Bath Village Police Department Is Handling More Than One Accident Today

Bath Village Police responded to an accident on East Washington Street in Bath today in the 1:00 hour (1:54pm).  As of this posting, there is also some activity going on in Bath at 2:45pm, on May Street.  

 

More Info Released About Saturday Accident In Bath

Bath Police are reporting on that regarding the accident that happened on Saturday morning, January 25, in the 10am hour, in which a Bath Police Officer was injured.  Bath Police say that one of their officers were assisting the New York State Police at the scene of another accident on I-86 in Bath, when a 2017 Nissan Rogue rear ended the Bath Village Police Vehicle.  There may be charges against the driver of the 2017 Nissan Rogue.  We were told on Saturday, that the Bath Police Officer suffered minor injuries. 

 

Numerous Local Schools Cancelled Classes Today

That's because of the Winter Weather Advisory, which started at 7am this morning and will last until 7am Wednesday.  

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: 

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of a glaze to one tenth of an inch. * WHERE...Yates, Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland, Chenango, Tioga and Broome counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the evening commute tonight and the morning commute on Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Precipitation will briefly start as a wintry mix with snow being the dominant precipitation type late this morning and afternoon. Precipitation transitions back to freezing rain and rain this evening with temperatures rising above freezing Wednesday morning. Valley locations will see temperatures below freezing the longest. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling.

 

Bath GOP Having Their Caucus Tonight At 6:00pm

Bath Village Mayor Mike Sweet is reminding Republicans who live in the Village of Bath, that the GOP Caucus is this evening at 6pm inside the courtroom, at the Bath Village Hall. 

Mike Sweet is up for mayor, and village trustees Karen Causer and Jeff Muller are up, for Village Trustees.  The Bath Village Democrats are not having a caucus this year.   

 

Some Schools Might See Massive Cuts From The State In The Annual Foundational Aid 

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and Assemblywoman Majorie Byrnes issued statements, saying that the governor’s proposed budget, cuts state foundational aid to many schools and the two GOP lawmakers are against that.  

 

Below are the governor’s proposed budget numbers, sent to us by the Assembly GOP: