South Corning News

An early-evening fire heavily damaged a home on Corning's Southside on Friday. City firefighters responded to the blaze at 180 E. Third St.

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“I can't put it into words. I am thankful, really am. It's going to help us quite a bit”

A Steuben County group has built its 200th ramp for special needs families. Volunteers from the Bath and Avoca Methodist Church have been building ramps for more than a decade. via WENY

*Jason L. Siplin, 31, of Rochester, was charged March 6 with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of marijuana, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and speeding after a traffic stop on Interstate 390 in the town of Avoca. *Amethyst R. River, 20, of Elmira, was charged March 8 with petit larceny at Wal-Mart in Erwin. *Alan D. Estep Jr., 28, of Addison, was arrested Feb. 28 on a Steuben County Superior Court warrant charging him with second-degree rape and tampering with physical evidence, both felonies. He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 15 years old in November. He was committed to the Steuben County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail. *Darryl D. Hall, 46, of Corning, was charged March 4 with criminal possession of stolen property and second-degree forgery. He is accused of using a stolen credit card in February to purchase items at Wal-Mart. *Silvia M. Cremidis, 33, of Corning, was charged March 6 with endangering the welfare of a child under 17 years old. *Michael S. Parzych, 23, of Caton Road in Corning, was charged March 8 with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident on Brown Road in South Corning. *Rondelle K. Moore, 23, of Rochester, was charged March 13 with second-degree assault after an investigation into a March 6 altercation in the Steuben County Jail. Moore, an inmate in the jail, was arraigned in Bath Town Court. He was returned to the Steuben County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 property bond. *Harold Leroy Hand Jr., no age provided, of Smith Road in Cameron Mills, was charged March 13 with driving while intoxicated and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. *Felix T. Davila, 57, of the Budget Inn at 332 W. Morris St. in Bath, was charged March 17 with first-degree offering a false instrument for filing and welfare fraud. He was arraigned in Bath Village Court and sent to the Steuben County Jail without bail. *Shannon M. Butler, 31, of West 10th Street in Elmira Heights, was charged March 19 with second-degree bail jumping. She was charged after an investigation into her failure to appear in Bath Village Court in 2003 to answer another felony charge. Butler was arraigned in Bath Village Court and released to reappear at a later time. *Police are investigating a break-in at a wooden shed on Bailey Hill Road in Ulysses Township sometime between Dec. 1 and March 10. A microwave oven and two paintings were stolen. *Rodney W. Robinson, 51, of Langhorne, Pa., was charged March 11 with driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop on West Street in Galeton. *Police are investigating the theft of copper and brass pipe and pipe fittings between Jan. 1 and March 10 from the Shepard Estate on Herrington Road in Sharon Township. The loss is valued at $1,000. *Kris M. Holtz, 19, of Shinglehouse, was charged March 7 with harassment. *Sean R. Easton, 40, of Genesee, Pa., was charged March 14 with driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop on state Route 449 in Genesee Township. *Charles T. Rumpff, 20, and Chasity R. Schorpp, 21, both of Watkins Glen, were charged March 15 with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. They are accused of stealing checks from an elderly woman and passing them to a local businesses. *Jocelyn F. Almon, 52, of Montour Falls, was charged March 15 with felony driving while intoxicated, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, inspection violation and failure to keep right after a traffic stop on North Decatur Street. *Jeremy P. Sedlack, 25, of Watkins Glen, was charged March 17 with second-degree criminal contempt for violating a court order. *Dustin Fontenot, 20, of Wellsboro, was charged March 11 with harassment. *Richard L. Davis Jr., 35, Matthew J. Allen, 22, and Sharon L. Dibble, 34, all of Knoxville, were charged March 10 with harassment after a fight on East Main Street in the borough of Knoxville. *Police are investigating the theft of a municipal waste truck from Taft Disposal in Lawrenceville sometime on March 9 or 10. *Police are investigating an attempted break-in at Acorn Market in Wellsboro about 10:30 p.m. March 10. *Angella