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LebTown March 3, 2021 4 min read This is only a few thousand of the snow geese that visit Middle Creek, south of Kleinfeltersville, each year. (Groh) The annual northerly migration of waterfowl that results in tens of thousands of snow geese and other birds appearing at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (MCWMA) has been delayed a bit in 2021, thanks to several weeks of snow and ice on the lake and surrounding land. Now that the ice is melting, visitors to the state-owned tract in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties can expect to see the peak number of birds sometime wi...

While Broome County’s seven day rolling average was 2.9% at The February 24 update, below the New York State threshold for allowing visitors to return to nursing homes, it doesn’t look like many Broome County residents will be visiting their loved ones in nursing homes in the next few days. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News (file) The state says visitations can resume February 26 for the first time in almost a year in counties where the positivity rate is below five percent on a rolling seven-day average but homes also must be COVID-free for 14 days.  Private nursing homes don’t report to t...

Author of the article: Paul Morden Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021  •  February 5, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  CCGS Samuel Risley works to break up an ice jam that formed this week on the St. Clair River near Port Lambton. The St. Clair Conservation Authority issued a flood watch and urged residents to stay clear of the ice and waterways. Icebreakers from the Canadian and U.S. coast guards have been involved in the effort to clear the ice jam. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer Article content High winds temporarily suspended ice-breaking operations Friday on the St. Clair River ...

Broome County reports 175 new cases of the coronavirus on January 20 for a total of 11,032 and the deaths of two men and two women in their 80s and 90s, bringing Broome’s death toll to 216. There are 144 Broome County residents hospitalized with COVID-19. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News It has taken Broome County less than a month to add 1,000 COVID-19 cases to its total, quickly passing  the 6,000, 7,000, 8,000 and 9,000 landmarks.  The County reported it had passed 10,000 cases on January 13 with 10,063. A month earlier, on December 13, Broome had reported a total of 6,274 cases. In just o...

Broome County passes another couple of grim milestones in the history of the COVID-19 pandemic. January 13, officials reported the county had surpassed a total of 10,000 cases, now standing at 10,063.  The County has also passed 200 deaths associated with COVID-19, three men and three women all in their 60s, 70s and 80s passed away January 12, bringing the County’s death toll to 204. Getty Images/ wildpixel Cases also continue to rise in other counties in the Southern Tier.  Chenango County reports 29 additional cases for a total of 1,558. There were two more deaths reported for a total...