Natalie Abruzzo
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The Corning-Painted Post school district began its 2025-26 fiscal year by swearing in new board members and new board leadership. The board’s business also included a $600,000 legal settlement payment approval for a sexual misconduct case.
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The House of Representatives passed President Trump’s spending and tax cut bill Thursday. The bill heads to the president’s desk for his signature.
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Residents in the town of Corning have unanswered questions after the town council approved payment for a legal matter on Tuesday. This comes as the town supervisor faces three felony charges.
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The Allen-Berry Bridge in Elmira received its new plaque this week to highlight two local pioneering civil rights leaders: A’Don Allen and Bessie Berry. The bridge was renamed the Allen-Berry Bridge during a Juneteenth ceremony last year.
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Voters cast ballots in primaries across New York on Tuesday. General elections will be held November 4.
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Corning town supervisor Jennifer Mullen was arrested and faces several felony charges including grand larceny. She has a felony preliminary hearing Monday.
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Thurston, Cameron now only towns in New York state that ban the use of ‘sewage sludge’ as fertilizerLast week, the town of Cameron in Steuben County became the second in the state to ban the practice of landspreading using sewage sludge, or biosolids. The town adopted the law at its monthly board meeting on June 11. The town of Thurston, also in Steuben County, was the first in New York to ban the practice in 2023.
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Voters passed local school district budgets in Corning, Horseheads and Prattsburgh one month after their initial votes failed to reach a supermajority.
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Demonstrations took place across the Southern Tier on Saturday, joining nationwide rallies in protest of the Trump administration.
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Nationwide “No Kings” rallies on Saturday will also be happening across the Southern Tier. The protests are in response to what some organizations are calling “authoritarian actions” by the Trump administration since taking office for a second term in January.