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Chenango tries to estimate flood damages

NORWICH – Chenango County Public Works Director Randy Gibbon estimated between $2 and $3 million in damages to county roads ..


Untold damage: Chenango still assessing losses

NORWICH – Despite a reported estimate of $3.2 million in flood-related infrastructure damages to Chenango County, local officials say they ..


Disaster relief available to individuals

ALBANY – Governor George E. Pataki Monday toured areas of Montgomery County ravaged by last week’s floods, including Lock 10 ..


Rapp: Keep fighting power line; Stark says Alteren stalled

NORWICH – “Keep resisting it.” That’s the message Norwich-native and former New York State Assembly Minority Leader Clarence D. Rappleyea ..


Chenango struggles to save, repair infrastructure

NORWICH – Chenango County’s roads are still closed to traffic today, but according to Public Works Director Randy Gibbon, you ..


Major flooding closes county roads

NORWICH – Major flooding across Chenango County closed county Routes 38 in Guilford, 17 in Bainbridge and 32 in the ..


Attack of the killer tent caterpillars

CHENANGO COUNTY – A steady look at the hillsides surrounding Chenango County reveals acres and acres of leafless trees. No, ..


County jail to begin farming-in inmates

NORWICH – Chenango County Undersheriff Ernest Cutting said he was “optimistic” that the new jail would be farming in prisoners ..


Committee tosses around ideas for old jail

NORWICH – Some new ideas bounced around Tuesday at a meeting of the county’s Buildings and Grounds Committee included ..


Chenango highway budget stretched thin

NORWICH – Prices are up on everything in the county’s highway department, and there seems to be no solution to ..


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