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An informational meeting will be held Tuesday night in Endicott to discuss the clean up of a contaminated site in the village. The state’s Dept. of Environmental Conservation says 312 Maple Street is contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE, after the site was once used for... Read More.

A controversial tree in the Town of Maine was cut down by New York State Electric and Gas workers Monday. The property owner had chained herself to the 30-year-old blue spruce a few weeks ago in an effort to save the tree. NYSEG says it... Read More.

Elmira is celebrating Mark Twain’s birthday this week. Tuesday would have been the author’s 175th birthday. The writer of such works as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn spent summers writing in Elmira and is buried in the city’s Woodlawn Cemetery. The study where Samuel Clemons... Read More.

New York’s Dept. of Environmental Conservation is challenging a federal agency’s authority to force the state to participate in a costly plan to clean the Susquehanna River. The Environmental Protection Agency has come up with what they call the “Total Maximum Daily Load” plan, which... Read More.

A standoff ended peacefully in Elmira on Saturday night. It started when state police were called to a domestic incident on Monkey Run Road. When the first troopers arrived on scene, they found a man who had barricaded himself inside the house. His estranged wife... Read More.

A Bradford County man was killed in a car crash on Saturday. Pennsylvania State Police say 60-year-old Robert Burns of Columbia Crossroads was driving in Springfield Township around 4pm Saturday when he lost control of his car, which left the road and struck a tree. Burns... Read More.

A Cortland man was killed in a crash on Route 81 in Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Pennsylvania State Police say 32-year-old Kenneth Banner, Jr. was heading north on 81 in Susquehanna County’s Lenox Township when his car swerved off and then back onto the roadway... Read More.

Stephanie Nelson is back at the Vestal High School Monday after some time off last week to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The 16-year-old senior was the only one from the area to be picked for the Great American Marching Band; a group... Read More.

A Town of Tioga man who led a state trooper on a short chase is now facing multiple charges. State Police say 21-year-old Justin Levandoski refused to stop after a trooper observed him driving erratically. After a short pursuit along Route 17C, the man stopped... Read More.

New York Gov. David Paterson is calling legislators back for a special session on Monday. He has set a lengthy agenda for the session, including budget cuts that he hopes would help pay down a $316 million deficit. The lame-duck governor continues to maintain that... Read More.

A Pennsylvania man was killed in a dump truck rollover Tuesday. State Police say 72-year-old Ernest Compton of New Milford was driving west in Bradford County’s Overton Township when the accident occurred. The truck went off the road and onto the shoulder. Compton overcorrected, sending... Read More.

An Ithaca man has been sentenced for stealing industrial parts from his former employer and selling them on eBay. 50-year-old Michael Ruffino received a sentence of 1-3 years in jail Tuesday in Tompkins County Court. He will also have to pay restitution. In 2007, Ruffino admits... Read More.