Steuben County News

Steuben County residents will have a chance to weigh in Monday evening on the tentative 2010 county budget, which could increase property taxes an average of 2.7 percent next year if passed.

To date, the area's largest non-governmental provider of funding for health and human service programs and initiatives has raised nearly $3.5 million.

Even with the rain Thursday night, well over one hundred people lined up: A ll eagerly awaiting to get their Swine Flu vaccine at the Steuben County office building in Bath .

The following is a news release from Corning's Gaffer District: Corning , NY - Corning 's Gaffer District is pleased to unveil a major addition to its 2010 event calendar - the first annual GlassFest.

New York legislative leaders have agreed to toughen state laws against people who drive drunk with children in the car.

As the director of Justice and Peace Ministries of Catholic Charities Steuben County, part of my responsibilities is to coordinate the Ecumenical Community Forum of the Southern Tier.

Alcohol may have been a factor in an ATV accident that killed a Gates man in Steuben County on Friday.

Facing a difficult economic environment, the United Way of the Southern Tier is extending its annual fund drive in the hopes of reaching its goal for 2009.

It's common knowledge that a Civil War prison camp once existed in Elmira. It's also pretty well known that many Civil War soldiers are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

The following is a news release from Steuben County Health Department: Bath - Steuben County Public Health and Nursing Services announces a Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinic.

United Way of the Southern Tier and 2-1-1 Helpline have created a connection point for people who wish to help other families have a brighter holiday season.

Joseph Nebrich of Cattaraugus was killed in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday evening, when a tractor-trailer failed to stop at a stop sign in the Town of Concord and struck his pickup truck, state police investigators said.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of most not-for-profit agencies, and several local organizations hope to get a transfusion this week.

The Friends of the Southeast Steuben County Library fall book sale at the East Corning Fire Hall ranked among the five best sales ever, said organizer Nancy Doutt.

If I had to choose two words to describe Linda Reimer, they would be caring and innovative.

Republicans came away the winners in Corning City Council races Tuesday, with both incumbents keeping their seats and picking up a position, according to unofficial results from the Steuben County Board of Elections Web site and numbers posted at Democrat and Republican party headquarters in Corning.

Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.

Democrat Frank Coccho has conceded the Corning mayor's race to Richard Negri, a Republican.

It could be weeks before residents in Corning's First Ward know who will represent them on the Corning City Council, thanks to a faulty voting machine.

A 14-year veteran of state government will be among four new lawmakers on the Steuben County Legislature beginning Jan.