A suggestion by U.S. Rep Eric Massa has paid off for the Bath Central School District. Philips Lighting officials recently dropped off a couple of boxes of their new AllStar lamps for the school’s auxiliary gym.

A plan to move fourth-graders in the Bath school system to another part of the district’s campus has parents and teachers concerned.

“We’ve lost one of our greatest assets.” – Emery Cummings, Village Mayor

Pros, cons weighed

The county’s total portion of sales tax receipts in 2009 amounted to $25.3 million, about $150,000 less than what was budgeted