In past 8 days, Orleans has 86 cases, while Genesee has 143

Genesee and Orleans counties continue to see increases in Covid-19 cases with 9 more confirmed cases today in Orleans and 17 more in Genesee.

Orleans has now had 538 people test positive for Covid since March, including 86 in the past 8 days or 16 percent of the total.

In Genesee, 615 people have tested positive since March, including 143 in the past 8 days or 23 percent of the total.

In Orleans, the nine new cases today are residents in Barre, Carlton, Clarendon, Murray and Ridgeway. The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 40s, 50s and 60s.

Three of the individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said.

Orleans also is reporting six more recoveries and those residents have been removed from the isolation list.

The county has four people hospitalized due to Covid, which is down from the six on Monday.

Genesee County’s 17 new positive cases are residents from Alexander, Batavia, Darien, Elba, LeRoy and Pembroke.

The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

None of the individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Health Departments reported in a news briefing.

Genesee also is reporting 21 recoveries and those people have been removed from the isolation list.

Genesee continues to have 9 people hospitalized due to Covid.

Click here to see an online map of confirmed cases in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties. There are currently 268 active cases in the three counties, with 141 in Genesee, with 74 in Orleans and 53 in Wyoming.

Isolation, financial stress in pandemic contribute to rising overdoses

Press Release, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand urged Senate leadership to include robust funding for substance use disorder and mental health care services in the next coronavirus relief package.

Gillibrand called for robust emergency funds for providers of mental health and addiction treatment services to maintain operations, and ensure stability for the duration of the economic and public health crisis.

“For many families the emotional strains and stress of the holidays are compounded when a loved one suffers from mental health and substance use disorders,” Gillibrand said. “And, as the pandemic has exacerbated our country’s addiction crisis, individuals and their families are in even greater need of resources to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.”

Social isolation, increased financial stress, loss of work, lack of structured time, and daily stress and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic have exacerbated mental health issues and substance use disorders and caused overdoses across the country to nearly double.

Now, the emotional strains and stress of the holidays threaten to compound this crisis. In Albany and Rensselaer counties, overdose deaths have increased by more than 40% compared to last year. In Erie County, the number of overdose deaths increased by 77% compared to 2019 and in Onondaga County there were twice as many opioid deaths in the first half of 2020 as there were in the first half of 2019.

“Many mental health care and substance use disorder support services are faced with the heavy burden of helping Americans in need with limited resources,” Gillibrand said. “Shoring up these programs with robust funding, and the passage of my bipartisan Family Support Services for Addiction Act, would ensure that nonprofits and organizations supporting those recovering from substance use and their families can keep their doors open.”

Additionally, the Covid-19 crisis has interrupted traditional care services and many mental health and addiction support providers, which were overburdened before the pandemic, are facing financial strain and at risk of shutting their doors.

In New York, community behavioral health organizations may have to close within the next few months without financial assistance and providers have had to make tough decisions with limited resources, including payroll cuts and rationing life-saving supplies. Supplemental emergency funding in the next legislative package is critical for these providers to maintain operations, ensure stability, and continue serving their communities for the duration of the crisis. Advocates, including the National Council for Behavioral Health, estimate nearly $40 billion in emergency funds is needed for providers of mental health and addiction treatment services.

MEDINA – The high school won’t be returning to in-person learning until Nov. 30, after the Thanksgiving break, the school district announced today.

The high school has been remote-only the first three days this week and that will continue the rest of this week and next week.

“Given the amount of staff members currently out at the high school due to mandatory quarantine and/or waiting for COVID test results, Medina High School will remain 100% virtual through Wednesday, November 25,” district superintendent Mark Kruzynski said in a letter to parents and the community.

The district plans to reopen for in-person learning on Nov. 30. High School students in the BOCES program will also be virtual through Nov. 25.

The Oak Orchard Elementary and Wise Intermediate/Middle School will continue to hold in-person instruction as scheduled.

Race organizers will still give away many scholarships to Roy-Hart seniors

File photos by Tom Rivers: Runners, some wearing football jerseys, complete a 5K in Middleport on Feb. 4, 2018. The annual Mr. Ed’s Super Bowl Warm-Up draws several hundred runners for the race.

