On this date 61 years ago in West Milton, New York, a species of turning swords into plowshares was created. That was when the Atomic Energy Commission sold electric power from a General Electric nuclear reactor. The buyer was the Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation, purchasing the power for civilian distribution. Some 10,000 kilowatts were supplied from the reactor, which was a prototype for the one used in the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf. Last year, nearly 800 million kilowatt-hours were generated at nuclear plants — around 20 percent of the nation’s total electricity output. There are 149 nuclear power generating establishments in the U.S., employing over 48,000 workers in America’s $530 billion a year utilities sector. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
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Congratulations to those that actually care and are helping our town. The local paper reports “Chief Marcus Barrow reported that violent crime in 2016 had dropped more than 21 percent, while property crime dropped by more than 30 percent. Both figures account for a more than 29 percent drop in overall crime, compared to this time last year.
Barrow also presented a 23 year review of overall crime in Henderson. According to the numbers he presented, since 2010, the total crime incidents in Henderson has dropped each subsequent year until reaching the lowest point of the 23 year span in 2015 with 1,354 total incidents.”