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Corning-Painted Post School District residents have finally approved a plan to consolidate their schools. A district-wide facilities plan went to voters Thursday for the sixth time in 10 years. This time, it passed, receiving over 60 percent of approval from residents. The $97.4 million plan calls... Read More.

Tioga Downs and the Southern Tier Harness Horsemen’s Association each donated $10,000 to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Thursday. The Food Bank stocks pantries in six different counties, including Tioga and Broome. They say the donations will allow them to purchase over 9,000... Read More.

A home under construction in the Town of Vestal was severely damaged by a fire early Thursday morning. Dispatchers say they received reports of a structure fire at 2601 Pinebluff Drive around 3:30am. Vestal firefighters were sent to the scene. Once they arrived, they determined that... Read More.

Residents of the Corning-Painted Post School District are heading to the polls Thursday to vote on the latest consolidation plan. The district’s $97.4 million plan would consolidate the district’s middle and high school students into one building each, the current East and West High buildings.... Read More.

A Bradford County woman was found shot to death Wednesday. Pennsylvania State Police were called to Snow Road in Litchfield Township around 1:30pm for reports that a woman had been shot. When they arrived, they found 41-year-old Tara Shave of Sayre mortally wounded. She was taken... Read More.

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.