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Public to weigh in on Chenango County budget tonight

NORWICH – Touting an annual balanced budget that stays within the confines of the state mandated tax limit without incurring ..


Norwich Common Council to vote on self pay increase despite backlash

NORWICH – After facing backlash at a public hearing held in August, the Norwich Common Council is set to vote ..


County officials defend $35 million building project amid public criticism

NORWICH – A plan by the Chenango County Board of Supervisors to construct a new $35 million office building has ..


IDA proposes Norwich water district expansion to spur local development

NORWICH – The Chenango County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is exploring a significant expansion of the City of Norwich’s water ..


Costs exceed projections for county-owned airport admin building renovations

NORWICH – It’s been a long time since the little administration building of the county-owned Lt. Warren E. Eaton Airport ..


IDA accepts tax break application for cannabis business eyeing Sherburne location

SHERBURNE – The Chenango County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is entertaining an application for a tax abatement deal that could ..


Municipal attorney lays out options for Common Council to abate ‘nuisance properties’

NORWICH – The Norwich Common Council engaged in talks on Tuesday over the dilemma of nuisance properties within city limits, ..


Council approves removing traffic light at busy city intersection

NORWICH – The last city-owned traffic light at the intersection of Hale and Prentice streets will be removed upon an ..


Sherburne-Earlville Board of Education votes to oust superintendent

SHERBURNE – The Sherburne-Earlville School Board voted to oust its superintendent of schools, Robert Berson, at a special meeting held ..


PILOT agreement sealed for McDonough solar project

McDONOUGH – A planned five-megawatt solar farm in McDonough has the green light to enter a tax break agreement with ..


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