Vestal News

The state Department of Transportation will perform vegetation control work starting at 7 a.m. Monday on Route 434 westbound between Rano Boulevard and African Road in Vestal.

Vestal High School seniors Zachary Buckholtz and Kristen Shafer were two of the three students selected from New York State to participate in Macy's All-American High School Marching Band on Thanksgiving Day.

VESTAL -- The Vestal Central School District Board of Education is moving forward with its search for a new superintendent.

A program on Meeting Today's Challenges to Jewish Survival is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to noon Dec.

Theora 'Terri' Darrah, age 79, of Owego Richard E. De Mars, Jr., age 40, of Vestal Eduardo Diaz, age 51, of Conklin John D. Donlon, age 59, of Stone Ridge, NY Marion D. Hartford, age 64, of Binghamton Gordon W. Holmes, of Kirkwood Gerald E. Houghtaylen Jr., age 59, of Petaluma, CA, formerly of Binghamton Beatrice Howland, ...

Landowners have what gas companies need. Gas companies have what landowners want.

VESTAL -- The thousands of visitors who get their exercise on the Vestal Rail Trail will soon see a new sight.

The majority of the Vestal Town Board has decided the Rivercrest section should be designated historic.

The dramatic film "Tickling Leo," written and directed by Vestal native Jeremy Davidson and produced by his wife, Mary Stuart Masterson, will be shown at 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the EPAC Theater, 102 Washington Ave., Endicott.

VESTAL -- Developers have requested a zoning change to build a three-story office building at the site of the Press & Sun-Bulletin on Vestal Parkway.

VESTAL -- NASA astronauts and children at Vestal Hills Elementary School are both looking at the effects of gravity on the development of monarch butterflies.

VESTAL -- The town board is looking into the possibility of natural gas drilling at its parks.

Novelist John Gardner had a reputation of being a confrontational guy - especially to fellow writers he didn't think were up to snuff.

From Communications Coordinator, Vestal Central School District: Vestal Schools to Dedicate New Auditorium with Inaugural Concert The completion of the Vestal Central School Districta s new auditorium at African Road wraps up the majority of the districta s capital project.

A dented, old truck hood took on special meaning recently for four students in the Auto Body Repair program at Broome-Tioga BOCES.

Ballot by ballot - the hand recount started today for the extremely close election races in Broome County.

A businessman wants to build a hotel to cater to Romanian tourists. Nearby neighbors say it would be a haven for prostitutes, drug addicts and pedophiles.

IT'S CALLED HYDROFRACKING: A new process makes it easier to extract natural gas from shale.

VESTAL -- Civility ruled the day Wednesday during a public hearing on the town's 2010 budget.

There's a lot of conversation at polling places and more than a few crossword puzzles.