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Top Stories, November 10, 2022

Tomorrow's Veterans Day Event In Bath

Tomorrow is Friday, November 11, 2022, Veterans Day.  A ceremony will be held in Bath at the American Legion Charles E Wescott Post 173 on West William Street Ceremony begins at 11:00am sharp.

 

Bridge In Cohocton Named After State Employee Who Died In An Accident There Back In 1961

New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez today announced that a plaque honoring fallen state highway worker Holmes Haight has been installed on the bridge carrying State Route 415 over the Cohocton River in the Village of Cohocton.  They say Holmes Haight was an employee of the New York State Department of Public Works, which eventually became the Department of Transportation.  Holmes Haight died in 1961 while delivering something for the state department of public works to Cohocton.  An obituary from a 1961 issue of the Democrat & Chronicle states that Mr. Haight was killed on September 28, 1961 following a work zone injury. Mr. Holmes, a native of the Town of Barrington, was a World War II veteran and previously an instructor at the Military Academy at West Point.  Construction on State Route 415 bridge over the Cohocton River began earlier this year and fully reopened to traffic this fall.

 

Bath Police Dog, Will Be More Safe, Thanks To A New Vest

Bath Village Police report, that their police dog, K9 Bud, is getting a bullet and stab proof vest.  Police Chief Colin Taft says, the vest for their police dog was donated by a Massachusetts based charity organization that makes bullet proof vests.

 

Three Fires In The News Today

There are three big fires that began late in the morning, this morning, in Canisteo, Jasper and the Allegany County Town of Andover.

Crews are currently at the scene, of all three fires, as of this posting (1:39pm)

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