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Airport administrators hoping to fly future Chobani business

NORWICH – Location, location, location – that’s the ticket Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Lawrence Wilcox, R-Oxford, is attempting to sell to Chobani executives... read more...


Tax Foundation gives poor ranking to Chenango, upstate NY

NORWICH – As a percentage of home value, Chenango County comes in number 36 in a ranking of the highest-taxed counties in the nation. A 2007-2009 ranking from The Tax F... read more...


October designated 4-H, Cooperative Extension month

NORWICH – On Tuesday, a member of the Chenango County 4-H club ‘Can-Do Equestrians’ and 4-H Director Janet Pfromm helped proclaim October as Cooperative Extension and 4-... read more...


United Way food pantry woes presented to county board

NORWICH – Evan T. Williams, supervisor of the Town of Otselic, said his rural community of 1,050 residents would indeed feel the ramifications of less United Way funding this ... read more...


County officials submit roadmap for mandate relief

ALBANY – County leaders throughout New York State yesterday renewed the call for mandate relief by delivering a series of rational and actionable mandate relief ideas to the G... read more...


Chenango IDA still looking for local funding for possible $5M federal railroad repair grant

NORWICH – Nobody wants to be the first to commit local share funds to the latest effort to restore New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad’s Utica Main Line from Chenango Fork... read more...


Judge throws out City of Binghamton’s moratorium on drilling

BINGHAMTON - A judge threw out the City of Binghamton’s moratorium on natural gas drilling late yesterday following a lawsuit filed by a Vestal-based landowners coalition and ... read more...


North Norwich talks to mayor about taking over some fire services

NORWICH – North Norwich decision-makers are making inroads toward reforming their fire district by taking over a portion of territory currently under contract with the City of... read more...


Both sides of fracking debate uncertain of DEC’s plans

NORWICH – Statements from Albany indicating yet another delay in New York’s four-year long study of shale gas drilling has both sides of the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,... read more...


County’s budget plans hinge on state pension, community college chargeback mandates

NORWICH – Chenango County is anticipating a $4.25 million payout next year for government employee pension contributions. Coupled with a bill approaching $1 million for commun... read more...


Constitution pipeline hearings held

AFTON – Several hundred people turned out for public hearings held this week in Afton and Schoharie on the proposed 121-mile Constitution Pipeline. Many of those who spoke at... read more...


Oxford Village votes 3 to 2 to draft moratorium

OXFORD – The Village of Oxford is so far the only municipality in Chenango County that has voted to pursue a one-year moratorium on natural gas development and hydraulic fract... read more...


Oxford Village Board to consider gas drilling moratorium tonight

OXFORD – Tonight, at 7:30, the Oxford Village Board will consider a referral to institute a one-year moratorium on natural gas drilling in the village. The referral comes aft... read more...


State health commissioner to assess impacts of drilling

ALBANY – The state health commissioner will review the health impacts of shale gas drilling before a moratorium is lifted, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissione... read more...


Cleanup set at Lincklaen Superfund site

LINCKLAEN – Federal environmental authorities say a $10 million decontamination project is set to begin this month at a former industrial site on Lincklaen Union Valley Road i... read more...



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