Wednesday News Brief
Written by WBTA STAFF on September 11, 2024
HP Hood Honored As Dairy Plant of the Year
The Batavian announced that Batavia dairy plant HP Hood has been named Dairy Foods Magazine Dairy Plant of the Year.
Dairy Foods Magazine praised HP Hood for their automation processing equipment, a wide array of products, and commitment to employee safety and sustainability efforts. HP Hood employs over 418 people and more than 60% of those employees live in Genesee County. HP Hood has made great efforts to remain involved in the community with their participation in the Day of Caring and support of the Batavia Muckdogs.
This is the third award HP Hood has won in 4 years following being named partner of the year for 2020 by Genesee County Economic Development Center and winning an operational excellence award in 2023 by Buffalo Business First.
Genesee County Republican Party Opening New Headquarters
The Genesee County Republican Committee announced they will hold a grand opening ceremony for their new headquarters this Saturday.
The new headquarters will be located on West Main Street in Batavia across the street from CVS. The Republican Party is taking over the building that formerly was Time Buyers Auto. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, Senator George Borrello, Assemblyman Steve Hawley along with several other local republican politicians are expected to be in attendance.
At the ceremony, they are giving out free campaign signs for your yard for the upcoming elections in November.
Batavia Downs Donates to Help Dogs in Need
On Tuesday, Batavia Downs President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek gave a representative from Make a Difference (M.A.D) Rescue a check for $4,200 to help support their efforts in rescuing the abandoned street dogs of Puerto Rico.
M.A.D. Rescue is a nonprofit based out of Western New York that goes to Puerto Rico and assists in the recovery, rehabilitation, and adoption of homeless and abused street dogs. Unclaimed funds from the casino along with the sale of bottle openers helped raise the money for this donation.
Jennifer Stilwell, President of M.A.D. said, “These funds are so important for us to continue our work of rescuing and rehabilitating the street dogs of Puerto Rico. With these funds, we can continue finding their forever homes here in Western New York and Beyond.”