MIDDLEPORT – One of the area’s most popular small-town 5K races will be going virtual due to restrictions and guidance in the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 32^ndannual Mr. Ed’s Super Bowl Warm-Up won’t be in a big gathering, but people are still welcome to sign up and do the distance on their own, said Donnie Heschke, the race organizer.

The race has attracted up to 550 runners in Middleport. There is usually a large party after in the Middleport Fire Hall with chili, lots of socializing and awards.

That won’t be happening this year. But Heschke said the race will continue. People can run the 5K anytime between Jan. 29 and Feb. 7, 2021. They can run the course in Middleport or do the distance elsewhere, even on a treadmill. They then enter their times through the Score This website.

If they are among the first 300 to pay the $25 registration fee, they will get a long-sleeved shirt with the Mr. Ed’s horse wearing a mask, as well as a list of sponsors on the back.

“It’s a bummer,” Heschke said about going virtual. “But we wanted to keep it going and not skip a year.”

The race has proven to be a big fundraiser for scholarships for Roy-Hart graduates. Last year race organizers gave out six scholarships for $1,500 each for RH grads headed to college for careers in nursing, law enforcement, firefighting or the medical field.

Heschke said the race has some reserve funds and will be able to maintain the scholarship giving for the 2021 grads.

He said sponsors continue to make a big difference for the race, which has given away $62,000 in the past 10 years. Anyone interested in sponsoring the race can contact Heschke at dheschke@sigmamotorinc.com.

“We want to give the money away,” he said.

He looks forward to the race in 2022, when he expects a very large turnout for an in-person event.

Mr. Ed’s has one of the biggest post-race celebrations of any 5K in WNY. In this photo from Feb. 4, 2018, Valerie Wood serves chili in the Middleport Fire Hall.

The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with law enforcement throughout the state, will be increasing checks for seat belt use in the “Click It or Ticket Campaign.” That started on Monday and continues through Nov. 29.

The statewide enforcement campaign is designed to save lives and reduce the severity of injuries by increasing safety restraint use. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee has set a strategic goal to increase the observed seat belt use rate and to decrease unrestrained occupant fatalities in passenger vehicles.

The strategies identified for accomplishing these goals include high visibility enforcement, public information and education.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he supports the 21st annual “Buckle Up New York, Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign. During last year’s enforcement campaign, police issued 26,432 tickets for seat belt and child restraint violations.

“Wearing your seat belt isn’t only the law, but it’s the smartest choice you can make to help prevent a needless tragedy,” Governor Cuomo said. “New York has been a national leader on this issue ever since my father helped institute the country’s first seat belt law, and while we’ve made a great deal of progress over the years, we still see instances where they are not being used. There is no debate – seat belts save lives and we will continue to raise awareness on this undisputable fact to help ensure all those who travel on New York’s roadways do so safely.”

In August, Cuomo signed legislation that strengthens the state’s seat belt laws. As of Nov. 1, everyone in passenger vehicles, regardless of where they sit, needs to wear a seat belt or be properly restrained in a child safety seat. In New York, police can lawfully ticket motorists for not wearing a seat belt even if they are not committing any other traffic infractions.

‘We don’t know what’s coming. One day we could have two cases, then the next day there could be 50 after an outbreak. You don’t know what we’re going to be up against.’ – John Papponetti, County DPW commissioner

The local municipal highway departments tend to be small crews, which makes them vulnerable to being shorthanded if Covid-19 strikes, keeping some of the workers home.

John Papponetti, the commissioner of the Orleans County DPW, is urging the 10 towns and four villages to develop contingency plans, where a neighboring municipality may be needed to help plow roads if one town loses staff to Covid.

It may not be seamless because towns have bigger plow trucks than in the villages. Papponetti urged the towns and villages to familiarize neighboring departments with equipment and routes.

“You might have a situation where two to three guys go down,” Papponetti said on Tuesday during a Zoom video conference for the monthly Orleans County Association of Municipalities meeting.

Highway departments may be forced to prioritize plowing and put some roads on the “back burner” due to manpower, Papponetti said.

