Bath Police Chief Completes FBI Training 

Bath Village Police Chief Taft has completed the FBI’s Executive Leadership Institute training.  The Bath Police Department is praising the chief for this accomplishment, saying Chief Taft has gained much needed knowledge in the problems facing departments today.

 

Two Welfare Fraud Arrests In Bath

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department is reporting two welfare arrests, the two suspects are from Bath, a 50 year old woman is accused of getting over $1700 in welfare benefits she was allegedly not entitled to.  That 50 year old is charged with filing a false instrument and 4^th degree grand larceny.  Also, a 28 year old Bath woman is accused of stealing someone else’s EBT card.  That 28 year old is charged with misuse of food stamps, petit larceny and misuse of public assistance.

 

Thursday's Community Focus On WVIN, Will Be Interesting

And this programming note: Bath Village Mayor Michael Sweet says today, on his Facebook Page, to be sure to listen to WVIN’s Community Focus with David Taylor Smith, this Thursday at 830am.  The mayor says, he has some big announcements coming up on the show.

 

County Passes Reapportionment Law

There is a new local law regarding apportionment of the voting strength of each member of the Steuben County Legislature as determined by the 2020 Federal Census. The apportionment – or weight – of each legislator’s vote is expected to provide equal representation on all resolutions, local laws, motions or proposals to be voted upon by the Legislature.

 

Conservative Party Cries Fowl, Over Pay Raise For Albany

The New York State Conservative party put out a statement saying they are against the Democrats trying to pass a $32,000 pay increase for each state lawmaker.  The state conservative party says, this is the time of year when New York State residents are paying the least amount of attention.

 

No Hunting Ban In Upstate During This Holiday Season

Empire Report New York and Upstate New York websites are reporting that Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill, that would have allowed counties to ban hunting in the Finger Lakes and Western New York during the winter holidays.  The two news websites indicated that the bill was supported by snowmobilers, who wanted to be able to use the trails near where the hunting will go on.