The Bethesda Foundation recently granted $3,000 to the Howard Volunteer Fire Department to purchase a computer and necessary accessories for its pictometry software, and to purchase medical supplies including jump packs for first responders. More...

My wife and daughter and I drove to Washington for the New Year's weekend. We stayed with her sister, who lives near the national zoo, and we all visited the zoo Sunday afternoon to check out the new baby panda and visit the other animals. More...

Bath village police last week charged William T. Johnson, 53, of Bath with driving while intoxicated, driving with a blood-alcohol level greater than .08 percent, failure to signal and driving in the center lane. Johnson is to appear in village court at a later date. More...

The Bath 7th and 8th grade team competed in Ithaca's Turkey Shoot Lacrosse Tournament on November 4th. This tournament features over 200 teams from as far away as Canada, Massachusetts, Maryland and Ohio, not to mention lacrosse's hotbed of Central NY. The Bath team had a strong showing in their fi... More...

 And a happy New Year and welcome to 2007. Can you recall all the morbid this-and-that tales we heard about as we changed from the 20th century into the 21st seven years ago? Certainly morbid and terrible things are always around. More...

Pheasant hunting in New York is steeped in tradition. Since the first hunting season for pheasants was designated in 1908, New York sportsmen and sportswomen have held the ringnecked pheasant in highest regard. During the late 1960's and early 1970's upland game bird hunting for pheasants had no eq... More...

The American Red Cross Blood Services is calling for all eligible donors to give blood to celebrate National Volunteer Blood Donor Month and strengthen a declining regional blood supply. The Red Cross reports that it collected 2,000 units less this past December than it did last December, primarily... More...

BATH - Nicholas J. Bottoni, age 83, of Gibson Street Bath, died Wednesday, December 27. He was born in Prattsburgh January 8, 1923 the son of Augustine and Mary Minichello Bottoni. Mr. Bottoni received his Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Education from SUNY Brockport and Masters Degree i... More...

Valerie Howe has announced the double ring ceremony of her daughter, formally Erin Danielle Howe to Marcus Schuricht. Erin is the daughter of Gary and Valerie Howe of Cazenovia. She is also the granddaughter of Eileen Howe of Bath and Ernest and Peggy Knowles of Painted Post. More...

Improving driver safety The staff of the Caregiver Resource Center of the Steuben County Office for the Aging can help you sort out the issues and make suggestions for improving elderly driving safety. For confidential help call 664-298 or visit the Steuben County Office for the Aging web site... More...

With winter fully upon us, outdoor gardening is out of the question. Any outdoor hanging plants have undoubtedly moved inside, and now you find yourself caring for plants that needed only the occasional waterings during the summer. But how to care for them now? Here are the things you need to know. More...