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Top Stories, August 9, 2023

More Than Heavy Winds Hit Parts Of New York State Monday

Meteorologist Rob Carolan says the National Weather Service is saying that tornadoes touched down in Cortland County and Tompkins County, as well as Jefferson and Lewis Counties.  that was on Monday.  Those were EF1 and EF3 tornadoes.   “Well we know it was an EF1 Tornado, so that’s the second strongest tornado, usually that’s winds 90 mph,” Carolan told Brian O'Neil this morning “It was on the ground for 11 miles, it occured two miles west of Hartford, to about three miles south of McGraw. Also, it looks like the strongest tornado was up in Watertown, over the Tug Hill Plateau. That was an EF3 on Monday, down on the ground for 16 miles from Lewis to Turin.”

 

Urbana And Hammondsport and New York Forward Plans

Officials say that the Town of Urbana and the Village of Hammondsport are working together see if they can get some money out of the $10 million dollar New York Forward grant.  There’ll be a public informational meeting about this next Wednesday, August 16th at 5:30pm, at the Hammondsport Central School District Cafeteria.  If you have any questions on this, email the Urbana Town Clerk, the email address is clerk@TownofUrbana.com

 

Tour De Keuka - A Big Success For The United Way

United Way officials say that the recent bicycle fundraiser, Tour De Kueka 2023, brought in $100,000 for United Way programs. 

 

Sweet: I'll Be Talking With Steuben County Lawmakers 

Bath Mayor Michael Sweet says he plans on addressing the full county legislature sometime soon, to talk about downtown safety issues.   The mayor made this statement yesterday, in an online posting.  

 

Prattsburgh's Summer School Picnic Moved To Today

It was originally going to be held tomorrow, however, the Prattsburgh Summer School Picnic was moved from Thursday, August 10, to today.   Prattsburgh Central students were scheduled to leave at 8:30am and they are set to return to the school at 1:50pm.  

 

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