Lunar Eclipse, over Western New York.
"I wanted to share them for anyone who was unable to see it and thought it was pretty neat, educational, and interesting!" Brusie said.
Last night's sunset in Pembroke, submitted by JoAnne Meiser.
There is reportedly smoke and flames coming from wires and pole in the parking lot next to City Church on East Main Street, Batavia, across from Adam Miller Toy and Bicycle.
City fire dispatched.
UPDATE 12:16 p.m.: National Grid will need to cut power to the utility pole. This could cause the traffic light at Main and Center to go dark. Batavia PD requested to provide traffic control.
UPDATE 12:22 p.m.: Power is out in the area.
UPDATE 1:01 p.m.: The traffic signal is "back up and running."
Statement from Gregory Hallock, executive director of GO ART!:
"It is with great remorse that we must announce that Picnic in the Park, on July fourth, at Centennial Park in Batavia, will be cancelled this year due to COVID. Beyond the issues of COVID regulations, sponsors of the event have had to pull their funding, as a result of the restraints COVID put on their budgets."
Unlike a year ago, when coronavirus-pandemic-related restrictions meant families showed up to football fields, school parking lots, and drive-in theaters in cars to witness student graduation, local school districts this year are trying to work within less strict COVID-19 guidelines to give students and families fairly traditional graduation ceremonies.
They will take place on school lawns, football fields and in auditoriums.
Some schools are even planning proms for their seniors.
Here is what the districts are planning:
Alexander:
Batavia:
Byron-Bergen:
Elba:
Le Roy:
Notre Dame:
Oakfield-Alabama:
Pavilion:
Pembroke:
Superintendent Matthew Calderon said, "The state provided specific guidance for proms and graduations, which we will be adhering to. In both cases, we will stay under the capacity limits identified so that we do not need to require testing. The standard expectations for mask-wearing and social distancing we be in place.
Adding, "Both events will be relatively normal/traditional, with the exception of the fact that we need to reduce the numbers of tickets as compared to normal to stay under the capacity limits."
The local unemployment rate hit its lowest level of 2020 so far in April at 5 percent, more than 10 percentage points what it was in the previous April, the worst month locally for the job market during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 5-percent rate is still a point-and-a-half or so above the 3.6-percent rate of April 2019.
Outside of the 15.9-percent rate of a year ago, the highest rate for an April over the past 31 years was 7.6 percent in 2012.
The Labor Department reports 27,900 people in Genesee County's labor force, which is the aggregate of everybody employed and everybody seeking work. Of those, 26,500 have jobs and 1,400 are looking for jobs.
The March 2021 unemployment rate was 6.1 percent.
The state's unemployment rate is 8.2 percent.
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