In a worst-case scenario, if there aren’t enough workers to plow the roads, a travel ban may be issued.

Papponetti said the highway departments should partner with neighboring highway crews to have a plan in place to plow the roads.

“It will really wreak havoc on the traveling public if we can’t keep the roads clear,” he said.

A town may want to have multiple agreements with neighboring towns perhaps taking a section of one town where a highway crew is stricken with Covid.

“As you know we aren’t immune to this virus,” Papponetti said. “We have to plan for that. The better prepared we are, the better we’re able to respond.”

Papponetti said he is concerned with Covid cases spiking locally and in the region. The number of hospitalizations also is on the rise due to Covid, with 15 people from Orleans and Genesee currently in the hospital from Covid.

“We don’t know what’s coming,” Papponetti said. “One day we could have two cases, then the next day there could be 50 after an outbreak. You don’t know what we’re going to be up against.”

The highway employees tend to work closely together. Papponetti said they should wear masks when near other people, maintain social distancing and keep washing their hands.

He has urged his 24 employees to reduce their circle of close contacts as much as possible as Covid cases increase. The highway departments may try staggering arrival and departure times, as well as lunch breaks so the entire department isn’t together at the same time.

Mike Neidert, the Town of Albion highway superintendent, is one of three full-time workers in the department. He said he has more part-time workers lined up this winter if some of his employees are sidelined by Covid.

Neidert said there is a chance the towns could also be asked to fill in for the state Department of Transportation if the DOT loses workers to Covid.

“We’re prepared to do what we have to,” Neidert said. “We’ll cover state roads if we have to.”

A goal in a crisis might just be making the roads passable. The community may need to lower its expectations if the highway crews are depleted due to Covid.

County Legislator Ken DeRoller urged the municipal leaders to work together, across municipal lines, if a town or village is suddenly short-staffed.

“Everybody needs to step up responsibly,” DeRoller said. “Everyone thinks it can’t happen to them, well it can happen to you.”

The municipalities should also discuss ahead of time how a neighboring town or village would be compensated for using its equipment or road salt for another community. One town could use the neighbor’s equipment and supplies but that could mean using unfamiliar equipment.

The highway crews from neighboring towns should consider getting together to go over routes and equipment.

Papponetti said the highway departments enter the winter with uncertainty about Covid.

“We could get through this without a problem or we could see the worst of it,” he said. “We just don’t know.”

ALBION – The Albion FFA has set a big goal for its annual food drive: 50,000 pounds.

The student-led group last year reached 40,000 pounds for the first time. The Albion FFA started the food drive in 2010 and was able to collect 3,000 pounds of produce that was delivered to Community Action of Orleans & Genesee.

The effort has grown significantly since the first year, and now several churches and food pantries receive produce that is donated by local farmers and ag businesses.

Albion FFA Alumni help to reach out to farmers and collect the produce. It is kept in the FFA shop and then organized by FFA members.

The FFA has reached put to farms and businesses that have given to the food drive in the past. Bailey Nesbitt, the FFA president, welcomes other farms and businesses to contribute to the effort, to try to reach 50,000 pounds during a year that has been especially challenging for many local families due to Covid-19 and the strain on the local economy.

Farms and businesses interested in donating to the food drive can contact the FFA president at nesbittbailey@albionk12.org or the FFA advisor, Betsy Krenning, at bkrenning@albionk12.org.

The FFA will deliver the food to Community Action on the morning of Dec. 12.

Albion FFA members are pictured in December 2016 after the truck was loaded with food that was taken to Community Action.

Organization wants community to know it offers more than traditional hospice care services

ALBION – Hospice of Orleans will announce an exciting new change on Facebook live on Thursday, according to information from Derek Reiner, Development and Public Relations Manager at Hospice.

The public is encouraged to log on to Hospice’s Facebook page (click here) at 2 p.m. on Thursday. The change is intended to increase awareness of the services provided by Hospice.

Hospice of Orleans believes its announced change will better reflect its broad range of supportive services. Those services go beyond what traditional hospice care encompasses, and include supportive care for a variety of illnesses, not only those that are terminal.

Hospice had planned an event for the public on Thursday, but canceled it and chose to do a virtual announcement instead, due to the increase in Covid cases.

