Troopers Have Released The Name Of The Man Who Died In The House Fire In the Town Of Hornby Last Week

State Police say that the fatal fire victim who died in the house fire last Wednesday, January 22,  in Hornby,  was identified as 69 year old  Quinton Harrison, of Hornby.  The fire happened at 5050 Hornby Road, last Wednesday evening.

 

Local School Schedules For This Week

A lot of local schools had either 2 hour delays or they called off classes for today, because of the weather.  Also, all local grade schools and high schools have tomorrow off, because of the Asian Lunar New Year holiday that day.  Some schools were off yesterday and some are off today, because of conference days.  Bath is one of the local schools off both yesterday and today and students will be back in school this Thursday.

 

List Of Solar Projects That Go Through The I.D.A.

Steuben County Industrial Development Agency officials say, there are a number of towns that have worked with the county I.D.A. to get sales tax exemptions, mortgage tax exemptions, property tax abatements and other incentives for their solar projects.  County I.D.A. Director Jill Staats says, the following solar farms were approved through the county Industrial Development Agency: Troupsburg, Bath, Cohocton, Hornellsville, Dansville, Thurston and Pulteney.  Also, Staats tells WVIN News that Wayland and Cohocton are working to get more solar projects as well. 

In Cohocton, the town supervisor Judi Hall says there is a 2.3 megawatt solar project under construction on Route 371 between Kirkwood and Atlanta, and that there are two other solar projects Cohocton hopes to get going, but are not under construction yet.

 

Campbell To Auction Off Some Town Owned Property

Campbell town officials say, a time, date and location will be set soon to auction off some town owned property.  That will be done at the February Campbell Town meeting.

 

Trump's Executive Order Regarding FEMA

Democrat U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is criticizing Republican President Donald Trump’s executive order signed yesterday, to overhaul FEMA.  Playing games with disaster response is short sighted and dangerous," Schumer said yesteday.  Rep. Claudia Tenney (R, NY 24) however, supports the president's move.  "I have put a couple of bills in to address this," Tenney said.  "The percentage of damage FEMA requires, they say if you don't have a threshold of millions of dollars, then you are not gettng FEMA money.  In Upstate New York, it could take an entire region to be damaged badly, to reach the amount FEMA needs you to be at," Tenney said.