radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 08-25-26

Good morning.A forty-six-year-old Bradford County man could spend the rest of his life behind bars following a child sexual abuse conviction. President Judge Maureen Beirne sentenced Jesse Gallagher of Sheshequin Township to a minimum of twenty-seven years and nine months in prison, designating him as a sexually violent predator.In regional outdoor news, a two-hundred-fifty-thousand-dollar upgrade to the Catharine Valley Trail is now complete. The project introduces updated signage, interactive maps, and a new app offering self-guided audio tours in six languages to help boost tourism across Schuyler County.And local organizers in Chemung, Steuben, and Tioga counties can now apply for community project funding through Sustainable Finger Lakes. Neighborhood mini-grants between one-hundred-fifty and seven-hundred-fifty dollars are available for resident-led environmental and community initiatives, with applications due by September first.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.