radioNOVO News for Elmira/Corning 09-04-26

Good morning.Downtown Watkins Glen is preparing for the return of the Grand Prix Festival on Friday, September eleventh, drawing an estimated fifteen thousand racing fans to celebrate regional road racing history. Franklin Street will close to traffic as classic sports cars recreate the original street course, led by Fox N-A-S-C-A-R announcer Mike Joy and his son Scott as Grand Marshals.In higher education news, S-U-N-Y Corning Community College has unveiled a new Athletics Study Center directly below the campus gymnasium. College leaders say the dedicated space gives student-athletes a central academic hub to focus on tutoring, coursework, and maintaining high G-P-A-s alongside their sports schedules.And state fire investigators continue looking into the cause of a major commercial fire that tore through a Big Flats business complex near the Elmira Corning Regional Airport. Nearly twenty departments responded to extinguish the blaze Wednesday morning, with no injuries reported.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.