Pine City News

While most people were getting ready for the holiday weekend Thursday, others gathered at First Arena in Elmira and the Radisson Hotel Corning to donate blood.

Both supporters and opponents of a proposal to form an early childhood center at Booth School voiced their opinions to the Elmira School Board.

The head of the Elmira school district expects some heated opposition at Monday's special school board meeting to his proposal for a pre-kindergarten center at the former Booth school.

A story, told around campfires and danced to the cadence of drums, is humankind's most ancient way to pass on history to the next generation.

When I was a young boy living in Pine City, trips to visit my grandparents on Columbia Street in Elmira felt like journeys into the big city.

If the registration or inspection sticker on your car windshield is falling off, you're not alone.

Fifteen-year-old Jacob Wichtowski, a member of Boy Scout Troop 43 in Pine City, recently completed all the requirements to earn Eagle Scout status, although the freshman at Notre Dame High School will wait until October to receive the award with his fellow scouts.

Last-minute details are holding up groundbreaking on a new senior citizen apartment complex in the town of Southport, but the developer said the project is almost ready to go.

Whenever I think of the Grange, I think of the wonderful acts of kindness they bestow upon their rural communities and the sensational cookbooks they compile year after year.

The farmers market at Wisner Park opened Thursday under bright skies and with optimism shared by vendors and visitors.

A Chemung County man is listed in satisfactory condition at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester after authorities say he blew off part of his hand with a home-made explosive on Sunday night.

The Chemung County Sheriff's Office says a 37-year-old Pine City man received severe injuries to his right hand from a homemade explosive device.

Town and state officials are awaiting a July inspection of the Batchellerville Bridge they say could be a seminal moment in the state Department of Transportation's attempt to secure funding for a bridge replacement project.

A motorcycle accident injured a mother and daughter on Route 328 in Southport on Friday evening, the Chemung County Sheriff's Department said.

What is the Elmira school district trying to pull by letting Broadway Elementary district parents believe they have a say in their 2009 pre-kindergarten students being sent to Booth School in September.

Despite the tough economic times, local school districts have managed to draw up spending plans for the 2009-10 school year that they're confident taxpayers can live with.

Kim Boller, who moved from the Poughkeepsie area to Pine City in January, thought taking part in Elmira's 19th annual Downtown Clean-Up would be a good way for him and his four children to meet people.

Kim Boller, who moved from the Poughkeepsie-area to Pine City in January, thought helping taking part in Elmira's 19th annual Downtown Clean-Up would be a good way for him and his four children to meet people.

The owner of several historic buildings in Elmira wants them torn down. A spokesman from T&R Realty in Pine City says 151-157 Lake Street are beyond repair, and are now public safety hazards.

Chemung County Habitat for Humanity needs skilled labor at a new home construction at 75 Orchard Park Road in Pine City.