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Bradford County is now home to just the second training facility for natural gas workers in the nation. Chesapeake Energy unveiled its facility in Athens Thursday. The 3,600-square-foot campus can house up to 250 employees at one time. Each morning, the residents are taken to... Read More.

The man who was charged with murdering an Oneonta woman has been released from jail. The Otsego County District Attorney requested that the murder charge be dropped against 27-year-old William Sprague after new evidence came to light. The DA’s office has declined to comment on... Read More.

Broome County legislators have turned down an offer to lease their drilling rights to a natural gas company. Legislators voted 10-3 Thursday against the offer from Denver-based Inflection Energy, which would have given the county $7.8 million up front and 20 percent royalties on any... Read More.

New York State Electric and Gas says they will cut down a tree in the Town of Maine, despite the property owner’s objections. Lidiko Mitchell chained herself to the tree earlier this month in an effort to save it from being cut down. She met... Read More.

The Vestal Town Board approved their 2011 budget Wednesday night. The spending plan includes a property tax increase of nearly 6 percent to residents. Board members have spent the last eight weeks trimming and reorganizing the budget, which slashed the tax hike to its current... Read More.

A New York City man has been found guilty of murder and assault in Elmira. 34-year-old William Jordan was convicted of stabbing another man with an ice pick in January outside an Elmira bar. Robert Pritchett was the man who was killed. An autopsy showed that... Read More.

A decision on whether or not to lease Broome County lands for natural gas drilling could be delayed. The legislature was supposed to consider the offer Thursday, but Inflection Energy has pushed back their deadline from the end of the month to Dec. 17. Company... Read More.

The Town of Union has pushed back a decision on their budget after neither of its two villages voted on a measure to merge their code enforcement departments with the town. Endicott trustees did not vote on the issue Friday and Johnson City board members... Read More.

Congressman-elect Tom Reed is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday and sworn in to represent New York’s 29th Congressional District. Reed was supposed to be sworn into Eric Massa’s old seat on Tuesday, but he suffered blood clots in his lungs and had... Read More.

The Broome County Legislature is expected to make a final decision Thursday on an offer to lease county-owned land for natural gas drilling. The offer, from Inflection Energy, would be worth more than $7.5 million up front and a guaranteed 20 percent in royalties on... Read More.

The Vestal Town Board will receive a grant Wednesday night. The town will be presented with a check for $3,500 from the Preservation League of New York. It will be used to complete the town’s survey of historic and architecturally significant homes, farms and public... Read More.

It appears that Johnson City and Endicott will not share their code enforcement departments with the Town of Union. Johnson City trustees held off on voting for the resolution Tuesday night after the measure was questioned by several residents, who asked for a public hearing... Read More.