Weekend News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on May 19, 2023
Larry was almost sold for 19.99 a pound but now has a new home at the Aquarium of Niagara. The rare orange lobster was donated by Tops Friendly Markets of Hamburg. They are 1 in 30 million finds but the Aquarium says that Tops has already donated 3 to them. In 2020 Tops in Lockport donated an orange lobster, also named Larry, who is still at the aquarium and is an ambassador animal who goes out with its education team to schools/festivals/etc. In 2021 Tops in Batavia donated an orange lobster, named Tangerine, who is now an ambassador animal at the Oceanarium and Education Center in Bar Harbor, Maine. The aquarium said it also has gotten two blue lobsters in the past which were donated by Wegmans.
The Batavia Police Department would like to thank the Batavia Lions Club for its generous donation and work during the Day of Caring. Batavia PD donated several slightly used bicycles to the Lions Club. During the Genesee County Day of Caring, the Lions Club partnered with Adam Miller Toy and Bicycle to service/fix up these bikes. Once the tune-ups were completed, the Lions Club donated eight bicycles back to Batavia PD to be distributed to local children in need.
It was one of their cutest rescues. The City of Batavia Fire Department was on the scene on West Main Street near Oak Street Friday morning to come to the aid of 14 ducklings that had fallen through a grate and into the drain. Their mother flew away when the fire crew arrived to help her stranded ducklings and did not return during the hour or so that the firefighters were on the scene. The ducklings were transported to City Fire Headquarters and are in a new temporary habitat while they work on a permanent place for the ducklings.
One golf enthusiast at the PGA tournament in Rochester has a sore calf, a story to tell, and a crisp 100 dollar bill after a tee off went wrong during practice at hole 1 on Wednesday. Joel Dahmen hit the ball and that ball hit a person named Caleb McGuire in the calf as he tried to get out of the way. Joel found Caleb and asked him how much beer was at the event. 17 dollars a pop was the response. Joel pulled out a 100 dollar bill and said he would pay for his beer for the day.
