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ELMIRA HEIGHTS -- The U.S. Postal Service has been unresponsive and less than truthful regarding its plans to close the Sullivan Street postal processing center in Elmira, according to U.S. Rep.

Did you see the item recently about the U.S. Census Bureau accepting applications for temporary employment? It said that in preparation for the 2010 census, the bureau will be hiring as many as a million people.

Thirty-five mail handlers and clerks at Elmira's mail-processing facility have been notified their positions may be eliminated and they would be offered similar jobs elsewhere, the U.S. Postal Service says.

They say you never miss your water until the well runs dry, and I'm about to find out if there's any truth to the time-worn adage.

After selling and repairing musical instrument for the past 56 years, 73-year-old Ron Hamlin has decided to call it quits.

More than 800 people completed the 16th annual Pie and Glove 5K Race on Thanksgiving Day in Corning.

"Youth: One You, One World, One Red Cross" is the title of a poster contest being offered to students in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr.

Nearly six decades ago, while Don Jurusik was serving with the U.S. Air Force, he and some fellow airmen decided to give blood.

Hundreds of people filled the sidewalks of downtown Elmira as the 53rdrd annual Holiday Parade rolled by, bringing with it the beginning of the Christmas season.

Hey, teachers, here's a novel idea: Have all your students devote one month of the school year to a writing project.

Firefighters are battling a fire at 413 Steuben Street. Town and Country and Elmira Heights firefighters are assisting.

A few special events around the area Wednesday will make this Veterans Day extra meaningful for ceremony participants and observers alike.

Adam Augustine of Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira Heights has been named Merchandiser of the Year for public courses by the Central New York PGA.

Work at the $88 million CVS warehouse project in the town of Chemung can continue today, but it came to a temporary halt Friday after the arrest of seven undocumented workers from Mexico.

A second gas and oil field support company wants to build a facility at The Center in Horseheads industrial park.

On Nov. 7, the community came together at the Starlite Room in Elmira Heights for a drag show, silent auction and wine tasting to benefit the Chemung County Humane Society and S.P.C.A. My co-host, Roger Laughlin, and I would like to offer our deepest gratitude to all those who helped us raise $2,087 for the shelter.

Two men are in Chemung County Jail after an Elmira Heights Police investigation of a September burglary at Above The Rim card shop on 14th Street in Elmira Heights.

Some neighbors in Elmira Heights are dealing with possible contamination in their homes that could be dangerous.

ELMIRA HEIGHTS -- Sometimes, the toughest thing about closing a family-owned business that's spanned three generations is leaving it all behind.