Friday’s News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on September 6, 2024
The Recovery Station Grand Opening is Scheduled in Batavia
On September 20th, the Recovery Station will hold its grand opening ceremony in Batavia where Bohn’s Restaurant once was.
The Recovery Station is a new social gathering place that aims to help people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. The Recovery Station will be open every Sunday serving food and putting NFL games up on their assortment of TV’s. Two bands will perform at the Grand Opening ceremony – Groove and Black Cherry Voodoo.
Melissa Vineyard, coordinator of the Recovery Station said, “As a person in recovery, I think one of the greatest barriers for people in recovery is finding places to go to learn how to have fun again, without the drinking and the drugs, at The Recovery Station, they can find that outlet.”
Ambulance Roll Over in Elba
Thursday afternoon around 3 PM, a Mercy Flight EMT ambulance was involved in a 2 vehicle accident at the intersection of Rt. 98 and Batavia Elba Townline Rd. that resulted in the ambulance rolling over and landing on its roof.
At the time of the accident, the ambulance was traveling with a patient on board seeking medical attention. The other vehicle involved in the accident, a black sedan, carried two occupants. The sedan had its roof removed by the jaws of life to extricate the passengers. Two Mercy Flight helicopters were dispatched to the scene. Officers on the scene reported there were no life-threatening injuries, but one person from the sedan was transported by Mercy Flight to the hospital, while the other occupant and the patient in the ambulance were transported via ambulance to the hospital. No injuries were reported to the driver and medic of the ambulance.
The cause of the accident remains unknown at this time.
LeRoyan of the Year has Been Named
The Le Roy American Legion, Botts-Fiorito Post 576 has named John Johnson as their 2024 LeRoyan of the Year.
John Johnson is a well-respected community member who has served as a councilperson on the town board for several years. The American Legion was looking for a candidate that exemplified the true spirit of Americanism displaying a deep love for their country, good citizenship by going above and beyond what is expected of them, and service in the community. The Legion felt strongly that John Johnson checked all these boxes.
John relieves Katrina Flint who was last year’s recipient.
