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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.

In other Johnson City news, trustees have taken the first step in dissolving their paid fire department and creating a new fire district. Trustees approved a resolution Tuesday night to start the process of forming a new fire district with the Town of Union. Village... Read More.

Oneonta Police say the woman who was murdered over the weekend was killed by a blow to the head. 26-year-old Sonya Ridge was found dead in the residence of 27-year-old William Sprague early Sunday morning. Sprague is now facing murder charges. Police believe the man was... Read More.

A local Congressman-elect had to be hospitalized in Washington this weekend after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Tom Reed was elected to represent the 29th Congressional District two weeks ago. The former Corning mayor was in Washington for his orientation when he suffered the embolism, which... Read More.

A Bradford County woman died Saturday after falling off her horse. Pennsylvania State Police say 37-year-old Wendi Tedesco of Columbia Crossroads was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was riding her horse on private property off Ketchum Road in Columbia Township when she fell off... Read More.