Elmira Heights News

ELMIRA HEIGHTS -- Sometimes, the toughest thing about closing a family-owned business that's spanned three generations is leaving it all behind.

For the first time in many years, the entrance to Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira is lined with flagpoles.

If you receive a text message from your bank, be aware. It could be a scam Banks are calling it smishing.

It has taken me actually 3 probably 3 and a half years to actually get a good head of grass." The environmental protection agency has been monitoring the area for years.

Elmira Floral Company will be going out of business soon after more than a century in Elmira Heights.

A Chemung County Jail inmate charged with firing a gun in July inside the Pioneer Sports Bar & Grill on Elmira's Southside got married Monday afternoon in the jail.

The Elmira Heights Police Department wants you to be aware of registered sex offenders in your neighborhoods.

Jeffrey J. Squires, 17, of Elmira Heights has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor sex charges involving minors, the Chemung County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division has announced.

New York State Police arrested 28-year-old Christopher Mallette of Elmira Heights for D.W.I. during a traffic stop Sunday on Prescott Avenue .

Elmira Floral Products, a 106-year-old wholesale flower grower in Elmira Heights, will close its doors Wednesday, the president of the family-owned company said.

Kids and adults had a chance to enjoy food, a bonfire and much more. Some kids say they were frightened in the haunted house.

HORSEHEADS -- The national commander of the American Legion made a whirlwind tour of area legion posts Sunday and included stops in Horseheads, Big Flats and Elmira Heights.

Friday he visited the Greater Southern Tier BOCES School in Elmira Heights . Commissioner David Steiner says he wanted to see schools working with high levels of technology.

People who love animals and enjoy a good scare can combine both interests Oct. 30. That's when A Voice for All Animals/Second Chance Ranch, an animal rescue operation based near Wellsburg, will sponsor its Halloween Spooktacular at the Starlite Room in Elmira Heights.

Scores of people pounded the pavement in Elmira on Sunday to help combat hunger.

A significant transportation corridor in our area forever changed 50 years ago this past summer.

An Elmira Heights middle school student became the first recipient of the Health Ministry of the Southern Tier's 'Spirit of Generosity and Caring' award Wednesday.

The owner of Gold, Silver and Diamond Store in Elmira Heights has been in business for nearly 20 years and he says business has never been better.

Toxic waste lies underneath much of Horseheads, Elmira Heights and the Newtown Creek watershed and allows vapors to enter homes, Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting in Ithaca said Thursday.

An Elmira Heights man was among three U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghanistan Friday when an Afghan policeman on patrol with the Americans opened fire.