Tioga Opportunities Holds Employee Appreciation Day

Tioga Opportunities held their annual employee appreciation day today.  With over 170 employees, the directors wanted to say thank you for all of the hard work their staff does for the residents of Tioga County.  Dave Radigan was broadcasting from the picnic and spoke... Read More.

Volunteers Needed For Strawberry Festival

The 31st Annual Strawberry Festival will be held Friday night, June 17 and Saturday, June 18.  Volunteers are needed to work at the Information Booth (Lake and Front Street on corner of M&T Plaza), as well as in the Wine Tent (admission table, exit area... Read More.

Hinchey to Host Grant Application Workshop June 10th

Congressman Maurice Hinchey's Office will host a Workshop on June 10th to Help Southern Tier Firefighters & EMS Personnel with Federal Grant Applications. The workshop will be on Friday, June 10th to assist local fire departments and EMS organizations with their applications for federal grant... Read More.

NWS Has Cancelled Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Area

The National Weather Service has cancelled the Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the following areas: In Central New York: Broome Chemung Chenango Cortland Madison Oneida Otsego Schuyler Tioga Tompkins In northeast Pennsylvania: Bradford Susquehanna Wyoming This includes the cities of... Binghamton... Cooperstown... Cortland... Elmira... Ithaca... Montrose... Norwich...... Read More.

NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 5PM Today

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that will remain in effect until 500 PM today. Affected counties include: Chemung, Tioga, Broome, Tompkins, Schuyler, Cortland, and Delaware. The complete list of New York counties included in the Watch are: Albany Broome... Read More.

Public Reminded to Discourage Black Bears from Foraging

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Region 7 Office today reminded homeowners and businesses to take precautions against encouraging black bears to forage on their property. Approximately 1800 to 2500 bears live in the southern bear range in New... Read More.

Open Door Mission Closed Due To Flooding

Last week’s storm not only knocked out power for many around the Southern Tier, it did serious damage to local businesses like the Open Door Mission in Owego.  The Mission took on major flooding just as it did in the big flood last month. ... Read More.

NYSEG Update: Power Restored to ALL But 300 Customers

From NYSEG at 9PM Monday: Binghamton, NY – Of the nearly 35,000 NYSEG customers in the company’s Binghamton Division (all or parts of Broome, Tioga, Cortland and Chenango counties) who lost power as a result of severe damage from violent storms on Thursday, Friday and... Read More.

NYSEG Update on Storm Recovery Operations

From NYSEG at 9PM Sunday evening: Binghamton, NY – Approximately 8,100 NYSEG customers in the company’s Binghamton Division (all or parts of Broome, Tioga, Cortland and Chenango counties) are currently without power as a result of damage from Thursday evening’s violent storm and a new... Read More.