Morning News Brief
Written by Michael Baldwin on June 3, 2021
St. Paul Lutheran School in Batavia will be holding an Amazing Race type of fundraiser called the “Amazing Grace Race” at 10 a.m. on Saturday. For $20 per vehicle, you can travel to five different locations to complete a family friendly task. The top finishers will be recognized at the finish line and can try and win a prize. All vehicles registered for the race will meet at St. Paul School, 31 Washington Avenue in Batavia to get their race directions and first location to begin the race promptly at 10 a.m. Once all vehicles have finished the race and the tasks, everyone returns to St. Paul School. If you are interested in participating, call the St. Paul Lutheran School office.
Sheriff William A. Sheron Jr. has announced that he is reinstating in-person inmate visitation at the Genesee County Jail effective Saturday, June 12 beginning at 12 p.m. Appointments are highly recommended and can be made in advance by calling the Genesee County Jail. Additions to a visit must be made 24 hours prior to the time of the scheduled visit. Visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian with acceptable photo ID.
Tops Friendly Markets has announced that it has awarded more than $267,000 dollars to 238 Tops first-year and matriculated college associates, associate dependents, and associate grandchildren for the 2021-2022 academic year. In Genesee County, Mary Caprio, of Oakfield, and Margaret Demare, of Batavia, were both awarded scholarships for $1,150 each. Since the start of the scholarship program in 1989, Tops has awarded $21 million to more than 22,000 recipients. All Tops associates, union and nonunion, their dependents and grandchildren are eligible to apply for scholarship awards ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 annually over the course of four academic years.
An Alexander Central School eighth-grader’s design promoting agriculture and the people who work to get crops from the field to the table received the most votes in the Genesee County Flag Contest conducted by the county planning department. Riley Wall created a flag that shows a healthy ear of corn supported by two different color hands in a tapestry of blue sky and green fields. Her entry edged out four other finalists in the contest that had citizens vote on the Genesee 2050 website in March and April. The 13-year-old said she participated in the project as a class after it was suggested by her teacher.
Taxpayers will spend up to $2.5 million defending Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office in a federal investigation examining its alleged suppression of figures showing the true number of nursing home deaths from COVID-19. That’s according to a report from the Albany Times Union. All the info comes from OpenBookNY.com, a website maintained by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, which discloses information about state contracts. The website states that the Executive Chamber’s contract for legal services was “approved and filed” on April 27.
New York’s 7-day average positivity rate is now the lowest in the nation. After 58 consecutive days of decline, the rate is now just 0.64%. Hospitalizations have also dropped.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the launch of a new $40 million global campaign aimed at revitalizing the state’s tourism industry. The campaign will promote tourism attractions across all regions of the state through the summer, fall and winter tourism seasons as the state begins to welcome all visitors – local, national and international – back to New York State. The first phase of this campaign focuses on New York City and will run on digital outlets in select international markets and on broadcast TV in national and local markets. Upcoming spots in the campaign’s second phase will feature a variety of attractions from the state’s diverse and unique regions outside New York City.
