Natalie Abruzzo
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A second Steuben County town is taking steps to ban the use of sewage sludge, also known as biosolids, as fertilizer.
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The Corning Museum of Glass has resumed its shuttle service after a six-week closure due to financial constraints.
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The John W. Jones Museum in Elmira now has a statue of Jones, a formerly enslaved person who played a part in the Underground Railroad. WSKG’s Natalie Abruzzo spoke with Talima Aaron, the president of the board of trustees for the museum about Jones, the museum and his commissioned statue.
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Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney easily won her primary on Tuesday with more than 61% of the vote against Mario Fratto in New York’s 24th Congressional District.
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New York voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the state’s primary election. Polls close at 9 p.m. While there are no primaries happening in Tompkins County, there are some races in other parts of our region.
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The van, which is about the size of a food truck, will travel throughout the county and reach people where health services and providers are less accessible outside cities like Corning, Hornell and Bath.
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The Madison Avenue bridge that connects Elmira’s Northside and Southside has been renamed the Allen-Berry Bridge to honor two African American trailblazers in the city: A’Don Allen and Bessie Berry.
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Three school districts in the Southern Tier successfully passed new school budgets on Tuesday.The Newfield, Ithaca, and Corning Painted-Post school districts all brought forward updated versions of the budget for a revote after their original proposals failed to pass in May. These revamped proposals cut spending and lowered proposed tax levies.
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Cooling centers are open across the region where people can take shelter from the heat wave.
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The shuttle connected tourists and visitors of the museum to the shops and restaurants in downtown Corning. A spokesperson for the museum says the shuttle became too costly to maintain. Some downtown business owners expressed concern about losing access to thousands of visitors.