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The pumpkin smash will take place on Sunday. Instead of sending the organic waste to the landfill, participants are encouraged to bring their Halloween jack-o-lanterns or any squash or gourds to smash for composting.

The city of Elmira is facing a legal challenge to a rezoning ordinance passed in 2023. The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit this month against the city alleging discrimination against people with disabilities.

The Allen-Berry Bridge in Elmira received its new plaque this week to highlight two local pioneering civil rights leaders: A’Don Allen and Bessie Berry. The bridge was renamed the Allen-Berry Bridge during a Juneteenth ceremony last year.

Pride gatherings will take place this month across the region, including in Elmira, Ithaca, Binghamton, Corning and Waverly. Pride events in Elmira kickoff with an arts festival in Wisner Park on June 7.

Corning-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.

Southern Tier Congressman Nick Langworthy is not hosting in-person town halls and his constituents are frustrated at their lack of access to their representative.

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, due to a prison-wide state of emergency.

The fire gutted the 133-year-old structure last week, leaving a brick shell of the building. Demolition crews leveled the rest of it to the ground earlier this week.

Gov. Hochul deployed New York National Guard troops to state prisons as hundreds of corrections officers strike to call attention to staffing and safety issues.

Attempts to save a nearly 100-year-old pool for the city of Elmira failed. The city will demolish the structure and replace it with a splash pad.