At it’s meeting on September 13th, the Southport Town Board voted to revoke the license of the Brookside Trailer Park on Cedar Street. The revocation was suspended for six months to allow the owners of the trailer park to legally challenge the revocation in court, should they choose. If they choose not to challenge, or if they lose the case, …

On Wednesday afternoon, September 8th, Chemung County Legislator Rodney J. Strange spent the afternoon in the Village of Wellsburg touring the village and talking to officials and residents. “The tragic devastation I witnessed today throughout the village was shockoing and heartbreaking,” Strange said. “I visited the hardest hit areas and saw firsthand the severe damage this flood has caused.” Strange …

Earlier this spring, 15th District Legislator Rodney J. Strange secured funding from the county’s Small Projects Fund to purchase ten new picnic tables for the Town of Ashland. The tables replaced those that were in deteriorating condition at Toll Bridge Park and Fred Roberts Pavillion in the Town of Ashland located on county route 8 at the Lowman Crossover. The …

At the Chemung County Legislature meeting held on August 8th, 15th District Legislator Rodney J. Strange submitted petitions containing more than 500 signatures of support for reducing the speed limit on Lower Maple Avenue in the Town of Ashland. The Legislature then passed a resolution supporting the Town of Ashland’s request to the state Department of Transportation to lower the …

The Chemung County Legislature’s Highway Committee voted at its meeting on July 25th to send a resolution to the full legislature in support of lowering the speed limit on state route 427 in the Town of Ashland, also known as Lower Maple Avenue. 15th District Legislator Rodney J. Strange whose district includes the stretch of roadway that is being looked …

At its July 13th meeting, the Ashland Town Board approved a resolution authorizing Town Supervisor Vern Robinson to request a reduction of the current maximum speed on State Route 427 of fifty five miles per hour from the State of New York Department of Transportation to a safer speed limit. The section of road, known as Lower Maple Avenue, is …

Recycling in Chemung County has improved over the past year. Casella is working to make recycling easier and and more customer friendly. Below are some things that have occured or are being planned in the near future. In February 2011, a mailing was sent out to Chemung County residents regarding the availability of the zero sort process. Since that mailer …

The Chemung County Legislature passed a resolution at its regular meeting on June 13, 2011 to asking Congress for help in protecting local property owners from having to buy unnecessary flood insurance. There are 29 miles of levees in the Chemung Watershed that were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that have not been certified and unless they …

Rodney J. Strange will post weekly updates on the progress of the construction of Route 17 / I-86 on his Legislature Facebook page. Strange hopes these updates will give residents the highlights of the progress of the project and any traffic changes, delays, or detours so they can plan accordingly. To access his Facebook page, residents can click the link …