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County attorney joins long list of retiring veteran officials
NORWICH – In an unexpected move, Richard W. Breslin will retire Dec. 30 after a 21-year career as counsel for Chenango County. The 62-year-old made his resignation known to f... read more...
Workshop targets teenage traps leading to adulthood
NORWICH – Avoiding the teenage trapdoors along the pathway to adulthood is particularly challenging in rural counties such as Chenango’s where more and more families are recei... read more...
DSS looks t hire collections specialist
NORWICH – Chenango County may hire a consultant to recover some $400,000 loaned to Social Services clients. Some of the outstanding debt goes back 10 years; while other amoun... read more...
Company permitted to drill for gas in Guilford
GUILFORD – A Canadian energy firm is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gastem USA, has received a drilling permit for a conventional gas well in Guiford. T... read more...
Was stimulus money ... stimulating for Chenango?
NORWICH – A Chenango County Democrat last week localized the debate over whether or not President Obama’s stimulus efforts have actually boosted the nation’s economy. Town of... read more...
Special Report: Natural Gas and Economic Development in the Southern Tier
In the first part of this series, printed yesterday in The Evening Sun, Chenango County Economic Development Consultant Steven Palmatier outlined two scenarios, with several c... read more...
County pulling itself out of debt
NORWICH – Chenango County will be out of debt next spring. After 15 years of annual payments, the last $225,000 installment for the $3 million cell development project at th... read more...
Special report: Natural Gas and Economic Development in the Southern Tier
Last month, Chenango County Economic Development Consultant Steven Palmatier was asked to present a proposal to an energy subcommittee of the Southern Tier Regional Economic D... read more...
DEC extends comment period for drilling regs, again
BINGHAMTON – The leader of a joint coalition of Southern Tier landowners soundly objected to another delay in the process for completing New York’s regulations for natural gas... read more...
Supervisors expected to approve 2012 budget today
NORWICH – A seven-minute long public hearing Tuesday night of Chenango County’s proposed $84 million spending plan for next year is expected to be followed by a unanimous vote... read more...
Amphenol staying put, building in Sidney
SIDNEY – Governor Cuomo announced yesterday that Amphenol will stay in Delaware County. The manufacturer’s facility on Delaware Avenue in Sidney was severely impacted by floo... read more...
Chenango County’s economy a 'bright, shining star'
NORWICH – New manufacturing jobs at Agro Farma, Raymond Corporation and Unison Industries have cut the county’s unemployment rate, falling from 8.0 in September to 7.5 percent... read more...
Public hearing on county budget Tuesday
NORWICH – Taxpayers are invited to a public hearing of the draft 2012 Chenango County at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the boardroom at the County Office Building in Norwich. The proposa... read more...
Absentees, write-ins don't change election results
NORWICH – Absentee ballots did not make a difference in any close vote counts for government positions, and the general election results stand, said Chenango County Board of E... read more...
Farmers still waiting for milk price reforms
NORWICH – President Obama’s Super Committee was supposed to have addressed new agriculture policies that would have helped dairy farmers earn a price for milk that is comparab... read more...
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