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Securing funding for Rt. 12 upgrades an ongoing battle

NORWICH – Getting a federal earmark for New York State Route 12 passed by a Senate subcommittee is 90 percent ..


Natural gas consultant’s appointment deferred

NORWICH – The decision whether to hire a consultant to market Chenango County to natural gas-related industries has been postponed ..


Unexpected windfall for some back to school shoppers

NORWICH – More than two thousand school-aged youths in Chenango County received $200 each for back-to-school clothes and supplies this ..


Norwich’s new priest notes special gifts of region, congregations

NORWICH – Growing up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side surrounded by a large, close knit family and a community of ..


Looks like not everyone's happy with gas drilling ...

PRESTON – An unhappy, alien-eyed face and the word “Yuck” written underneath in capital letters – all painted in green ..


County’s sales tax receipts down 12.5 percent

NORWICH – Sales tax collections in Chenango County dropped 12.5 percent, or $825,000, for the second quarter of 2009. The figure ..


Study points to $15.3 billion for Broome County from Marcellus

BINGHAMTON – Neighboring Broome County, all by itself, holds enough natural gas reserves to leverage the creation of 16,000 ..


Pharsalia Farm celebrates 200th anniversary

PHARSALIA – If people paid as much attention to what they ate as dairy farmer Brian Newton pays attention to ..


What's to become of Camp Pharsalia and the old Vets' Home?

NORWICH – A grassroots effort supported by Commerce Chenango and government leaders who hope to save the New York State ..


Gas drilling concerns want to know what the hold up is

NORWICH – The low drone from drilling rigs can still be heard through the hills and dales of Smyrna, landmen ..


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