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A Future to be Proud Of

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Bye Bye Philips, Hello Amazon!

Part I–An Era Comes to an End Once upon a time in the early 1950s, Westinghouse Electric decided to put a vacuum tube manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Bath.  By the early 1980s, Philips North America decided to buy the facility–and the concentration had long ago moved from tubes to specialty lighting applications. When they ABANDONED the site and…

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Winter Doldrums

So much, and so much more. This writer has fallen behind on keeping things fresh–so let’s have a recap! Amazon is on again with lane changes.  A “gas” recovery plant is in the works for the county dump.  A building materials plant is locating near Simmons-Rockwell in the old industrial Park alongside the Jail. Great stuff and there are the creepy…

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Forum

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Smile–Not-so Candid Camera!

For many years, “Dysfunction Junction“[n]This name describes the social dynamic existing at the intersection of Liberty & William Streets.  It contains the Shannon Apartments, a convenience store, and other things [/n] has been a busy place–in all the wrong sort of ways.  Featuring the ‘affordable’[n] Affordable in this case as many residents rely on public social service and housing funded…

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Helpful Links

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COVID Cases increasing in August

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Things are heating up a bit for our county with a surge in new COVID-19 cases.  After a very nice respite from masks and being able to participate fully in the greater community–we are seeing an upswing in confirmed cases.  For the week ending on Friday, 8/28, the Steuben County Public Health Department announced 70 new COVID cases.  Not a…

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Let’s Make It Walkable

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Village of Bath receives nearly $2 million for sidewalk renovations Post Views: 7

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