FOOD & DRINK
Elmira 'Garage' transformed into breakfast, lunch spot. What's next for Davis St. eatery
Garbage plates today, pizza tomorrow – the menu continues to evolve at The Garage at Rye, a spinoff located just across the courtyard from its popular forebear, Rye Bar and Restaurant. The new Elmira eatery at 357 Davis St. debuted on Valentine’s Day and has been steadily refreshing its menu over the spring, with some much-requested additions in store for the summer dining season. ...
New indoor play café to celebrate opening on Wednesday
Correction: A previous version of this story stated that the open house was a public event, but the event has reached capacity and will not be open to members of the public. The story has been corrected. HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WETM) – An open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be taking place tomorrow evening to celebrate […]
Elmira Heights business collects donations for kitten season
ELMIRA HEIGHTS, N.Y. (WETM) — A business in Elmira Heights is collecting items to help the SPCA handle kitten season. Compliance Solutions is holding a kitten drive for the Chemung County SPCA during the entire month of May. People can drop kitten supplies off at Compliance Solutions, located at 2110 College Ave., between 8:30 a.m. […]
A program in Corning to help people with their flower gardens
CORNING, N.Y. (WENY)-- It's about that time when gardeners are getting outside to take advantage of spring. In a bid to help everyone get a green thumb, Blocks in Bloom is a no-cost program in Corning to help people with their flower gardens. ''If you are a person who is...
Mountain Home, May 2024
“Blown Away” by David Higgins. Janusz Poźniak settles his family in Corning after glass TV stardom. This issue also includes Pulling Strings in Williamsport; Nothing There Is That Doesn't Love a People Wall; Drink, Drink, Drink, Goes the Trolley around Seneca Lake. You can see the whole issue...
Mornings on the go: Jennifer Sekella
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Jennifer Sekella is a local artist. She has been involved with art since she was a child. After College she eventually went on to become an English teacher but has continued to practice her love of art. “Switching over to something that was more my...
WMC North Jazzes Up Downtown
“We like to be a nook, a hideaway,” Kaylen Knox says from behind the counter where he shakes a French martini into existence. WMC North opened in August of 2022 at 223 West Water Street in Elmira. The name is a nod to the Williamsburg Music Center, a black-owned jazz venue in Brooklyn founded in 1981 by Gerry Eastman that fosters diversity in both clientele and music.
The People Wall—Annotated
When pedestrians go past the Corning Civic Center, one of the first things they’ll notice are the larger-than-life photographs. They fill three floors of City Hall. The photos are old—vintage, maybe, or retro. The clothing and hair styles are right out of the 1970s. There are businesspeople and local leaders in three-piece suits, others in bell-bottoms. Grocers, police officers, fire fighters, and a garbage collector line the walls. In his outstretched arms, one man holds his pet boa constrictor. There are many pictures of smiling kids at play.
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