Vestal News

VESTAL -- The thousands of visitors who get their exercise on the Vestal Rail Trail will soon see a new sight.

The majority of the Vestal Town Board has decided the Rivercrest section should be designated historic.

The dramatic film "Tickling Leo," written and directed by Vestal native Jeremy Davidson and produced by his wife, Mary Stuart Masterson, will be shown at 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the EPAC Theater, 102 Washington Ave., Endicott.

VESTAL -- Developers have requested a zoning change to build a three-story office building at the site of the Press & Sun-Bulletin on Vestal Parkway.

VESTAL -- NASA astronauts and children at Vestal Hills Elementary School are both looking at the effects of gravity on the development of monarch butterflies.

VESTAL -- The town board is looking into the possibility of natural gas drilling at its parks.

Novelist John Gardner had a reputation of being a confrontational guy - especially to fellow writers he didn't think were up to snuff.

From Communications Coordinator, Vestal Central School District: Vestal Schools to Dedicate New Auditorium with Inaugural Concert The completion of the Vestal Central School Districta s new auditorium at African Road wraps up the majority of the districta s capital project.

A dented, old truck hood took on special meaning recently for four students in the Auto Body Repair program at Broome-Tioga BOCES.

Ballot by ballot - the hand recount started today for the extremely close election races in Broome County.

A businessman wants to build a hotel to cater to Romanian tourists. Nearby neighbors say it would be a haven for prostitutes, drug addicts and pedophiles.

IT'S CALLED HYDROFRACKING: A new process makes it easier to extract natural gas from shale.

VESTAL -- Civility ruled the day Wednesday during a public hearing on the town's 2010 budget.

There's a lot of conversation at polling places and more than a few crossword puzzles.

Binghamton residents will choose a mayor and Johnson City residents will choose their future when they go to the polls today.

Wednesdays & Saturdays 9am-1pm Vestal Public Library, Vestal Parkway, Vestal The Vestal Farmersa Market has extended their season through Saturday November 14th! The farmersa market operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9am-1pm. Vendors will have baked goods, winter squash, potatoes, apples, garlic and other cold weather vegetables.

region Chemung Canal Trust Co. announced free shredding events will occur at the following bank locations to help individuals reduce their exposure to identity theft: * 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at 100 Rano Blvd, Vestal. * Noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Route 17C branch office in Owego, next to the Owego Treadway Inn & Conference Center. Rogers Service Group, television stations WIVT and WBGH, and radio stations WCDW and WRRQ are working with Chemung Canal to offer these events, which are not open to businesses.

Voters in Broome County have a handful of contested races to decide. Only one county-wide office will be decided in the voting booth Tuesday -- Broome County clerk.

VESTAL -- Town voters will decide several races on Election Day. Four candidates are running for two positions on the Vestal Town Council.

The New York State Department of Transportation will perform pavement repair work on State Route 434 in the westbound direction intersection of Route 434 with Bunn Hill Road in Vestal beginning at approximately 9 a.m. Friday, October 30.