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This is where we share updates, events, news, and mostly our unfiltered opinions about the people, places, and things in Corning. Read on.
Centerway Walking Bridge Earns National Recognition
Corning's Gaffer District just announced that the Historic Centerway Walking Bridge has been named the American Public Works Association (APWA) Historic Restoration & Preservation Project of the Year! Okay, so it's not a Grammy and it's not exactly the Most Fun...
Volo Adds to Market Street Mix(ology)
When the sign first went up for the new place at 74 E. Market Street, we speculated on the meaning of the name Volo. ?Anyone who attended the grand opening last Friday would have a hard time arguing against the Urban Dictionary's top definition: "a hot spot." I'm well...
Unsung Heroes of Corning
I was raised on West Second Street on Corning’s Southside near CFA, and my father was born and raised in Corning, too. This makes me an undeniably honest-to-god Corningite, and no matter how much traveling and moving around I’ve done in the past 10 years or have yet...
Get One of These. Now.
I know what you're thinking (because I kinda was), "In the information age, when just about every bit of world knowledge is only fingertips away on my (insert device of choice here)? what could I possibly need anymore at a public library?" ?Before the other day, I was...
Global Taco trucks into my world, and yours
I love tacos. I mean, who doesn?t love tacos? Tacos. Are. Awesome. I am a regular at Market Street?s Fiesta Brava, and I love it. But Global Taco, because I can?t get it easily every day, is more than a meal- it's an event. And you should find out where it is, and go...
Twenty Dollars and Two Hours
Parking in Corning has its limitations and frustrations, but one thing is for sure: when you're parked on Market Street, you get two hours before needing to move to the next zone. I've always wondered what a visitor or tourist is able to accomplish in that amount of...