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Bethany officials, residents hoping that unsigned easements are last delay for water project

Dave DiMatteo, Carl Hyde, Paul Barrett
By Joanne Beck
Dave DiMatteo, Carl Hyde, Paul Barrett
Bethany Town Attorney David DiMatteo, left, explains about a delay for Water District 5 due to a handful of people that haven't signed easements for the project during a meeting Wednesday at Bethany Community Center.
Photo by Joanne Beck

After nearly a decade of grant applications, designs and redesigns, surveys, an estimated 20 meetings, Covid delays, price increases, and finally having Water District 5 within reach, there has been one more glitch in the process, Bethany Town officials say.

Business owners plan a move to City Centre with ax-throwing, escape rooms

Game of Throws in mall
By Joanne Beck
Game of Throws in mall
And another one's gone, as a block of properties -- from the former Gentleman Jim's and Palace of Sweets to The Hiding Place -- has been taken by business owners Eric and Sarah Jones for their Game of Throws, expected to be moving into the Batavia City Centre site by this summer. 
Photo by Howard Owens

Something seems to be happening in downtown Batavia, at City Centre in particular, as properties are either bought or leased and business owners are taking a chance on investing in what city officials are hoping is becoming an economic revival of the former mall.

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