Southport News

Chemung County Transit will operate on its Sunday service on Saturday, July 4. The Sunday schedule consists of service on the No.

A fire severely damaged a shed Monday and singed the exterior of the rear of a house at 446 Schuyler Ave.

A male cat was found beaten to death Wednesday in a ball field near Woodbine Avenue in Southport, and the Chemung County SPCA is seeking information on the incident.

The Elmira Gymnastics Club, which has produced a few dozen state gymnastics champions, and its companion business, the Elmira Fitness Center, will be moving to a new home in Horseheads this summer.

Fifteen-year-old Jacob Wichtowski, a member of Boy Scout Troop 43 in Pine City, recently completed all the requirements to earn Eagle Scout status, although the freshman at Notre Dame High School will wait until October to receive the award with his fellow scouts.

Governor Edward G. Rendell announced the investment of up to $25 million dollars in commonwealth capital funds to advance the Southport Marine Terminal project at the Port of Philadelphia.

A bill that would make it easier for local officials and residents to consolidate or dissolve local governments in New York state has raised concerns for Elmira Mayor John Tonello.

Chemung County legislator Andy Patros, D-15th District, will hold a district meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at the Wellsburg Fire Hall to discuss two home-repair funding sources available to income-eligible homeowners through Community Progress and Bishop Sheen's Housing Foundation.

A motorcycle accident injured a mother and daughter on Route 328 in Southport on Friday evening, the Chemung County Sheriff's Department said.

The town of Southport is accepting applications for recreation counselors for the 2009 summer park program.

The Southport mobile home park where residents recently went without water for nearly two weeks sold at auction Friday morning.

The Davis Street gates have been restored and were put back in place today at Woodlawn Cemetery, the Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery of Elmira has announced.

The Sherman Avenue Mobile Home Park in Southport, auctioned off Friday at a foreclosure sale on the steps of the Chemung County Courthouse, has reverted back to the original owners LKC Management of Scranton, Pa.

It takes many people to organize a road race, and the Run for the Nuns on May 3 was no exception.

The town of Southport is looking to beef up its recreation programs, and officials didn't have to go far to find the right person for the job.

SOUTHPORT - Charlie Fennell had three goals and two assists to lead Notre Dame past visiting Dryden in a Section 4 boys lacrosse game Tuesday, 13-3. Pat Sullivan, Matt Kerwan, Gavin Clark and Dave Norton added two goals apiece for the Crusaders, who scored 10 of their goals before halftime.

SOUTHPORT - Notre Dame High School will offer Mandarin Chinese as an elective next year, with the goal of developing a full sequence in the language.

If you thought times were tough already, get ready to pay more for your drinks. Right now, U.P.C. labels on recyclables for beer, soda and water are the same and used by all states throughout the country.

Organizers of the Southside High School 2009 Project Graduation have announced two events to benefit the project.

One might say the folks that live at Woodbrook Assisted- Living Residence along Maple Avenue in Southport are surrounded by angels.