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ANGOLA — Questions about the new Steuben County judicial center were many in the morning hours of the Steuben County Council’s budget work session, which opened on Wednesday.

ANGOLA — Steuben County and local trails officials are steadily working their way toward determining how to move forward with trail expansion.

ANGOLA — Funding has been restored to the Steuben County Economic Development Corp. after it having its budget cut last year by county government.

ANGOLA — Despite neighbors speaking against a proposed development on the west side of C.R. 425W north of Orland Road, the Steuben County Plan Commission gave the primary plat approval, with several conditions to be met before the developer comes back for secondary approval. The development, Bonebend Hollow, will be nine lots on approximately 18 acres of land that right now is mostly woods between Crooked and Jimmerson lakes. “The site is mostly wooded and we want to maintain that integrity as much as possible,” said Brett Miller of Miller Land Surveying on behalf of the proper...

ANGOLA — Steuben County officials on Tuesday received some advice on how to invest a windfall from the federal American Rescue Plan that will soon put $6.7 million into county coffers. The county’s financial consultant, Jeff Peters of Peters Municipal Consultants, Franklin, said in a joint meeting of the Steuben County Council and the Board of Commissioners the money should be divided between operating funds and projects. Based on past years’ experiences and potential shortfalls that arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Peters recommended putting aside $2.7 million for operating...