Tyrtle Beach 2025 Is Coming Up In The 5pm Hour Today

It’s here! Tyrtle Beach Day 2025  That’s at the Lake Salubria in the 5:00 hour later today.  As you know, this year’s jumper is Bath Police Investigator Mike Jackson.   This local fundraiser, has brought in almost $1,000,000 since it was started, in 1992. 

 

Part R - A Problematic PIece Of Legislation From The State

The State Association of Counties put out a statement, alerting the public to the state budget’s health and mental hygiene bill’s “Part R.”  Part R if passed, would make changes for volunteer EMT’s and paramedics.  Among other things, Part R, calls for setting up emergency medical community assessment offices to critique volunteer EMT’s job performances.  Steuben County manager Jack Wheeler calls Part R, “problematic.”

 

Two Democrats Are Fighting To Get Better Rules Passed About Lithium Ion Batteries 

Senators Schumer and Gillibrand sent a letter to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to finalize federal regulations for lithium ion batteries by April 30.  The senators say we need to quote, “protect Americans from poorly made batteries from China.”  The two senators wrote in their letter: 

"Last year, we led the effort in Congress to reach a bipartisan compromise that would have authorized the Commission to enact safety standards based upon generally accepted voluntary standards for the use of lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products. We will continue fighting to pass the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act, but as the legislation works its way through Congress, the Commission must do all it can to save lives and protect Americans from the poorly-made batteries from China that have caused harm.”

 

Two Local Fire Depts, Are Having Open House Events

I's Volunteer Fire Department open house weekend.  The fire department in Campbell is having their open house Saturday 10am to 3pm at the fire station on Church Street in Campbell.  The Bath Fire Department's open house is on Sunday, 10am-3pm, at the Bath Fire Hall, on East Morris Street in Bath.