(April 2, 2012) The Preservation League of New York State has deemed vast swaths of the Southern Tier and Western New York as endangered, with the swaths corresponding to the areas under which lie the Marcellus and Utica shales–the geologic […]
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Six new hotels in Chemung County in the works to serve PA fr…
(Mach 13, 2012) To accommodate the demands of a crush of natural gas industry employees across the border in northern Pennsylvania, Chemung County is moving no less than six new franchise hotels through its development pipeline. This is an astonishing […]
continue readingGas companies eye new natural gas pipeline, would traverse S…
(February 20, 2012) Natural gas companies, looking at a need for addition gas transmission infrastructure in the northeast, may soon propose a new pipeline that would run through New York’s Southern Tier, from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Albany area. Read […]
continue readingCorning Inc. to convert industrial land into city park
(December 16) For about 150 years, a stretch of Tioga Avenue along the Chemung River in the city of Corning was used for railroading, and then for–you guessed it– glass manufacturing. Since the industrial buildings on the site were razed […]
continue readingNatural gas, CVS Distribution Center workers drive apartment…
(November 27, 2011) With natural gas and CVS Distribution Center workers pouring into the Elmira area, rental housing in the county has quickly filled. To respond to the demand, 24 new luxury apartments are being developed on 34 acres of […]
continue readingCattaraugus residents appeal zoning board approval of 29-tur…
Citizens in the Southern Tier’s Cattaraugus County have filed an appeal of the local zoning board’s decision on a 29-turbine wind farm proposal. This is just one of several contentious and controversial wind farm projects in the Southern Tier. Read […]
continue readingQuest for grocery store within Binghamton city limits moving…
The goal of a full-service grocery store for the City of Binghamton’s north side seems far from actualization. Like many other cities, Binghamton has seen the growth of “food deserts,” or places where mostly low-income people do not have easy […]
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