A Close Call In the Town of Bath On Monday Afternoon 

Bath Volunteer Fire Department spokesman John Conrad says the Bath Fire Department and the Savona Fire Department along with Goodrich Auto in Bath, all worked together to save a driver who was trapped inside a Kia Sorrento yesterday.  The vehicle was stuck at the top of an embankment.  Not only did firefighters get the driver extricated from the Sorrento, they were also able to prevent the vehicle from sliding down the embankment.  No injuries were reported. 

 

Corning Inc To Do Layoffs At The Erwin Plant

The Corning Leader reports that Corning Incorporated is laying off 107 workers at their plant in Erwin.  The Leader also says, Corning Incorporated won’t be closing that plant.  The Corning Leader also has a story about how Hickory Hill campgrounds in Bath is being run once again, by the Lehman family.  The Leader reports that Hickory Hill open up again on May 1^st. 

 

Stolen WWII Medal Found By Sheriff's Dept In Orleans Co

Officials with the Finger Lakes VA say that the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department has recovered a stolen WWII Purple Heart medal.  The VA says, the Purple Heart Medal was stolen from the Stanford family.  Officials say that 1^st Lt. Herbert Stanford was killed in World War II in 1944 in France.  Officials say Stanford’s plane was shot down by the Germans and that German soldiers stripped his body of any identifiers and dragged his body to the gates of a cemetery there in France.  Tomorrow in Rochester, the VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System will be having a ceremony where they’ll be returning the stolen Purple Heart Medal to Lt. Herbert Stanford’s family. 

 

State Teachers Union Helps Fight Cancer

The New York State Teachers Union is being congratulated for being the number one contributor to the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer campaign.  The state teachers union has brought in over 17 million dollars to fight cancer, since 2002.