by Sean Lukasik | Jan 16, 2016 | Community Voices, Interviews, People of Corning
When Corning builds their version of the “Welcome to Elmira” sign, featuring?all the stars who live here, Dan Driscoll is going to be front and center. You probably already recognize him from an episode of HGTV’s “Tiny House Hunters,”...
by Victorian Strobel | Jan 14, 2016 | Community Voices, Interviews
Over the last several weeks, our Urban Corning team has had the pleasure of welcoming Victorian Strobel, a senior at Keuka College. She’s had an opportunity to become more well versed with our Corning community, and we thought it would be a nice opportunity to...
by Dave Rochelle | Sep 27, 2015 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Local News, Misc, People of Corning, Top Posts, Uncategorized
A?stray kitten spent a weekend car hopping throughout Corning. ?”Lily” has since found her forever home (presumably being kept as an indoor cat). ?We?were on the scene two Sundays ago when Lily was extracted from her last?automotive?shelter?- as...
by Logan Sweet | Jul 9, 2015 | Best of Corning, Interviews, People of Corning
Her name is Christina, but you probably know her as ?The Flower Lady.? Every Thursday, The Flower Lady pulls her little brown truck into Riverfront Park and sets up her tent and sells bucket upon bucket of her famous seasonal bouquets during the Gaffer District?s...
by Sean Lukasik | Mar 3, 2015 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Local News, Top Posts
Last month on the Urban Corning Facebook page, we posted a few pictures of hats and scarves that had been left around town. They each had a note that read, “I am not lost! If you need me, take me. God Bless.” The post went viral, amassing more than?35,000...
by Amelia Harnas | Jul 10, 2014 | Community Voices, Corning Museum of Glass, Interviews
“I’ll give you an example of pure luck: the way I got this job here, when I came up to Corning….” About 5 years ago, I persuaded Thomas S. Buechner to let me interview him to record his stories. He agreed, and we sat in his study from 2pm – 4pm in the afternoon...
