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Rt. 12 roadway work suspended for winter
GREENE – The New York State Department of Transportation suspended state Route 12 construction operations in Greene for the winter, except for some shoulder and guide rail wor... read more...
Health Dept. confirms over 200 cases; offering shots for free
NORWICH – Chenango County has 220 laboratory confirmed influenza cases for 2012-2013, up from 30 cases in 2011-2012, according to the public health department. For this curre... read more...
Supervisors go into executive session to discuss public health nurses’ union contract
NORWICH – What was supposed to be a short executive session to discuss a labor contract turned into a discussion that ensued for about a half an hour on Monday at the end of t... read more...
County loses in 2012 sale of delinquent properties
NORWICH – Chenango County lost money last year after its annual sale of tax-delinquent properties. The amount of back taxes owed on 51 parcels, which had been in arrears sinc... read more...
Landowners coalition against more comments on shale drilling regs
BINGHAMTON – The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York took offense to a press conference held Monday that demanded another extension on the comment period for the revised re... read more...
Public transit budgets difficult to predict
NORWICH – Chenango County lawmakers authorized an additional $70,000 in state reimbursements to First Transit for transportation services at the end of last year in orde... read more...
Chenango projects receive portion of $91.1M from Southern Tier grant pool
GREENE – Thirty grand for the Village of Greene may be a tiny drop in comparison to the $91.1 million sprinkled throughout the Southern Tier last Wednesday by Governor Cuomo’... read more...
Golden Artist Colors takes step toward opening Norwich branch
COLUMBUS –A new branch is in the works for one of Chenango County’s most colorful – and highly acclaimed – companies. On Wednesday, Golden Artist Colors embarked upon a $2.5 ... read more...
County ties up year-end fiscal matters
NORWICH – The City of Norwich is responsible by local law to levy the taxable properties in the city on behalf of Chenango County and the amount owed the county this year is $... read more...
Highway dept. focus of county board this year
NORWICH – County officials focused in on the highway department more closely this year, helping employees transition to a new director, putting aside more funding for ro... read more...
City sales tax flat
NORWICH – Sales tax collections in the City of Norwich are flat this year despite the addition of the Byrne Dairy convenience store and fueling station on West Main Street. M... read more...
Unpaid 2012 taxes reach $4.3 million
NORWICH – At the end of each year, Chenango County’s school districts and villages are made whole when the taxes owed don’t match the amount collected. The county relevies th... read more...
Lawsuit threat stalls gas drilling moratorium in Oxford
OXFORD – The Oxford Village Board of Trustees has tabled a decision to adopt a nine-month moratorium on natural gas drilling after the Central New York Landowner’s Coalition t... read more...
A look back on Chenango’s relationship with the bankrupt Norse Energy
NORWICH – Norse Energy Corp. announced Friday that its western New York-based U.S. subsidiary had filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 reorganization. The natural gas dri... read more...
Oxford village meets at MS auditorium tonight
The Oxford Village Board has changed the venue for its meeting tonight due to a larger than normal attendance anticipated. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Middle ... read more...
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