radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 06-03-26

Good morning,Local law enforcement agencies are ramping up summer patrols along the Lackawanna Rail Trail after clearing out multiple homeless encampments. The Chemung County Sheriff’s Office and local police departments conducted a coordinated cleanup along the trail system. Sheriff Bill Schrom says the encampments have turned areas of the trail into literal garbage lots, noting that trail users have increasingly reported safety hazards and public indecency.Meanwhile, a massive global event takes over the Crystal City today. The annual Glass Art Society conference officially kicks off in Corning, bringing over sixteen hundred artists from thirty-five countries to the Southern Tier. While most programming is at the Corning Museum of Glass—including an experimental glass performance tonight at six o'clock—public events like a light exhibition and fireworks will hit Market Street this Friday.And Maguire Automotive Group is consolidating its Southern Tier footprint, permanently merging its Watkins Glen dealership into its flagship facility on Elmira Road in Ithaca.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.