Nelson Township
LATEST NEWS
Dog injured in Watkins Glen fire returns home
WATKINS GLEN, NY (CortacaToday) – A pet has returned home after extensive treatment from a house fire. Diesel the dog is back with family and expected to fully recover after being trapped in a Watkins Glen blaze on August 11, 2024. Personnel limited the structural damage in the fire and rescued Diesel, who was home alone and found unresponsive. He was revived with oxygen and CPR. Diesel spent four days in the vet hospital, including significant time in an oxygen chamber for smoke inhalation.
Public Hearing Held for Proposed Solar Panel Site in Lindley, NY
LINDLEY, NY (WENY) -- A 27-acre solar farm could soon be coming to the Town of Lindley. A public hearing was held by the Lindley Town Planning Board and almost everyone at the meeting opposed it. "[It's a] proposed solar energy field at the Presho exit area. It's been ongoing...
Tioga County Holds Flooding Incident Community Meeting
A Tioga County Flooding Incident Community meeting was held last Friday, August 16 at the Cowanesque Valley High School auditorium in Westfield, Pennsylvania. County officials and recovery effort personnel were present to address the current needs and plans moving forward. The meeting’s speakers included Tioga County Commissioners Shane Nickerson, Sam...
Local communities awarded multimodal transportation investments
PENNSYLVANIA (WOLF) — Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday announced significant investments in funding from the Multimodal Transportation Fund to support 66 transportation projects across the state, including projects in Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Forest City. The funding will be allocated towards highway, bridge, aviation, ports and bike and...
6th Congressional District delegates represent young, powerful Pa voting voice
CHICAGO, Il. - Pennsylvania turnout among 18-to-29-year-olds was 54% in 2020, higher than all but just 10 other states. Democrats are relying on a similar turnout to win in 2024. Here in Chicago, we spoke with two delegates, one is the youngest in the state, on their role in this...
RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify Pennsylvania ballot challenge
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up too late to testify Tuesday in a court case in Pennsylvania where Democratic activists are trying to bar him from the ballot for president in the premier battleground state, prompting testy exchanges between the judge and Kennedy's lawyer.Lawyers for the two Democratic activists who filed the challenge say Kennedy's candidacy paperwork states a fake home address — an allegation being aired in other state courts — and falls short of the signature-gathering requirement applied by state law to third-party candidates.Kennedy showed up an hour and 40 minutes late, blaming a canceled...
Which issues do you care about? | Take the People's Agenda poll
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — We want to know about the issues you care about most heading into the 2024 Elections. FOX43 has its own 'People's Agenda' poll where viewers can fill out the form below with their top five issues they care about the most in the lead up to the election.
Update on construction of the new Pennsylvania State Police academy
(WHTM) — Pennsylvania State Police gave an update on the construction of their new academy in Derry Township. “You can see the work in progress behind us,” spokesperson Lt. Adam Reed said. “And it is just that right now it’s a work in progress.” Progress and change. The circle that graced the main entry is […]
Pennsylvania’s 2024 high school football preseason rankings
We’re not hours away from the official start of the 2024 high school football season. Hopefully, your Friday football plans are packed up nicely and you’re ready to cheer for your favorite program. Before the first whistle is blown, here’s another look at PennLive’s Pa. preseason football rankings....
Trump Assassination Attempt Shows Long-Standing Flaws in Secret Service Protections
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. He’d warned them. Butler Township Police Officer Drew Blasko paced angrily along the AGR building, where just minutes before a gunman had clambered atop the roof, aimed an AR-15-style rifle at Donald Trump and fired, striking the former president. As Blasko and other officers stood guard near a loading bay behind the building, he recounted a meeting earlier in the week with the Secret Service. “I told them that fucking Tuesday,” he said. “I told...
2024 Mid-Penn Commonwealth boys soccer preview: picks, predictions and preseason MVP
The high school boys soccer season is about to kick off in Pennsylvania, and Mid-Penn Conference teams are set to chase divisional pennants and vie for postseason bids. PennLive fielded its annual coach’s survey to gather picks and predictions for how the Mid-Penn’s divisions will shake out in 2024. Here’s who coaches tabbed as the top returning teams in the Commonwealth Division, as well as the preseason MVP:
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.