chemung county

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.

Voters passed local school district budgets in Corning, Horseheads and Prattsburgh one month after their initial votes failed to reach a supermajority.

Corning-Painted Post school district voters will decide on a $147 million budget and 8 percent tax levy this year. They will also elect board members. Some are returning for another term and others are looking to join the board for a first term.

A group in Chemung County want a thorough investigation of a site that used to be home to a fertilizer plant.

Some Southern Tier residents continue to gather and protest Republican proposals to cut social safety net programs.

Terminated state correction officers will be eligible for hire in local government positions on or after April 10.

Dozens of people spoke directly to county legislators this week about how any cuts to federal programs they rely on could be detrimental to their health and well-being.

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, due to a prison-wide state of emergency.

The fire gutted the 133-year-old structure last week, leaving a brick shell of the building. Demolition crews leveled the rest of it to the ground earlier this week.

Gov. Hochul deployed New York National Guard troops to state prisons as hundreds of corrections officers strike to call attention to staffing and safety issues.