L. Plumley, 34, and Dennis E. Plumley Jr., 37, both of Tioga, were charged March 9 with harassment after an altercation. *Katelin M. Wheatley, 18, of Wellsboro, was charged March 9 with harassment. *Zachary D. Spencer, 20, of Lawrenceville, was charged March 9 with harassment. *Carl McClain, 23, of Steam Mill Road in Odessa, was charged March 12 with second-degree harassment after a physical altercation in the town of Montour. *Christopher Walborn, 24, of Old Ithaca Road in Horseheads, was charged March 13 with second-degree harassment following a physical altercation in the town of Horseheads. *Scott Cram, 21, of Perine Street in Elmira, was charged March 14 with driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop on state Route 352 in Big Flats. *Edward White , 48, of Highland Park in Dundee, was charged March 16 with second-degree harassment and forcible touching. *Joseph Sabini, 47, of South Madison Avenue in Watkins Glen, was charged March 14 with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. *Charles Parmelee, 47, of Geneva, was charged March 15 with felony driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana after a traffic stop on Chubb Hollow Road in the town of Milo. *Roger Washburn, 33, of Vanderhoff Road in Horseheads, was charged March 16 with second-degree harassment. *David Austin, 53, of Erin, was charged March 16 with second-degree harassment stemming from an altercation in December at His Family Tabernacle Church in Horseheads. *Robert W. Jordan, 37, of Millerton, was charged March 1 with assault. *Scott J. Beckett, 18, of Lawrenceville, was charged March 9 with driving while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia after police said his car left Wheeler Road in Lawrence Township. *Oliver Crisp, 63, of Granville, was charged March 6 with driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop on U.S. Route 6 in the borough of Burlington. *Timothy Beavers, 22, of Waverly, was charged March 14 with theft stemming from an investigation into copper piping taken in December from a Little Meadows residence. *Joseph Jeffrey, 35, of Rome, was charged March 13 with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on U.S. Route 6. *Richard Bump, 40, of Towanda, was charged March 13 with falsely reporting an incident. Police said Bump reported that he had been assaulted by three inmates at the Bradford County jail, where he was also an inmate. *Marvin J. Brotzman Jr., 28, of Roaring Branch, was charged March 11 with rape and indecent deviate sexual intercourse stemming from an attack on a 23-year-old woman at a Troy residence. He was committed to the Bradford County jail in lieu of $75,000 cash bail. *Mellany Jane King, 48, of Nelson, was charged March 13 with retail theft at the Family Dollar store on Elmira Street in Troy. *Dana J. York, 40, of Towanda, was charged March 16 with assault in Burlington Township. *Jordan F. Frisbie, 21, of Monroeton, was charged March 14 with harassment. *Autumn Wright, 25, of Monroeton, was charged March 15 with driving while intoxicated and making false reports to the police. *Police are investigating the theft of a John Deere Model A tractor from a property on Bauman Road in Granville Township. *Police are investigating the theft of a washing machine from Smithfield Township. *Scott L. Maloney, 26, of Monroeton, Pa., was charged March 16 with assault. *James E. Maxson, 37, of Clark Street in Waverly, was charged March 9 with driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop on Clark Street. Maxson also was cited for operating a motor vehicle while the registration was suspended and failing to keep right. *James J. Shutter, 21, of Stone Road in Prattsburgh, was charged Saturday with driving while ability impaired by alcohol and failure to stop for a stop sign in Potter. *Michelle L. Downs, 33, of Birch Street in Keuka Park, was charged Saturday with endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful possession of marijuana. *State police are investigating the theft of fire equipment from a volunteer firefighter's vehicle sometime between March 15 and 17 on Glen Avenue in South Corning. The equipment includes a red bag, fire boots, bunker pants and coat, helmet and a portable radio. "SCFD" is printed on the back of the coat. The helmet is white with the number 3401 and the words "assistant chief" on it. Anyone with information is asked to contact the state police at (607) 962-3282 or (607) 962-6865. The addresses listed in record items -- the last known residence of the accused or the address the person gave to law enforcement officers -- are obtained by the Star-Gazette from police or court records. via Star-Gazette

