Georgetown News

The minimum security prison in Chenango County has finally closed. For years, Camp Pharsalia barely survived proposed state prison system budget cuts.

The minimum security prison in Chenango County has finally closed. For years, Camp Pharsalia barely survived proposed state prison system budget cuts.

Hard to believe ita TMs Friday already. As I commented on my blog earlier this week, I had a wonderful time with the graduates of the class of 2009 from Lower East Side Preparatory High School.

The Post-Standard invited readers to submit questions about Friday's switch to digital-only TV signal broadcasting.

To Koma Gandy, the folks who mix her favorite tunes were always like the Wizard of Oz.

The arrest of Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber, is considered by some has the worst spy arrest since FBI agent-turned-Russian spy Robert Hanssen.

Independent Film & Television Alliance Chairman Lloyd Kaufman knew early on that Jean Prewitt was special.

The National Weather Service confirmed on Sunday, May 17 that the weather system that moved through the town of Georgetown at approximately 4:45 the previous afternoon was a tornado.

The weather system that downed trees and ripped the roof off a home Saturday afternoon in Georgetown was indeed a tornado, meteorologists confirmed today.

Weather service officials say two small tornadoes that touched down in parts of central New York destroyed a handful of barns and sheds and damaged numerous trees.

The storm tore the roof off one building on State Route 26, and brought down trees and power lines in the area.

Winds brought down trees and wires in Georgetown, a town in southwestern Madison County, as a thunderstorm passed through, according to New York State Police.

Michael Oren, an American-born academic who frequently appears as a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, has been picked as Israel 's next ambassador to Washington, a government official said Saturday.

Madison County's Camp Georgetown, a minimum-security prison near the Chenango County border, will remain open next year if lawmakers adopt the state budget legislative leaders have agreed to.

Two people were injured Wednesday after a natural gas well explosion on Soule Road in the town of Lebanon, the second such incident in the area this year, authorities said.

History is bunk, old Henry Ford famously said, and it's true that a lot of what we're told is history is certainly bunk.

I was disappointed that the Post Standard published the article "Reviving Downtowns: Upstate's central business districts need more than a pretty face" by John L. Gann, Jr.

Although it seems that if grocery stores could sell wine they would sell a lot of Finger Lakes Wine, liquor store owners don't buy it.

Shyanne Autumn Somers was an outdoors girl, fond of art, drama, horses and home, community members said Thursday.

At 11 a.m., Gov. David Paterson will release his version of a 2009-10 state budget.