by Nicole Wendlandt | Dec 3, 2024 | Best of Corning
This holiday season, celebrate the spirit of giving by shopping local and supporting small businesses. Every purchase from a small business in the Gaffer District will not only delight your loved ones with unique and meaningful gifts but will also help strengthen your...
by Olivia Proudfoot | Jun 6, 2023 | Area Fun!, Local Arts, Townie Turned Tourist
After a classic long, cold upstate New York winter and spring, summer has finally arrived! Upstate New York is a beautiful region in the summer and Corning has so many exciting events planned all summer long. From art gallery nights to a weekly farmers market, Corning...
by Jodi Hammond | Apr 21, 2022 | Best of Corning, Shopping
The pandemic really hit a lot of families hard, finances became strained and getting things that some people take for granted, like clothing, just became a whole lot tougher. But this was an issue for many families even before Covid-19 came along. Therefore, I came up...
by Sean Lukasik | Jul 17, 2020 | Community Voices, Interviews, Local Trips, Urban Corning Podcast
Artist: Oil painting by Brian S. Keeler / Title: “Mid-August Evening Over Seneca Lake” / Reference: https://www.westendgallery.net/project/brian-keeler/ This week, we get to have a conversation with Laury Ward, President of Finger Lakes Wine Country. Her...
by Sean Lukasik | Jun 5, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Urban Corning Podcast
As protests continue throughout the Southern Finger Lakes, the organizer of the “Elmira: Black Lives Matter Movement” is helping protestors, other organizers, and police departments work together peacefully and effectively. In this episode, we talk with...
by Sean Lukasik | May 22, 2020 | Community Voices, Townie Turned Tourist, Urban Corning Podcast
If you’re like me, being stuck in one place can feel torturous. But these travel bloggers share their perspective on what we can learn from our local assets, even if we’re stuck here involuntarily. Chris Mitchell has visited 80 countries, but he’s...
by Sean Lukasik | May 15, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Parks and Rec, Urban Corning Podcast
It’s mid-May, and the weather is finally starting to look up. As the birds and trees and butterflies come to life, it’s a perfect time to get outside for a walk in the woods. As I take a hike of my own, we hear two interviews with nature experts from the...
by Sean Lukasik | May 8, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Urban Corning Podcast
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced schools will be closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. Just like that, seniors found out that their high school careers would be strangely and abruptly cut short, and districts across the State began preparing...
