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Coalition on Marcellus: ‘Make things happen’

OXFORD – Oxford Land Group President Bryant LaTourette opened a recent educational forum on natural gas by encouraging the 200-plus ..


County proceeds with assessment review

NORWICH – The Chenango County Finance Committee unanimously approved a draft study of its current assessment administration system on Thursday, ..


What's the deal with mineral rights?

NORWICH – No one will ever sell property in Chenango County again without keeping the mineral rights for themselves or ..


When the going gets tough ... Social services programs get stressed

NORWICH – Food pantry meal distributions are up as rising unemployment is making it increasingly difficult for people to meet ..


Youth recreation programs could be in jeopardy

NORWICH – Chenango County Youth Bureau Director Kathryn J. Clemens expressed concern that a proposed state funding formula linking the ..


Treatment program helps keep offenders out of jail

NORWICH – It’s a lot of work pleading for $2,400 from New York State, but when the result is keeping ..


Chenango's unemployment rate up

NORWICH – Chenango County’s 8.2 percent unemployment rate in December edged closer to matching a record 8.3 percent, set back ..


How should STOP DWI monies be spent?

NORWICH – How Chenango County decides to spend the approximately $120,000 in revenues collected annually from drunk driving convictions came ..


Demolition at old jail now slated for February

NORWICH – Demolition of the century-old steel cells at the former Chenango County Jail, separating the building from the former ..


Local kids head off to inauguration

National Young Scholars Emily Converse and Stefan Foster, students at the Unadilla Valley Central School in New Berlin, and Cassandra ..


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