The news is also timely, as November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, which is an opportunity for engagement, outreach and education.

A full press release explaining the change will be posted in the media immediately after the announcement takes place on Facebook.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Nathan Nothnagle sends a shot past Pavilion/York goalie Evan Amberger for the Hawks second goal. The action took place during Holley’s home field sectional semifinal win this evening.

Goals just before and after halftime earned No. 3 seeded Holley a 2-0 victory over visiting No. 7 Pavilion/York this evening in the semifinal round of the Section V Class C1 boys soccer playoffs.

Kayden Servais scored what proved to be the game winning goal for Holley when he connected on an angle shot with 5:53 to go in the first half off an assist from Nathan Nothnagle.

Holley’s KJ Biedlingmaier advances the ball between Pavilion/York defenders Kyan Tiede and Jake Taylor.

The Hawks then got a huge insurance goal when Nothnagle scored just 22 seconds into the second half off a nice pass from Cameron Bates.

The goals were the 12th of the season for Nothnagle and the seventh for Servais.

“That was our best game. We really moved the ball around well, the best we’ve done all season,” said Holley Coach Zach Ritz. “All around everyone really played very well.”

Broek Ostrom earned the shutout in goal for the Hawks whose defense was anchored by the quartet of Caleb Schultz, Nick Mandigo, Charlie Turpyn and KJ Biedlingmaier.

“They really stepped up,” said Ritz of his defense. We always say we want to defend in the other team’s end and that’s what we did. They really kept the pressure on.”

Improving to 11-3-1, Holley will next visit top seed East Rochester in the Class C1 championship game on Thursday. East Rochester downed No. 5 Sodus 6-1 in the other semifinal.

Holley’s Kayden Servais works wtween Pavilon/York defenders Caleb Brooks and Jake VanWyk.

Orleans County has 10 more confirmed cases of Covid-19 for a total of 529 positive cases since March.

The new positive cases reside in Albion, Barre, Clarendon, Murray, Ridgeway and Shelby. The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 60s and 70s.

Three of the individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.

Eight of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been removed from the isolation list, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said. Orleans now has 289 recoveries in the community, which doesn’t include people in nursing homes or other facilities regulated by the state.

Orleans has four people hospitalized due to Covid-19.

• 2 Albion students test positive: The Albion school district also reported this afternoon that two students tested positive for Covid-19. One of the students is a hybrid learner from the high school while the other is a hybrid learner from the middle school.

Both students were last in school on Nov. 9. The Health Department determined there is no need to do further contact tracing due to the 48-hour look-back period, the school district said in an update on its website.

In Genesee County, there are 20 new confirmed cases, bringing Genesee’s total to 598 since March. (Two of the previous positive individuals were transferred to another county due to their residency.)

The new positive cases in Genesee are residents of Alexander, Batavia, Darien, Elba, LeRoy, Oakfield and Pembroke.

The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s 70s and 80s.

One of the individuals was on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Health Departments said.

Genesee is reporting 15 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list, bringing the recoveries in the community to 387.

In Genesee, nine people are hospitalized due to Covid-19.

State-wide data: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reporting 5,088 people tested positive for Covid on Monday out of 159,852 tests results, for a 3.18 percent positivity rate.

The total hospitalizations are up to 2,124, which compares to 1,968 on Sunday. On Sept. 6, there were 410 hospitalizations in the state due to Covid, and 748 on Oct. 7.

“The number of cases across the country and in New York are only continuing to climb,” Cuomo said. “Despite our success in managing the spread, New York is not immune to this national surge of Covid. Our micro-cluster strategy and testing capacity will help us through this new season, but ensuring we don’t go back to where we were in the spring is going to depend on our behavior. We all have a part to play – wear a mask, stay socially distant, avoid gatherings large and small, and wash your hands religiously.”

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The driver of this Buick LeSabre fell asleep while driving on Route 31 in Albion, causing an accident where three people were transported for medical care, a state trooper said.

The driver fell asleep at about 4 p.m., just east of the Eagle Harbor Road intersection. The driver was injured and taken by COVA ambulance to Strong West in Brockport for what are not believed to be serious injuries.

