Who Put The Shirts Up In The Trees In Bath?

So who put the tee shirts up in the trees last week on Liberty Street in Bath?  We found out from Bath Village Mayor Mike Sweet.  The mayor tells our news department that it was someone from a local cannabis store, who put the tee shirts up in the trees. 

March 21 Covid Update From Steuben Co Public Health

130 new COVID positive tests have been reported since last Monday's update. Sadly, 2 more residents have passed: a 68 year old man in Corning and a 53 year old man in Woodhull. 

 

Tom Reed Votes For Three Important Bills

Congressman Tom Reed voted for three bills last week, all three of which passed in the House.  The three bills are: HR 7108, which bans normal trade relations with Russia; HR 2116, which forbids employers from discriminating against employees over their hairstyles; and HR 6434, which sets it up so that at national parks, there’s more literature available about American Internment Camps for Japanese Americans, during WWII.  “We were proud to support the Japanese American WWII History Network Act,” Reed told Wvin News.  “We must never allow ourselves to forget the senseless mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. So many American lives were needlessly upended, and this Act serves as an important reminder to never allow this part of our history to repeat itself.”

 

Palmesano: State Parole Board Wants To Make Even More Changes

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano says, the state parole board is working to lessen the number of years for prisoners, that are 55 and older, who are in prison, have to wait, for parole hearings.  According to Palmesano, if the parole board wins on this one, violent criminal offenders will be eligible for a hearing after serving 15 years.  If they’re not released, they’ll be up for more parole hearings, every two years after that.  Palmesano maintains, recalling the details while preparing for parole hearings, is too painful for family members to deal with that often. 

 

Climate Action Council News

State Senator Tom O’Mara says, there are plans from the state climate action council to prevent existing buildings from getting natural gas service starting in 2024, and preventing natural gas from being permitted inside new buildings in 2024.  According to O’Mara, the list of things like that that the climate action council wants to do, goes on and on.  Supporters of the Climate Action Council maintain that climate change is such a major problem, that any and all suggestions to fight it, should be pursued.