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Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG newsCorning-Painted Post school district voters will decide on a $147 million budget and 8 percent tax levy this year. They will also elect board members. Some are returning for another term and others are looking to join the board for a first term. -
Megan Zerez/WSKGVoters will decide whether to accept or reject their district’s budget proposals this week. -
Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG NewsSewage sludge may soon be banned in a second town in Steuben County. The town of Cameron finalized the law and is in the process of a public comment period. The town board will vote on the ban at its June meeting. -
Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG NewsThe Corning-Painted Post Area school district will vote on a proposed $147 million budget and elect several board members on May 20. Some community members have expressed concerns about losing important programs for students if the budget does not pass. Others are unsettled about the rising costs and high tax levy.
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Just days after 57-year-old Endicott resident Kevin Ray was fatally stabbed during a community meal at Binghamton’s Salvation Army, Mayor Jared Kraham announced the location’s closure. -
The minor league hockey team won its second consecutive championship last week. It’s the first time in the Federal Prospects Hockey League’s history that a team has won the Commissioner's Cup two years in a row. -
The piece is a reproduction of a community lost to time and the waters of the Cayuga Inlet. -
“Every student in the state of New York starting in September, will have the opportunity of having a distraction-free school experience,” Hochul said. “Where they can learn and study, instead of looking at memes, look at their math and get things done in school and be more productive.” -
Winners of the 2024 Student WSKG Writing Challenge see their stories come to life as short operas -
The council made long-planned changes to the city’s zoning rules, recommitted to its climate policies and approved recommendations for new resources for Ithacans experiencing homelessness. -
Mayor Jared Kraham, a Republican, said the newly released budget recommendations would cut over $3 million from the city’s federal grant funding. -
Some local nonprofits that work to address food insecurity, overdoses and senior isolation are scrambling after the elimination of funding for the AmeriCorps program, which places volunteers with nonprofits across the country.
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