BATAVIA/Inmate charged with assault after altercation in the jail

  Davon S. St. John, 18, of Oak St., Batavia, is charged with assault 2nd, a class D felony, following a complaint of an alleged assault that occurred while St. John was confined in the Genesee County Jail. On February 13, 2017, at about 8:54p.m., St. John was involve in …

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BATAVIA/Bishop Malone celebrates Catholic Schools at St. Joseph’s Church

Bishop Richard Malone traveled to Batavia Wednesday morning to celebrate Catholic Schools at St. Joseph’s Church. Students from St. Joseph’s School and Notre Dame High School attended the mass along with parishioners. The Bishop delivered the Homily and talked to students about the Gospel reading: “The Blind Man at Bethsaida” …

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Congressman Collins visits Town of Batavia Fire Department to push for a Firefighter Cancer Registry

Press release Congressman Collins and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) recently introduced this bipartisan legislation that would authorize $2,500,000 in federal funds from FY2018 through FY2022 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC would utilize these funds to create a national cancer registry to collect data …

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BATAVIA/ Literacy Genesee/Orleans cuts the ribbon on new location in the mall

(Pictured above left to right-Tom Turnbull, Chamber of Commerce, Assemblyman Steve Hawley, James Owen, Sandy Gillard, Robert Curtis, Execitive Director, Jay Grasso/Sen. Ranzenhofer’s Office and Ben Bonarigo Jr.) Literacy Genesee/Orleans cut the ribbon on their new location at the mall in the City of Batavia Thursday afternoon. Executive Director Robert …

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BATAVIA POLICE REPORT/Bank street man strangled and punched a dog then fought with police during domestic incident

Shawn M. Twardowski, 34, of Bank St., Batavia, is charged with animal cruelty, harassment 2nd, robbery 3rd, criminal mischief 4th, obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest after a domestic violence incident involving a female acquaintance that lives at the same Bank street address on January 26, 2017. Twardowski allegedly strangled …

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