Pulteney News

Reader Groundhum was kind enough to send over his notes from yesterday's meeting in Pulteney: To say the meeting was well-attended would be understatement.

It's been cold outside, but it has never been hotter in Pulteney. It appears that Jeff and Jodi Andrysick have latched onto the issue concerning Chesapeake Energy's request to use Pulteney as a dumping ground for wastewater that results when chemicals are used to drill for natural gas under the Marcellus Shale.

Steuben County officials are preparing for the impact natural gas drilling could have on county-wide issues for decades to come.

COUNTIES FINGER LAKES Will there be a conflict of interest? FINGER LAKES - Could signing a gas drilling lease and being on a town or village board create a conflict of interest? With the possibility of wastewater from gas drilling being dumped in a well in Pulteney, Barrington planning board chairperson Sue Lange wondered about the answer to that ...

In a comment on Thursday's fracking story, Rich the Retiree noted that the Dundee Observer covered the Pulteney meeting .

What Pulteney lacks is a locally owned general store with a luncheonette/coffee shop so that we locals can gather and complain in a convivial setting.

The Keuka Watershed Improvement Cooperative and the Keuka Lake Outlet Compact have scheduled their regular January joint meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan.

Reader Groundhum sends the coverage of a Pulteney town hall meeting which covered the topic of a proposed wastewater disposal well which would be located in an abandoned gas well about a mile from Keuka Lake.

Considering the wind chill and temperature, the coldest morning of the winter thus far was Jan.

Troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will get a little taste of holiday cheer this season with the help of the Red Cross and an army of student volunteers.

Another Southern Tier mother has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her kids in the car.

Jonathan Goble was a convict, Marine and missionary whose legend is reflected in a two-wheel cart that sits atop the baptistery at the Wayne Village Baptist Church.

If it's at all possible for something to arrive and leave at the same time, you might call it the summer of 2009 - although, in my view, it never arrived at all, except for May, which isn't summer but was the only month that we hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit at least once.

Three Republican candidates for Steuben County Legislature unofficially cleared one hurdle in their primary bids for the county board, but still face competition on the way to the Nov.

One Steuben County legislative seat could be decided Tuesday, with a host of preliminary battles shaping up over other spots on the county Legislature and municipal boards.

Fire protection on Keuka Lake has improved this year with the arrival of a new fire boat for the Hammondsport Volunteer Fire Department.

For the performers and their families at the county fair's talent show, it was about fun and hope and the little whisper that says now is the time to shine.

State Police in Painted Post and Steuben County fire investigators are asking for information on fires Wednesday that destroyed three vacant Steuben County houses.

I would like to express my deepest thanks to The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc.

The bar, restaurant and kitchen areas of the Pine Grove Inn Restaurant in Pulteney were destroyed by fire Wednesday night.