The Fair Continues In Bath This Week

Today at the Steuben County Fair in Bath it’ll be Youth Day.  Those 18 and younger get in free until 5:00.   The carnival opens at 2:00 today.  Also it’s demolition derby’s today at the fair.

 

Upcoming Public Hearing In Hammondsport About Water

There will be a public hearing at Hammondsport Village Hall on August 18 at 11am.  That will be about possibly applying for water infrastructure grants. 

 

Campbell Savona Central's New Principal

There’s a new junior/senior principal at Campbell-Savona.  His name is Joe Baccalles. Baccalles comes to Campbell Savona after having been at Corning-Painted Post and Watkins Glen.  

In other local school news, Hammondsport Central School officials say that students at Glenn Curtiss Elementary have already read an 200 books.  Here’s the breakdown: the kindergarten class read 49 books, the 4^th graders at Glenn Curtis read 35 books and the 3^rd graders read 34 books this summer.

 

House Fire In Jasper On Wednesday Afternoon

Numerous fire departments were called out to a house fire yesterday afternoon in the Town of Jasper  County Emergency Services Director Tim Marshall says, the Jasper Fire Department was called to a reported structure fire on State Route 417 in Jasper around 2:45 yesterday afternoon.  Upon arrival of first units smoke and flames were reported coming from the structure.  Firefighters made a quick knockdown on the fire which was under control in about 15 minutes.  The fire is under investigation by the Steuben County Fire Investigation Team.  Mutual Aid was provided by Troupsburg, Woodhull, Canisteo, Tuscarora and Addison Fire Departments.  Steuben County EMS was on stand-by.  There were no reports of injuries.  Tm Marshall also says, a brush fire went through five acres of land in the Town of Rathbone Tuesday afternoon.  Marshall also says, although the area is getting some well-deserved rain, the county is still very dry and urges residents to use caution while burning.  He says many of these fires can be avoided if residents would not burn outdoor debris during dry periods.  And he says, If we don’t see a change in the weather pattern, this fall could be dangerous because of the possibility of wildfires.