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The Vestal Town Board is considering contracting with Broome County for tax collection services. The board has put out a survey to residents to get input on the potential change, and is holding a special meeting to discuss it on Wednesday.

Currently, the town has four school resource officers across the school district. There were plans to expand the program to six officers. But Town Supervisor Maria Sexton, who took office in January, said she worries about the town’s ability to pay for two more officers.

The tree, a Norway Spruce, is 80 feet tall and 43 feet wide. It is over 80 years old and weighs 12 tons. Workers cut it down on Nov. 9. The tree will be set up and decorated on Nov. 11.

Women’s Health Services is an abortion clinic in Vestal. Across the parking lot is Women’s Life Services, a crisis pregnancy center, which is opposed to abortion and provides alternatives to the procedure.

Staffing shortages at Broome County’s Willow Point Nursing Home have forced officials to declare a state of emergency.

Late Wednesday afternoon, the district identified the issue as a regulator on the secondary boiler.

“You have to be at a point where you have plans in place where you can adjust accordingly, and still maintain an education for our students.”

“I’m sure we stand to lose some staff, and we’d hate to see that happen.”

Clean-up requirements were met for the New York Superfund Site at the former Hidden Valley Electronics facility in Vestal.

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