Kathy Whyte
The relocation of National Pipe and Plastics from Vestal to Endicott is part of a regional development package targeting dozens of projects for state funding.The projects to be funded through a New York State job creating grant were recently up for discussion at a meeting in Binghamton of the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council attended by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy
Delaware County Sheriff Thomas Mills says new automatic external defibrillators are needed for emergency responders through the county.The last fund drive to buy AEDs was held in January, 2000. In 2011, the Public Health division donated four new defibrillators to replace the most outdated models at a cost of about $2,000 each
Authorities in Delaware County are continuing to investigate a single vehicle crash over the weekend that claimed the life of an Orange County, New York woman.Sheriff's investigators say 58 year old Karen Lane of Warwick was driving North on County Highway 2 in Andes Saturday when her vehicle left the road and rolled several times
The Southern Tier is at risk of losing some of the gauges that measure stream levels and rainfall amounts due to a lack of funding.The Susquehanna River Basin Commission says 18 stream and 16 rain guages could go off-line unless federal funds are approved for their maintenance and operation
The Almost Annual Great New York State Crappie Derbie ice-fishing tournament scheduled for February 9th on Whitney Point Lake is not going to happen.The Broome County Department of Parks and Recreation has determined there is not enough ice thickness on the reservoir to safely hold the trounament, which has been known to draw thousands of anglers and spectators from several states to northern Broome County