Albion firefighters needed to extricate the driver because the door was damaged and wouldn’t open.

Two people in this SUV were injured and taken to Medina Memorial Hospital. One person had a head injury and another had lacerations. Those injuries aren’t believed to be serious, a state trooper said.

Albion firefighters also cleaned up glass and debris on the road from the accident. No other information is available.

Site at corner of 98 & 104 has many household items from early days of electricity

Photos by Tom Rivers: Bill Lattin, retired director of the Cobblestone Museum, welcomes people into the Vagg House for its first public tour on Nov. 7.

CHILDS – For the first time since 1998, the Cobblestone Society has acquired another historic building to add to its campus.

Located on the southwest corner of routes 104 and 98, the Vagg house was owned by blacksmith Joseph Vagg and his wife Nellie. Joseph’s adjoining blacksmith shop is already one of the eight buildings acquired over the years by the Cobblestone Society.

The home was last owned by Rene Schasel, who died in March 2019. Schasel, was a supporter of the Cobblestone Museum and an avid collector of antiques dating from 1910 through 1940. He was also a friend of Bill Lattin, former director of the Cobblestone Society, and named his sister Marena Rupert and Lattin as executors of his estate.

This overstuffed furniture with its original fabric dates to the mid-1920s.

It occurred to Cobblestone director Doug Farley and Lattin that the house would be going on the market and it would be a disaster if the home should fall into the hands of an “undesirable” owner, with the historic buildings of the Cobblestone Society being only a few feet away.

It became obvious to the executors this house should go to the museum.

With that in mind, the executors dropped the price of the home to $60,000, and an anonymous donation of $30,000 made it possible for the Cobblestone Society to arrange to buy the property. Farley said they will begin a fund drive in January to raise the remainder of the money.

The executors held three estate sales during the past year, but there was still a massive amount of items left. Schasel especially liked antique electrical appliances, and his collection included 200 flat irons, 100 waffle irons, 39 washing machines, 150 coffee pots, 40 vacuum cleaners and numerous refrigerators. There are various other appliances, such as a mangle (iron), electric flour sifter, 60 toasters, an electric coil to defrost the freezer and a pant creaser.

Members of the Cobblestone Museum get ready to go inside the Vagg House on Nov. 7, when it hosted its first public tour after hundreds of work from volunteers led by Bill Lattin. He thanked museum volunteers Camilla VanderLinden, Chris Sartwell, Pat Morrisey and Kim Charon for their cleaning skills to get the Vagg House ready for viewing.

After the first estate sale, Lattin said he realized they should keep enough of the things to maintain the integrity of the home and furnish it in the style of the 1920s.

“The home is now set up to interpret life as the Vaggs would have lived it in the 1920 and 1930s,” Farley wrote in the Cobblestone’s autumn newsletter.

Lattin also added that while the home is full of antique furnishings, they are not the kind of things a collector would be looking for.

“The Vaggs lived a very moderate lifestyle,” he said. “Many of their things were hand-me-downs.”

Lattin compiled the Vagg’s story for the autumn “Cobblestoner.”

Bill Lattin gives museum trustee Mark Bower a tour of kitchen. This cupboard is full of cobalt blue Depression glass known as Modern Tone. This became very popular in the 1930s. With more than 30 cups and saucers it can be used for future teas.

Joseph and Nellie moved to Childs from Barre in 1909 with their two children Melva and Norris. Melva, who married Kenneth Warner, recalled she was 3 years old when they came to live at the corner of routes 98 and 104. After her mother died in the late 1970s, Melva inherited the home and lived there until she sold it in 1985 to William Nestle and Rene Schasel. Rene liked the house because he said it was “untouched.”

When Melva had the house for sale, Mark Tillman from the Village Inn looked at it and made the comment that the kitchen would have to be done over. Melva took great offense and stated “Young man, this kitchen was remodeled in 1929 and there is nothing wrong with it today.”

Schasel became sole owner of the house when Nestle, who was a former president of the Cobblestone Society, died in 2009.

Lattin felt the house could be used for small gatherings of less than 30 people, such as meetings, rehearsal parties or teas, put on by a caterer, as well as being part of the Cobblestone Museum.

