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A Houston-based natural gas drilling company has reached a settlement with Susquehanna County residents and Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection. Cabot Oil and Gas has agreed to split $4.1 million among 19 different households in Dimock Township that have been unable to use their water... Read More.

A nine-year-old girl from Windsor has been busy helping out the Ronald McDonald House in Syracuse. Maralee Bixby and friends have collected nearly a million soda can tabs at their elementary school, which Maralee and her parents have driven up to the home in Syracuse. For... Read More.

Tioga Central senior Kara McDuffee did not win the Wendy’s High School Heisman award, but she was one of the six female finalists from across the country. The award was given to Abby Badura, a runner and soccer player from Virginia, on Friday in New... Read More.

The principal of the Seton Catholic High School has been placed on administrative leave. The Syracuse Diocese announced their decision in a letter to parents and staff members Tuesday. 60-year-old Kathleen Dwyer admitted last week that she was accused in April of shoplifting. In light of the... Read More.

The Tioga County Legislature officially adopted their 2011 budget at a meeting Tuesday. The $68.8 million spending plan includes an overall property tax increase of 2 percent, although the new tax rates for each town will be decided by the state. The 2011 re-organizational meeting for... Read More.

Representatives from nearly two dozen Broome County municipalities met Tuesday to start planning for a project to revitalize the area along the Susquehanna River. The Broome County Intermunicipal Waterfront Revitalization Project will study a way for the towns and villages to apply for future grants... Read More.

Elmira Jackals players will be busy this week spreading holiday cheer throughout the community. Players stopped by St. Joseph’s Hospital Tuesday to present teddy bears and toys to child patients. Those were collected during Friday’s Teddy Bear Toss Night and Saturday’s Toys for Children Night... Read More.

A portion of Interstate 81 North near the state border was closed for a few hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer crash. The Broome County Sheriff’s Office says a tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck between the Pennsylvania line and the Gateway rest stop in Conklin... Read More.

State Police say a wanted man in the Town of Guilford pointed a shotgun at troopers Monday. 26-year-old Bradley Romano is accused of pointing a 16-gauge shotgun at troopers as they attempted to take him into custody yesterday afternoon. Romano fled on foot and was caught... Read More.

Eight Elmira families were left homeless after a fire destroyed their apartment complex on Saturday afternoon. None of the 18 people were injured in the fire on College Ave. City firefighters believe the blaze started in one of the building’s kitchens, but they are still... Read More.

An Endicott man was arrested over the weekend and charged with stabbing two other men. 28-year-old Christopher Reyers was arrested by village police on Saturday morning. Investigators say Reyers stabbed the other two men with a butcher knife during an argument over noise at an... Read More.

New York Gov. David Paterson vetoed a moratorium bill on natural gas drilling over the weekend, but then issued an executive order prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in the state until next summer. Paterson says the bill passed by both the Senate and the Assembly was too... Read More.