Tuesday News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on December 3, 2024
The City of Batavia Wants YOUR Input for the Brownfield Opportunity Area Project
The City of Batavia announced on Monday that they will be hosting an open house to gather public input on the City of Batavia Brownfield Opportunity Area project.
The Batavia Opportunity Area project is focused on providing redevelopment strategies for areas impacted by multiple brownfield, vacant, and underutilized sites using mostly grant money from the New York Department of State. This open house will specifically focus on the future development of the Tonawanda Creek waterfront near the McCarthy Ice Arena and the east side of the City Centre.
The open house will be held on December 9th from 5-6:30 pm at City Centre in Batavia. Feel free to stop in and voice your opinion on the project.
Batavia State Troopers Go Above and Beyond to Help a Woman
13 WHAM News reports, that the New York State Police in Batavia went beyond reasonable expectations to help a woman get her heart transplant during the weekend snowstorm.
On Friday, a 64-year-old woman left the Rochester area with her husband to go to the Cleveland Clinic for a heart transplant. On State Route 5 in Portland, the couple was stranded due to the snowstorm and deteriorating road conditions. Due to the woman having a battery-powered heart pump, the husband called the Cleveland Clinic informing them of the situation. The Cleveland Clinic contacted the New York State Police, who were able to locate the stranded vehicle with a Utility Task Vehicle.
Troopers then transported the women to the Portland Fire Department, then to the Westfield Memorial Hospital, and finally to the Jamestown Airport where the woman was flown to the Cleveland Clinic for her heart transplant.