GENESEE COUNTY/Sheriff Sheron, Jr. announces two new school resource officer assignments for this school year

Press release Due to the recent retirement of the Genesee Valley BOCES School Resource Officer, Deputy Richard S. Schildwaster has been assigned to fill this position. He is a six-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office and was the former SRO at Byron-Bergen Central School District. The Byron-Bergen Central School District …

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WYOMING COUNTY/COVID-19 Report/No new positive cases since August 31st

PRESS RELEASE September 10, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.Wyoming County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair, Rebecca Ryan, reports, as of earlier today, Thursday, September 10th , the Wyoming County Health Department reports one hundred twenty (120) lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 among Wyoming County residents. This is unchanged from the last …

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GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Bergen woman charged after two vehicle accident on West Bergen road

Jennifer L. Bobzin, 50, of West Bergen Rd., Bergen, is charged with DWI, aggravated DWI, driving with a a BAC of .18% or more and following too closely after a two vehicle accident at 7105 West Bergen road on August 30, 2020 at at 6:58p.m. Bobzin was released with appearance …

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NYS/Gov. Cuomo announces new testing initiatives to improve COVID-19 detection and control across NYS

Press release Announces $500,000 for Pilot Program To Test for the Virus in Wastewater Systems as ‘Early Warning Indicators’ to Detect COVID-19 Spread After Discovery of New Clusters Tied to Seasonal Farm Workers, State DOH and Agriculture & Markets to Dispatch Mobile Testing Teams to Farms & Assist With Isolation Facilities  SUNY Approved for …

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GENESEE-ORLEANS COUNTIES/Anti-rabies immunization clinics scheduled

Press release The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments will be hosting FREEdrive thru anti-rabies immunization clinics in August. The Genesee County clinic will be on Thursday, August 13th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Genesee County Fairgrounds (5056 E Main Street Road, Batavia). The Orleans County clinic …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Sheriff’s Department/Monthly Report-June 2020

Press release In the month of June, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department 911 Dispatch Center processed 2124 police incidents, including 793 events for Sheriff’s Road Patrol, 200 for the New York State Police and 1141 calls for the Village police agencies of Lyndonville, Medina, Albion, and Holley.   There were …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Limited visitation to nursing homes now allowed/Three new positive cases reported

New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. o Genesee County received 2 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 233 positive cases The positive individuals reside in Batavia. One of the positive individuals is in their 20’s and one of the positiveindividuals is in their 60’s. One of …

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