The Kiwanis Club of Batavia hosted their annual Easter Egg hunt this past Saturday despite wind and rain.

Video News Service along with the Batavian’s Kara Richenburg Report on the smiles and fun from Centennial park as the children raced around for the eggs: about 5000

Easter eggs were stuffed with candy by Kiwanis Club members, and several

Golden eggs were discovered, awarding the lucky children with a full size Oliver’s chocolate bunny. The event also featured a visit from peter cottontail himself.

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The Batavia Police department is Warning the public about a recent scam involving the EZ Pass

Scammers are sending out text messages claiming that you owe an EZ pass toll, or that your EZ pass account has been compromised. It is important that you do not

respond to any of these texts or click on any links they share and remember:

The EZ Pass will never seek out personal or financial information via text message.

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The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments are reminding residents to avoid wild animals and to keep your pets updated on their rabies vaccines this spring. Genesee and Orleans County both host free rabies clinics, See WBTAI.com For Dates and Locations

Rabies is a Deadly, but very preventable disease spread mainly through bite wounds of wild animals. If Suspicious wild animals are seen, call animal control, and report all

bite wounds to your local Health department.

Genesee County Rabies Clinics at the Genesee County Fairgrounds (5056 East Main Street, Batavia)

Thursday, May 15, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 9, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Orleans County Rabies Clinics at the Orleans County Fairgrounds (12690 State Route 31, Albion)

Saturday, April 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 18, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

The Batavia Daily and Livingston County News Introduced Their 2024-2025 Winter Sports Awards

BND United’s Jameson Motyka Won Skater of the year after leading all of Section Five with 30 goals and Goaltender Rhys Tanner Won the Protector Of the pipes award

after finishing the season with a 10-5-3 record and a 2.33 GAA

Coach Marc Staley also won Ice Hockey’s Coach of the year.

In the Sport of Indoor track and field, Standouts Cameron Garofolo won the Boys Track Nation Award while  Campbell Riley Won the Girls Track nation award for Batavia

after great campaigns in the Distance disciplines, and Sheldon Siverling

won the Boys Field Favorite award for efforts in the shotput.

Coach Nick Burk Won Track and field Coach of the year.

Outside of Batavia, Elba’s Sydney Reilly along with Coach Charlie Pangrazio and Alexander’s Dylan Pohl won awards for Basketball

A Complete list of awards can be found at Thedailynewsonline.

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Batavia Police Department responded to a disturbance in the parking lot of McDonald’s on East Main Street. One of the males had remained at the scene, while the other

party had left before police arrived. Police were able to locate the

other male at a residence in the city, where he was found to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries from being stabbed during the incident. The City of Batavia Fire

Department and Mercy EMS provided medical treatment at the scene,

and the individual was then transported to a Rochester hospital for further evaluation.

The police are seeking assistance from the public and encourage anyone who may have witnessed the disturbance to come forward with any information.