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Corning City Council considers new spending plan. Here's how much taxes, fees are going up
The Corning City Council will vote June 3 to adopt a proposed $21,171,343 city spending plan that includes a 2.97% tax levy increase. Corning City Manager Mark Ryckman said the budget would be about $312,232 more than the current $20,860,112 spending plan, which expires June 30. Under the proposal, city taxes would rise from...
Corning Lions honor WGI with highest award. How track, club work together for community
The Corning Lions Club has volunteered for the past 18 years at WGI events, while the track has contributed $250,000 to support other volunteer causes. Teamwork from the Corning Lions Club and Watkins Glen International has made race weekends possible for hundreds of visitors to the Schuyler County track, and improved the lives of many Corning residents as well.
Family shares memories of local roots as Duane Eddy Circle plans tribute to Corning icon
Plans are in the early stages to create a monument in the City of Corning to help build awareness that pioneering guitarist Duane Eddy was born in the Crystal City. Eddy died April 30, 2024, at the age of 86. Eddy was a guitar hero and rock and roll legend...
Southeast Steuben County Library spending plan increase goes to vote Tuesday. What to know
If approved, the library levy will increase from $911,119 to $1,479,119. The bump is necessary to make the library more sustainable, the director said. Corning-Painted Post school district residents will vote Tuesday on a proposed $1.5 million Southeast Steuben County Library spending plan geared to allow the library to maintain facility infrastructure and community needs.
Lawrenceville's Memorial Day parade carries decades of history
LAWRENCEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Memorial Day celebration in Lawrenceville is one of the biggest in the area, with some saying it dates back 150 years.Here is a picture from the Allegheny Cemetery of Civil War veterans marching in the parade in 1918.And here is one from a few decades later showing veterans in 1937.This year the parade had 65 entries. After the 10-block-long parade concluded, there were food trucks, live music, a classic car show and more.
Fly-in breakfast comes to Wellsboro on Memorial Day weekend
WELLSBORO, Pa. (WETM) – A fly-in and breakfast will be taking place on Memorial Day weekend at the Grand Canyon Regional Airport in Wellsboro. The breakfast will take place rain or shine at the corporate hangar at the airport on Sunday, May 26, from 8 a.m. to noon at the airport located at 112 Runway […]
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