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Officials eye Salubria project By James Post Steuben Courier
BATH – Town of Bath officials are looking at options to bring municipal water and sewer service to properties surrounding Lake Salubria. A plan for a similar project was rejected by
voters in 2003. Town Supervisor Ron Smith said he believes this time will be different. “The study before was an expanded area, where we’re really zeroing in on Salubria,” Smith said. “And people have problems there. see SALUBRIA | 6A JAMES POST/SCA
A DEC report from 2009 indicated that 77 percent of phosphorus in Lake Salubria came from residential septic systems. The agency says the lake water contains more than three times the acceptable amount of phosphorus.
Reed co-sponsors anti-bullying bill The Spectator
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers, including Rep. Tom Reed, have introduced legislation called Danny’s Law to address bullying in schools. The bill, filed as H.R. 3659, would direct the president to establish an “Anti-Bullying Roundtable,” a commission tasked with studying bullying in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The Roundtable will be established to consult with state and local educational agencies regarding REED policies on bullying, stakeholder education, and instances of student violence and self harm as a result of bullying. The legislation is named for 13-year-old
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Village Mayor Bill von Hagn and Tom Gutow, of the village street department, look at a Trail Blazer sign in Pulteney Park.
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Audio tour highlights local history By Jeff Smith Steuben Courier
BATH – Trail Blazers signs have recently been placed at more than a dozen locations in Bath, telling the history of the village and the location where the sign is placed. Village Mayor Bill von Hagn said with the help of a smartphone, the signs tell the history of the village and the locations the signs are in front of. “We just wanted to take advantage of putting these signs up at different locations throughout the village,” von
County office plans moving forward By James Post Steuben Courier
Hagn said. “It was low to no cost and gives everyone an opportunity to learn about the village.” Kirk House, director of the Steuben County Historical Society, said the historical society was contacted by a group called UniGuide from the Buffalo area that wanted to know if the village was interested in developing an audio tour. “When we were first approached we absolutely wanted to participate,” von Hagn said. “The village street
BATH – Final planning and design for approximately $10 million in construction and renovation at the Steuben County office complex is shifting to engineering firm LaBella Associates after many months of discussion and decision-making by legislators. The Legislature’s Ad Hoc Office Space Committee was tasked with developing a plan to meet mandates from the state Office of Court Administration (OCA), which included more court space and increased separation between court areas and the District Attorney’s Office. The OCA has the power to enforce those mandates, and could even have demanded the county construct
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Rotary continues Beautification Project Submitted As part of its service to the community the Bath Rotary Club has continued to support the Bath Beautification Project in which it first participated in 2013. The local club provides 21 wrought-iron,
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hanging baskets, filled with colorful flowers, that hang on the light poles along historic Liberty Street in the village of Bath.
Becky Stranges, chair of the local club’s beautification project stated, see ROTARY | 6A SUBMITTED
As part of the Bath Beautification Project, the Bath Rotary Club provides the wrought-iron, hanging baskets of beautiful flowers that hang on the light poles along Liberty Street in Bath.
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