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News August 12, 2007
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Bath school board hopes to 'uplift' school
BY BOB RECOTTA THE LEADER
      BATH - Residents of the Bath school district may have the opportunity to vote on a $12 million capital project by the end of the year.
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Teen crashes car into Bath home
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - A 15-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Thursday, August 2, night after he allegedly tried to escape state troopers in a stolen pickup truck. State police in Bath said a trooper patrolling near state routes 54 and 54A in the town of Urbana around 9 p.m.
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H-port Festival of Crafts to be held August 18
      There will be something for just about every art lover at the 27th annual Hammondsport Festival of Crafts, which opens Saturday, Aug. 18, and continues through Sunday on the village square. Festival visitors can expect plenty of new attractions, as well as the traditional features and faces.
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Raindrops keep fallin ...
      Bath Village Mayor David G. Wllace and Bath Police Chief David K. Rouse share an umbrella during Bath's participation in National Night Out. Wet weather caused a small turnout of about 18 community members who participated in a symbolic walk of the downtown business district.
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Impact study set for Bath Wal-Mart
The Regular meeting of the Bath Town Board will be held 7 p.m., Monday, August 13, 2007 in the Civil Defense Building, Rt. 54, Bath
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - The proposed Wal-Mart supercenter in the town of Bath will undergo an environmental review, including studies on water and air, traffic patterns and aesthetics. Bath Town Planning Board members met Tuesday night, August 7, to accept responsibility for overseeing the review, and unanimousl...
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Gas line rupture closes street
      A portion of West Washington Street in the village of Bath was closed temporarily Tuesday night, August 7, because of a ruptured natural gas line. A crater in the westbound lane of the street formed, cutting off traffic in both lanes. The rupture occurred at about 8 p.m. Bath police and fire depar...
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Bath woman dies in two-vehicle crash
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - A Bath woman due to be married next weekend died Thursday afternoon, August 2, in a two-vehicle accident near Interstate Highway 86 Exit 39 in the town of Bath. State troopers reported Deborah Hyer, 53, tried to make a U-turn with her 1997 Chevrolet on State Route 415 North at the intersec...
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Steuben asks state for help with dam maintenance
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - Steuben County legislators have asked for state funding to help landowners with old, deteriorating dams.
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Dad charged in fatal pit bull attack
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - The father of the 6-year-old boy who died July 29 after being mauled by the family's pit bull has been charged inconnection with the incident. William D. Abbott, 33, of East William Street Extension, was charged Wednesday, August 8, with endangering the welfare of a child, according to St...
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Two arrested on cruelty charges
THE LEADER STAFF
      SAVONA - Two men have been booked on felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly killing a cocker spaniel in a "depraved and sadistic manner" and then dismembering the dog's carcass, according to the Steuben County Sheriff 's Office.
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Impact study set for Bath Wal-Mart
BY MARY PERHAM THE LEADER
      BATH - The proposed Wal- Mart supercenter in the town of Bath will undergo an environmental review, including studies on water and air, traffic patterns and aesthetics. Bath Town Planning Board members met Tuesday night, August 7, to accept responsibility for overseeing the review, and unanimous...
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Bath man charged with grand larceny
THE LEADER STAFF
      BATH - The owner of a local cheerleading organization was charged Wednesday, August 8, with third-degree grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $9,000 from a fundraising company. Anthony M. Ronchi, 26, of Bluhm Road, Fairport, was charged with the class D felony after an eight-month inv...
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Fiddler on the Roof production
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KEUKA LAKE PLAYERS
      Attendance was great at the Keuka Lake Players recent Fiddler on the Roof production. The audience was entertained with over two hours of music and lively dance, interwolven with the life lessons about tradition,
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War protesters arrested at Kuhl's Bath office
THE LEADER STAFF
      BATH - Five war protesters from the Ithaca area, calling themselves part of the Finger Lakes for Peace in Iraq and Recovery from War and Rochester Declaration of Peace groups, were arrested Monday evening, August 6, and charged with third degree criminal trespass during a demonstration at the Bat...
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Kuhl's office to upgrade security
BY BOB RECOTTA THE LEADER
      CORNING - The Bath office of U.S. Rep. John R "Randy" Kuhl Jr., R-Hammondsport, will receive security upgrades in part as a reaction to a group of war protesters who were arrested in Kuhl's office Monday, August 6. "There is an elevated threat level out there, not necessarily from these people,"...
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