Corning News

A Pennsylvania man was electrocuted Monday afternoon in the Baker Street rail yard off High Street in the Town of Corning, New York State Police at Painted Post said.

A bill that would stop future new unfunded state mandates on struggling local governments and school districts passed the state last Monday.

A fixture in Corning for a century, the Marconi Lodge has been formally honored by the state Legislature for 100 years of service.

Full of kid-friendly activities, stunning exhibits, and cool events, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art welcomes visitors of all ages to explore this summer.

When Anne Hathaway showed up to her Les Misrable premiere in New York wearing a pair of shiny black stiletto bondage boots made custom for her by Tom Ford - from fake leather - onlookers cooed, but wrote them off as a vegan thing.

A film said to show the impacts of and citizen resistance to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in natural gas exploration in Poland and Pennsylvania will be shown this month in Elmira and Corning.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tax-Free NY proposal would kick start the upstate New York economy, according to Lt.

"The idea is to make the 64 SUNY campuses, job creation hotbeds around the state.

Millennium Pipeline Co on Tuesday will begin planned maintenance work on its Corning natural gas compressor station in upstate New York, which could restrict some capacity on the system, the company said in a website posting.

If last weekend's temperatures of 90 degrees and above failed to alert you that hot weather is on the way, I have a couple of other sure-fire reminders -- two new ice cream shops that have opened for business.

Effective July 1, the daily rate to park in the Centerway parking garage in Corning's Gaffer District will increase to $5 for entrance before 1 p.m. and $3 after 1 p.m. weekdays.

Located on Chemung River and 5 minutes' drive from the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass, this hotel offers a 24 hour snack shop, indoor swimming pool and a gym.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is celebrating 104 years of service to the nation, and the local branch is celebrating 94 years in the Elmira/Corning communities at its Freedom Fund Awards dinner dance starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Radisson Hotel, 125 Denison Parkway East, Corning.

Paving will be going on in the Town of Corning starting Wednesday. The Town of Corning Highway Department will be Bailey Creek Road and Davis Road from Wednesday, June 5th, through Thursday, June 6th.

The culmination of the first year of a local program that turns middle and high school students into entrepreneurs will occur this weekend with a trade show in Corning.

The Corning school will meet at 6:30 p.m. June 5 at the Administration Building, 165 Charles St., Painted Post.

Kate Foss, daughter of Chris and Leslie Foss of Johnstown, was united in marriage to Jeff Deery, son of Eugene and Jeanne Deery of Elmira, on Aug.

Even Egyptian, Romanian and German words couldn't derail Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post as he finished third in the finals of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night.

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By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 -- Belden, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent developed by four co-inventors for a "hand tightenable coaxial cable connector." The co-inventors are Bryan S. Snyder, Corning, N.Y., Brian Derenthal, Horseheads, N.Y., Roger Phillips Jr., Horseheads, N.Y., and Julio Rodrigues, Collierville, Tenn.