An Interim CEO Has Been Named By Hornell Hospital

The St. James Hospital board of directors announced Friday that Wendy Disbrow, MBA, RN, has been named interim president and CEO effective March 12, 2022. Disbrow is taking the position currently held by Bryan O’Donovan, who is resigning as of March 11.  Disbrow currently serves as vice president, physician network for Finger Lakes Health, which operates Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital (Penn Yan), among other community healthcare services. She has more than 15 years of experience in nursing staff and nurse-manager roles.  The St. James board and UR Medicine are collaborating on the search for a permanent CEO.

Congressman Tom Reed Issues Another Statement, Critical Of Pres Biden

“President Biden has shown his true alliance with Putin when he specifically promised, under the announced ‘sanctions package,’ that the US will continue to pay Putin and his oligarch friends billions of dollars for oil and gas production and sales. The United States has the energy resources to knock Russia out of the oil and gas market entirely, but we don’t use those resources because of President Biden’s partisan pandering to the environmental extremists of the Democratic party. Instead of pandering to extremists, we must take the bold actions needed to ensure an evil dictator like Putin and other adversaries existing on the horizon know we will ensure peace is achieved through strength. Enough is enough. We need real and honest leadership, and we need it now.”

How A Wayland Fire Fighter Saved Lives During Tuesdays Fire 

By Jasmine Willis     Cohocton Fire Department Fire Fighter Stephanie Jo Feely had just gotten to working on a client at Shannon’s Family Barber Shop, which is right across the street from the fire. When she heard over the scanner it was 12 N. Main St. she raced to help out.  “I left my client in the chair. Shannon and I went to help assist getting my client and her children who live upstairs out of the front window and down a ladder. They were unable to go down the hallway because of the amount of smoke.”  Feely also says, that the ladies brought business owners and families into the shop to get them out of the cold and smoke.