Steuben County News

Republicans came away the winners in Corning City Council races Tuesday, with both incumbents keeping their seats and picking up a position, according to unofficial results from the Steuben County Board of Elections Web site and numbers posted at Democrat and Republican party headquarters in Corning.

Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.

Democrat Frank Coccho has conceded the Corning mayor's race to Richard Negri, a Republican.

It could be weeks before residents in Corning's First Ward know who will represent them on the Corning City Council, thanks to a faulty voting machine.

A 14-year veteran of state government will be among four new lawmakers on the Steuben County Legislature beginning Jan.

Voters at the polling station at the Southeast Steuben County Library say the new system is easier and more convenient than the old lever system.

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.

I think this is a time when our government needs to be focused on cooperation. And in my opinion, Phil Palmesano is the right candidate to bring that spirit of cooperation and "getting the job done" for the City of Corning in the Steuben County Legislature.

A new sprinkler system for Flannery Apartments. Work study money for Elmira College students.

CORNING -- Voters in Corning's Seventh Ward on the city's Northside will choose from a field of three candidates for City Council in Tuesday's election.

Steuben County Legislature Chairman Philip J. Roche, R-Erwin, has endorsed Phil Palmesano for the District 2 seat on the Steuben County Legislature.

Steuben County got a nice funding boost from the office of homeland security. The sheriff's department received $60,000. Emergency Management got $130,000 and Public Health and Nursing Services received $49,000. The County Finance Committee called a special meeting yesterday and approved the funds unanimously.

A Corning man is lucky to be alive after he flipped his car while driving drunk early this morning.

Steuben County Sheriff Joel Ordway and Steuben County Clerk of the Legislature Christine Kane will collect Halloween candy for overseas American troops from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov.

At no charge, Steuben County residents and Corning employees may drop off home computers, monitors, terminals, televisions, laptops, printers and scanners, keyboards, network equipment, circuit boards, wiring and cabling, copiers, typewriters, fax machines, VCR/stereo equipment and microwaves.

A proposal to trim the 2010 Steuben County budget by $100,000 has resulted in strong protests by officials in the cities of Corning and Hornell.

The Corning Painted Post district has sent a letter to parents today about two students who have been diagnosed with H1N1 and another possible case.

Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services will hold a car seat and booster seat event for income-qualified families from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

When it comes to public input on natural gas drilling in New York state, more is better.

U p to 500 employees could be laid off by the end of May at a major Steuben County employer.