Some Southern Tier volunteer firemen are missing equipment and State Police are asking for your help. via WENY

*A 16-year-old Corning youth was charged March 11 with two counts of petit larceny. *Curtis R. Neff, 23, of West Pulteney Street in Corning, was charged March 11 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and inadequate muffler. *Wayne D. Washington, 42, of Woodview Avenue in Corning, was charged March 12 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. *A 16-year-old Savona youth was charged March 14 with second-degree harassment. *Michael J. Squires, 37, of Steege Hill Road in Corning, was charged March 14 with driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, operation without a front/rear bumper and was wanted on a warrant for violation of parole. *Steven S. Serdula, 38, of Columbia Street in Corning, was charged March 16 with driving while intoxicated, having a blood-alcohol level greater than .08 percent, three counts of failure to stop when emerging from an alley, unregistered motor vehicle, uninspected motor vehicle, failure to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and speed not reasonable and prudent. *Jason Jefferson, 18, of Milan, Pa., was charged March 1 with petit larceny at Sears in Arnot Mall in Big Flats. *Henry Carter, 47, of Birch Drive in Corning, was charged March 2 with driving while intoxicated after a one-car accident on South Corning Road in the town of Big Flats. *Joseph West, 56, of Liverpool, was charged March 3 with fourth-degree grand larceny at Lowe's on county Route 64 in Big Flats. *Jessica Clark, 23, of Wellsburg, was charged March 4 with second-degree aggravated harassment stemming from unwanted telephone and text messages. *Tyler Crainey , 20, of Merchant Avenue in Odessa, was charged March 4 with possession of hypodermic instrument and unlawful possession of marijuana. *Zachary Vanzile, 18, of Watson Creek Road in Lindley, and Rusty Lane, 20, of Sagetown Road in Pine City, were charged March 7 with unlawful possession of marijuana after a traffic stop on Canal Street in the town of Big Flats. *Brenda Mazzarella, 47, of Horseheads, was charged March 8 with petit larceny. Because of two outstanding warrants for petit larceny, she was arraigned in Big Flats Town Court and committed to the Chemung County Jail in lieu of $200 bail. *Justin Brewer, 20, of Old Barton Road in Waverly, was charged March 8 with fourth-degree grand larceny, resisting arrest and unlawful possession of marijuana. He is accused of having possession of an all-terrain vehicle taken from the Chemung County Fairgrounds in Horseheads. Police said he attempted to run away when confronted and was apprehended after a brief struggle. He was arraigned in Horseheads Town Court and sent to the Chemung County Jail in lieu of $2,000 cash bail. *Jeffrey Harmon, 33, of Spencer, was charged March 9 with driving while intoxicated, unlawful possession of marijuana and other vehicle and traffic violations after a motor vehicle accident on Langford Creek Road in the town of Van Etten. *Eric N. Decker, 30, of Avoca, was charged March 3 with driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop on state Route 415. *Kenneth A. Smith, 37, of Summerville, S.C., was charged March 6 with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a traffic stop on state Route 53. A passenger, Antoinette LaVook, 41, of Bath, was charged with possession of a controlled substance. Both were committed to the Steuben County Jail in lieu of $750 cash bail for Smith and $500 cash bail for LaVook. The addresses listed in record items -- the last known residence of the accused or the address the person gave to law enforcement officers -- are obtained by the Star-Gazette from police or court records. via Star-Gazette

“The other reason is to keep down the number of (new) voting machines we have to buy.”

CORNING -- For years, Brian Plaisted has voted at the East Corning Volunteer Fire Department, about a half-mile from his home. via Star-Gazette

“A court will uphold it, I know it will.”

Zoning board rejects strip club plans Property owner says he was not surprised, vows to fight on. via Star-Gazette.COM

SOUTH CORNING -- An $800,000 project to build a new church home for Faith To Face Ministries is set to begin today on Tuxill Avenue with an 11 a.m. ground-breaking ceremony. via Star-Gazette

“People should just not look at the confinement of where they are”

Church helps Liberians A million displaced as civil wars ravaged African country for years. via Star-Gazette.COM

“The storm that came through over the weekend pushed into New England and strengthened with wrap-around westerly winds”

Cars slide off snowy roads Worst of weekend storm has passed, forecasters say. December 4, 2007 Forecast *Today: Scattered snow showers with a high near 30. via Star-Gazette.COM

South Corning Fire Department and Rural-Metro Ambulance have been called to a five-vehicle crash on Powderhouse Road near the Spencer Crest Nature Center. via Star-Gazette

“Paul has become a wonderful adherent of the community and will be truly missed by us all”

Paul Lyle, general manager of Route 81 Radio in Corning, left the company effective today to accept a new job with American Media Investments, a broadcasting company in Pittsburg, Kan. via Star-Gazette.COM

Nature walk planned at Steege Hill Preserve November 5, 2007 Post Comment Star-Gazette The Finger Lakes Land Trust will hold an autumn's end nature walk at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Steege Hill Preserve above the ... via Star-Gazette.COM

Brittany White, 13, of Corning, walks through the pumpkin patch at Crystal Valley Farms on River Road in South Corning barefoot and wearing short sleeves. via The Leader Online

Fire destroys East Corning home BY DERRICK EK Published: Friday, October 5, 2007 11:23 PM CDT E-mail this story | Print this page dek@the-leader.com EAST CORNING | A fire destroyed the Hickock Road home of ... via The Leader Online