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Park Station summer 2024 hours and prices announced
ERIN, N.Y. (WETM) — Park Station is almost ready to open for the 2024 season. The Chemung County Buildings and Grounds Department announced Park Station’s hours and prices for this summer. Little has changed from the 2023 season. The park’s control booth will be open on weekends and Memorial Day from 10 a.m. to 5 […]
Champion Speedway to Host 50th Anniversary Nationals weekend May 25-26
Champion Speedway, located at 227 Old Narrows Rd. in Nichols, N.Y., and one of the oldest racetracks in the country still in operation, celebrates a huge milestone this season and is planning a big Memorial Day weekend to celebrate. This is the 50th Anniversary season of the legendary local track...
The Chemung County Senior Games kicks off for 2024
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WETM) – The annual Chemung County Senior Games kicked off today for its 33rd year in Horseheads. For the next few weeks, over 400 athletes, ages 50 and older, will be competing in a variety of games. Today, it all kicked off with the Hazel Thompson Memorial 65+ Softball Tournament at the Town […]
Local railroad history will come to life May 25 at Elmira's Eldridge Park for Train Day
If you played with model trains growing up, or if you've ever stared in wonder and admiration while watching a train roll through the countryside, you'll want to be at Elmira's Eldridge Park on May 25. The Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society and the Chemung Valley Railway Historical Society are...
Horseheads and Corning baseball take Section IV Championship series openers, local playoff scoreboard
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The Section IV baseball playoffs are in full swing. Corning and Horseheads baseball each took the opening games of their Section IV Championship series, on Monday. In Class AA’s Game 1, the Blue Raiders rolled past Vestal 4-0. Standout pitcher Mason Holloway tossed a 12 strikeout, 1-hitter for Horseheads, after carrying […]
Transformation of Clemens Square in Downtown Elmira begins with Centertown Social Club
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WENY) -- The transformation of Downtown Elmira's Clemens Square has officially begun with the build-out of Centertown Social Club. This project marks the first step in a series of developments Capriotti Properties is using to revitalize the area. Centertown Social Club will feature artwork designed by local artist...
Watch Our Garden Grow: Spring flowers
SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WETM) — Springtime flowers normally show up later in April. The vibrant colors are very pretty, and there are actual ways to make sure these plants keep coming up year after year! A certain flower that likes to show up in landscapes is the forget-me-not flower. They typically show up and spread out […]
Paige Robinson earns Athlete of The Week
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – This week’s Athlete of The Week hails from Wolverine country. Waverly senior Paige Robinson was named 18 Sports Athlete of The Week sponsored by Simmons-Rockwell Nissan. Robinson has been a force on the field all season for the Wolverines’ girls flag football team which made an appearance in the Section IV […]
Chemung County to see sewage rate increases
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Some Chemung County residents are set to see rate increases for a sewer project that’s said to be the biggest in the county’s history. “We don’t want anybody to be blindsided. Over the last two years, we’ve been pretty open that it’s going to be an expensive project,” said Chemung County […]
These are the Waverly projects that will be paid for with $4.5 million from NY Forward
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced funding for nine NY Forward projects in the Village of Waverly, from transformations of Broad Street to new housing units and renovations of Soprano’s Market. Waverly was the Southern Tier's Round 1 winner of the $4.5 million NY Forward award in early 2023,...
Endicott Man Charged in Tioga County After Shooting Animal in Head
An Endicott man is facing charges in Tioga County after the sheriff's office says he shot an animal in the head. According to the Tioga County Sheriff's Office, Jeffrey W. Wike was arrested and charged with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and Criminal Mischief after an investigation into an incident in which Wike shot a companion animal in the head with a firearm.
Last year's winner gears up for the upcoming Elmira Street Painting Festival
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WENY) -- There are only three weeks left until the Elmira Street Painting Festival, happening on June 8th and 9th. 24-year-old Summer Small was last year’s winner and now she’s gearing up to paint on the streets again. “I’m really excited,” Small said. “I’m going to...
A warm Monday
The warming trend continues on Monday across the Twin Tiers. High temperatures will range from the mid to upper 80s . We are forecasting 88 degrees for a high in Elmira. Morning fog will give way to partly sunny skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm can not be ruled out during the evening.
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