NY Preparedness Training Coming to Tioga County

After Broome and Tompkins counties have hosted citizen preparedness training programs, the latest program will be coming to Tioga County.The training program will be held on Saturday, May 10th, starting at 11:00 AM at the auditorium at the Owego-Apalachin Middle School on Sheldon Guile... Read More.

Open Door Mission Preps for Back-to-School Bash

The Open Door Mission on North Avenue in Owego and the Red Door on Broad Street in Waverly are in the process of preparing for this year's back to school bash. In August, both locations will be giving away backpacks filled with school supplies... Read More.

Owego Elementary School Taking Shape

After two and a half years of waiting for a new elementary school to take shape, the Owego community is starting to see the first signs of the new Owego Elementary School. Monday marked the first day that contractors began raising steel beams at... Read More.

Vestal Schools Under Fire Following Audit

The Vestal Central School District has come under fire after the latest audit by the New York State Comptroller's Office. According to the comptroller, the Vestal district has been overtaxing and misleading its residents for the past five years. The report says that the... Read More.

OFA Announces Wall of Fame Inductees

The latest inductees for the Owego Free Academy Wall of Fame have been announced. The Wall of Fame dinner celebration will be held on June 11th, and this year the dinner will be honoring David Beere, Tom Bryant, and Dean Smith. Beere was a... Read More.

Maine-Endwell School Budget Hearing May 8th

The latest school budget numbers for the Maine-Endwell School District will ask that residents approve a tax hike. The budget comes in at $45.7 million, over $800,000 more than last year, requiring an increase to the tax levy of 2.15 percent. According to school... Read More.

Owego-Apalachin Budget Calls For Loss Of 21 Jobs

The latest budget proposal for the Owego-Apalachin School District would call for 21 positions being cut. At a meeting Wednesday night at Owego Free Academy, changes were made to the budget to keep a foreign language position, two elementary teaching assistants, and a part-time... Read More.

Two Bids Awarded For MacArthur School Reconstruction

Two bids worth $14.2 million were awarded by the Binghamton school board on Tuesday as they look to start construction on the MacArthur Elementary School. Site work will be performed for $5.8 million by a Binghamton construction company, with Rochester-based LeChase Construction operating out... Read More.

Owego-Apalachin Board Meets Tonight

This week's Owego-Apalachin Board of Education meeting originally scheduled for Thursday has been moved to tonight. Topics to be discussed include the proposal to cut a foreign language teaching position, along with the possibility of removing the French program entirely from the Owego Apalachin... Read More.

Union-Endicott School Budget Approved By Board

A spending plan for the Union-Endicott school district calls for no cuts to programs or staffing. The 2014-2015 spending plan was approved by the school board during a budget workshop Monday night. Now the vote will head to the residents of the district on... Read More.