School budget voting results

Tioga County voters approved school district budgets in all but one school district yesterday. Voters in Waverly rejected the district's budget proposal by 47 votes, 438 to 381. The $31 million spending plan was asking for a property tax levy increase of five percent.... Read More.

Athens School Board denies retroactive pay increases

The Athens Area School Board voted earlier this week to say "No" to any retroactive pay increase requests during contract negotiations with staff. The board says that it will decline any requests for retroactive pay increases made by either the Athens Area Education Association... Read More.

SUNY Broome to receive $1 Million state grant

SUNY Broome is one of only three colleges across New York to win grant money through a state program designed to encourage students to build and implement energy-efficient systems.SUNY Broome will receive $1 million dollars to put towards a geothermal heating and cooling... Read More.

Portion of Old Vestal Road closed for two years

Westbound traffic on Old Vestal Road in Vestal will be closed for the next two years. Traffic heading west on Old Vestal Road between Murray Hill and Bunn Hill Road will now have to use the Vestal Parkway. The on-ramp to Old Vestal Road... Read More.

JCPD Officer Cioci revieves award from Pres. Barack Obama

Johnson City Police Officer Lou Cioci is in Washington D.C. today to be awarded by President Barack Obama. Cioci is being awarded the Congressional Medal of Valor. This honor is being bestowed upon Cioci after his actions which stopped the man who shot Patrolman... Read More.

Sayre Church starts concert series for hunger relief

The Sayre Christian Church kicked off its summer concert series to help increase food donations for pantries in our area. The Sayre Christian Church started this year's series with headlining act, "Waverly's Copper Coins."  Concerts are expected to continue throughout the summer, leading up... Read More.

Racker Centers hold Tioga Community Celebration

Franziska Racker Centers handed out some awards today at their annual Tioga Community Celebration at the Owego Treadway Inn and Conference Center."Every person that is born in our world is unique," Executive Director Dan Brown told a full room at the Treadway. "By their humanity,... Read More.

Newark Valley Fire Station to be renovated, expanded

The Newark Valley Fire Station will be receiving a nearly $1 million renovation this summer. The district has been in the planning stages of this renovation for nearly five years, sending out requests for proposal, aligning finances to have as little impact on taxpayers... Read More.

Cause of death determined for body found near river

A cause of death has been determined for the body found along the Chenango River on Tuesday. Following an autopsy at Lourdes Hospital, the Broome County Sheriff's office has announced that a cause of death was fresh water drowning. The body has been identified... Read More.

Autopsy to be performed on body found near Chenango River

A body was found near the Chenango River in Port Dickinson yesterday. Port Dickinson Police, Broome County Sheriff's Deputies, and New York State Police are continuing their investigation today with an autopsy. The body was found yesterday afternoon by a man walking in the... Read More.