Furnishings in the home include a Monitor Top refrigerator, a 1930’s kitchen table and chairs, an 1840 chest recently donated to the Museum by David and Camilla VanderLinden, a gray enamel sink, a Kalamazoo kitchen range made in 1935 and a Morris chair donated by Gerard and Pat Morrisey, which belonged to his grandfather, Poelma, and was built in 1917.

Other period furnishings are Royal Rochester waffle iron and coffee urn, a player piano and Orthophonic Victrola. Floor and table lamps with fringed shades, a wicker rocker, candle holders with shades and a hooked wall hanging which had been given to the museum. The wallpaper in the parlor was put up when the Vaggs celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in 1948.

The property now boasts its own outhouse in the back yard, which Lattin built out of scrap lumber.

Lattin added that electricity was distributed down Ridge Road between 1926 and 1928. Prior to that, the Vaggs would certainly have had an outhouse.

Lattin quoted a sentence which was advertised in the 1920s, “Electricity is the only servant you will ever need.”

Bill Lattin shows Doreen and Gary Wilson a 1930s food mixer and a green enamel hot plate. There is also a Kalamazoo kitchen range was made in 1935. The Vaggs used it for heat as well as cooking. Museum Trustee Maarit Vaga is at right.

Keeping as much of the Vagg house in its original state is important because of Child’s designation by the Landmark Society of Western New York as one of their “Five to Revive” in 2019, Lattin said.

The house is also a perfect fit to the area, with Joseph Vagg’s blacksmith shop next door already part of the Cobblestone Museum. He built the shop in 1921 and Nellie bequeathed it to the Cobblestone Society after she died in 1975.

“This brings the Cobblestone Museum’s buildings to nine,” Farley said. “We have 18 if you count the outhouses. We are very excited to have a presence on this corner. The potential here is unlimited. This house will be included in our future tours.”

Farley said visitors will notice a big difference between the 1920s-era  Vagg house and the cobblestone Ward house, furnished in the style of the 1880s.

In the dining room, a Royal Rochester waffle iron is plugged into the ceiling light fixture. In the corner is a Orthophonic Victrola dating to circa 1928. The 1920-era Vagg House represents a different era from the Ward House, which depicts life in the 1880s. Latin said in the 1920s it was advertised, “Electricity is the only servant you’ll ever need.”

The shades on the candlesticks was very popular in the 1910s and ’20s.

Mark Bower checks out the upstairs, where the hallways have hardwood floors.

A member of Elderberry Jam performs on the lawn at the Vagg House for the event on Nov. 7.

There is a small plaster bust of Frances E. Willard in the dining room. The bust, made in 1932, shows Willard wearing a small white ribbon, which was characteristic of the temperance movement. Willard was born in Churchville and became president of the National Women’s Temperance Union. Nellie Vagg also was active in the temperance movement and wore a white ribbon until her dying days. “Nellie was a warhorse on liquor,” Lattin said.

Press Release, Assemblyman Mike Norris

LOCKPORT – State Assemblyman Mike Norris’ annual Winter Clothing Drive is kicking off this week with the public being able to start dropping off donated items at the Assemblyman’s office or the Lockport Town Hall this Wednesday, Nov. 18. Items will be collected at these locations until Dec. 14.

“Because of the pandemic we limited the locations this year but the need for warm winter clothing items will be greater than ever before so I hope our community will still continue to show its generosity to our neighbors in need this season,” Norris said. “Children’s boots are always in high demand and, as always, all items donated will stay within our community. Thank you so much to everyone who helps make this drive possible and for those who are donating.”

Gently used warm winter clothing items like coats, gloves, mittens, hats, scarves, boots and other items can be dropped off at the Assemblyman’s office in Clarence (8180 Main Street) or the Lockport Town Hall (6560 Dysinger Road) during regular business hours.

If you need to make other arrangements for a drop off outside of those hours, please call the Assemblyman’s office at (716) 839-4691 to coordinate.

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Oak Orchard Health has new signs out thanking health care and essential workers for their continued commitment during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been ongoing the past eight months.

Oak Orchard has signs on Route 31 in Albion, in front of its healthcare facilities.