Elmira News Archives

A fire severely damaged a shed Monday and singed the exterior of the rear of a house at 446 Schuyler Ave.

A former Elmira City School District teacher will be sentenced in July after a Florida court convicted him of possessing child pornography, according to published reports.

The Chemung County grand jury indicted the following people during its June 11 session: * Vincent D. Dunham Jr., 22, of South Carolina, was charged with fifth- and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, unlawful possession of marihuana and obstructing governmental procedure.

G. Jeffrey Aaron Business If you are among the thousands of Southern Tier residents who've lost their jobs this year and are interested in expanding your work skills, or if you're an environmentally conscious college student with time on your hands, then Uncle Jim wants you.

Elmira Christian Academy graduation was held Thursday. The valedictorian was Brianna Harris, daughter of the Rev.

Two days of severe thunderstorms in the Twin Tiers gave area residents a taste of different types of storms within a short period of time.

Two men were charged Thursday afternoon with a stabbing earlier in the day at 1207 Magee St.

What could be better than a lazy summer evening of free live music along a beautiful river with family and friends? You can enjoy just that during the first River Music Fest from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday along the banks off the Chemung River on Elmira's Southside.

Elmira police have identified the driver of the motor vehicle that killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run accident early Sunday on Grand Central Avenue.

The Arctic League is asking the community for help watching over its property in Elmira after vandalism ruined recent beautification efforts there.

The public is invited to a second informational meeting scheduled next week about the Brownfield Opportunity Area in Elmira.

Elmira police have identified the bicyclist killed in a fatal hit-and-run accident early Sunday on Grand Central Avenue.

Local stories from the Flood of '72 are now part of a national oral history project.

Police say the car should have damage to the passenger side and front bumper area.

A domestic dispute led to a stabbing and the arrest of an Elmira woman Monday. Elmira police charged Bre'Ona C. Brown, 18, of East Water Street with second-degree assault, a class D felony.

A man riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a motorist who then fled the scene early this morning, according to Elmira police.

A 50-year-old Elmira man has been charged out of Tioga County, Pa., with several felonies involving molestation of a child, according to a press release from Westfield police.

More people are choosing to renovate their homes, instead of buying new ones in this economy.

Elmira has gone from a $3.1 million deficit at the end of 2005 to a $4 million surplus at the end of 2008, according to an audit report discussed this morning at a City Council workshop.

The city of Elmira has decided not to install a neighborhood traffic circle intended to slow motorists at the intersection of West Clinton Street and Edgewood Drive, Mayor John Tonello announced Thursday.

The Elmira Gymnastics Club, which has produced a few dozen state gymnastics champions, and its companion business, the Elmira Fitness Center, will be moving to a new home in Horseheads this summer.

A real estate development firm based in Cincinnati, which is already involved in an apartment complex project in downtown Ithaca, could become the new developer of the stalled $8 million project to redevelop the Rosenbaum/Harold's Marvin's building in Elmira's downtown.

They say it all started around two this afternoon with a fight between Brown and a man who they are not identifying.

The Chemung County Alzheimer's support group will meet at 7 p.m. June 23 at the Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of North Main and West Church streets in Elmira.

In March, flames broke out at the Pennsylvania Avenue apartment home. Two year old Cohen Smith Cox did not make it out in time.

Mengel Metzger Barr, a locally-owned accounting firm, will host a seminar this week to provide information and industry changes to the area's not-for-profit leaders, while serving as an expert resource to answer questions and concerns.

Independence Day will be celebrated with music, food and fireworks with the Community Picnic & Concert on Sunday, July 5 at Eldridge Park in Elmira.

A free beginning genealogy workshop is scheduled from 2-4 p.m. July 7 at the Steele Memorial Library, 101 E Church St., Elmira.

By sharing its Empire Zone with municipalities outside Elmira, the city has helped generate millions in tax revenue for the region, City Manager John Burin told Elmira City Council Monday.

Bubba was a 'people person' - one of the best that the Elmira Police Department had, his friends and associates will tell you.

The newly unemployed, career changers and first-time job seekers were among the variety of young and old on the hunt Friday at a job fair at First Arena in Elmira.

To be held Tuesday, June 16 at 6:00 at Grove Park. ELMIRA - Those of you interested or have any concerns about a plan to bring a dog park to Elmira have one more opportunity to speak up.

The owner says his shop will provide tire and oil change services for now. He hopes to expand to other auto repairs once he gets his license.

The City of Elmira will be repairing a sewer line and water drainage Thursday on Lake Street from Thruston Avenue to Link Road.

The Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County Inc. has officially opened its outpatient substance abuse clinic in Chemung County.

McNelis said neighbors are worried a dog park would take away from use of the park by others.

The Senior Center Inc. in Elmira has announced plans for one-day summer bus trips in July and September.

Marianne Southers has lived through hard economic times. The most recent was during the manufacturing slump that hit the Southern Tier at the start of the decade.

CORNING - Area students and adults were honored Friday evening at the Elmira-Corning branch of the NAACP's Freedom Fund Awards banquet.

The Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York will host a public information forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 25 at Ernie Davis Middle School to present facts and updates regarding natural gas exploration in New York State, according to a press release from the group.

The attorneys in the murder trial of Demetrius Molina presented their summations to the jury Friday morning and once the panel receives its final instructions from Judge Peter Buckley, the jurors will begin deliberating the fate of the 24-year-old Elmira man.

A 47-year-old Horseheads woman was arrested and arraigned today on charges that include second-degree murder in the death of Irene M. Osborne, 87, a resident of Level Acres Trailer Park in Horseheads.

Three Elmira City Police officers who were responsible for collecting evidence at the scene of last summer's fatal Hathorn Court shooting described in court Wednesday what they found, where they found it and how the items - bullet fragments and shell casings- were cataloged.

Carving a niche in a man's world wasn't something Elmira native Molly McEwan planned to do when she graduated from college with a degree in television and radio production, but that's how her career has evolved.

Wisner Market in downtown Elmira opens for the season today. This is the 13th season for the market which will be open every Thursday throughout the summer in the park that straddles Main Street, between Church and Gray streets, in downtown.

The only witness to claim Demetrius Molina possessed a handgun during last summer's fatal shooting in Hathorn Court withstood a withering cross-examination Tuesday by Molina's attorney but stuck to his story that Molina fired the shots.

Jury selection for the trail of Demetrius Molina, charged in last summer's shooting death of a Hathorn Court man, began Monday morning in Chemung County Court.

ALBANY - CVS/pharmacy will open a 750,000-square-foot distribution center in the Elmira area, which will bring 600 jobs to the Southern Tier, Gov.

S. Tier schools scored higher than previous year. ELMIRA - Hard work is paying off in several Southern Tier School Districts.

Today, Phillips was awarded an honorary doctorate at the college's commencement ceremony.