Lions Mobile Food Pantry
Foodbank Of the Southern Tier APALACHIN LIONS WALK-UP MOBILE FOOD PANTRY. Fourth
Wednesday of every month February 2026 Wednesday 25th 10-11 AM
St. Margaret Mary’s Church 1110 Pennsylvania Ave. Apalachin, NY
Pre-registration required
REGISTRATION Tuesday – February 24th At 8:30 AM until full (current limit of 120 registrations) If you register please attend Phone: 2-1-1 or
Online: www.foodbankst.org/cfd
Walk-up Pantry bring a cart or bags to carry food!
Tioga County Chamber of Commerce Hosts First Ever Federal Reserve Economic Presentation
The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce a landmark regional event, Economic Strategy 2026: A Federal Reserve Outlook, marking the first time the Federal Reserve has delivered an economic presentation in Tioga County. The event will take place on Thursday, February 19, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Tioga Downs. The program is presented by SUNY Broome and hosted by the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce and Tioga State Bank. The keynote presentation will be delivered by Kartik Athreya, Director of Research and Head of Research & Statistics at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Athreya will provide insights into national and regional economic conditions, emerging trends, and what lies ahead as communities plan for 2026 and beyond.
The event will be moderated by Giovanni Scaringi, Professor at SUNY Broome and a long-time regional leader with deep involvement across both Tioga and Broome Counties.
Quote – Giovanni Scaringi, PhD:
“This is a rare opportunity for our region to hear directly from the Federal Reserve on the economic forces shaping our communities. Understanding these trends is critical for informed decision-making at the local, regional, and national levels, and I’m excited to help guide this conversation here in Tioga County.”
Sabrina Henriques, PhD, CEO and President of the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce, emphasized the significance of the event for the region.
Quote – Sabrina Henriques, PhD: “Hosting the Federal Reserve in Tioga County for the first time is a major milestone for our business and civic community. This event reflects our commitment to bringing highlevel economic insight directly to local leaders, employers, and decision-makers as we plan strategically for the future. It’s been a wild ride of uncertainly, in 2025. In my position with the Chamber, I am the “boots on the ground”, so I hear from the owners of the largest to smallest businesses. I am really awaiting this event, I plan to be in the audience, listening to every word.”
Tioga County DMV Offices to Close for Statewide Upgrade
The Tioga County Department of Motor Vehicles, along with all DMV offices in New York state, will undergo a large-scale system upgrade that will require the Owego DMV office to be closed for a short this monty.
The New York State DMV is implementing the initial phase of a multi-year project to replace and modernize its aging technology systems. To bring the first part of the new system online, the state is ceasing all DMV operations, including online transactions and their phone system at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Due to this upgrade, the Owego DMV, located at 56 Main Street, Owego, NY, will be closed on the following days: Temporary Closures: Friday, February 13: Closed Monday, February 16: Closed in observance of Presidents Day Tuesday, February 17: Closed Wednesday, February 18: Closed
The Owego DMV Office will reopen at 9:00 am on February 19 . Any changes to that will be posted on the county website under the
County Clerk and DMV pages.
During this time, the state DMV will migrate about 30 million records to the new system and complete the transition to bring the first phase of the upgrade online. Again, no DMV transactions will be able to be completed during this period, including through the state DMV website, and they will also not be answering their phones.
ABOUT THE DMV SYSTEM UPGRADE
New York State DMV has contracted with software company FAST Enterprises, LLC, which has implemented similar systems in more than 20 other states, to help NYS DMV modernize its technology platforms and service delivery in two major stages over the next two years. The new technology will replace and consolidate a significant portion of DMV’s legacy technology, some of which are over 50 years old. The goal of this initiative is to make the DMV more secure, stable, and agile and to provide DMV customers with more efficient, secure, and convenient services.
Apalachin Lions Club Scholarships 2026
The Apalachin Lions Club 37th Annual Scholarship program will award $3000 in scholarships to deserving students from the class of 2026 who live in the 13732, and 13760, 18830 zip codes. This covers Apalachin, Campville east to the Broome County line, and Little Meadows, PA. The scholarships are awarded to students who have made outstanding contributions in service to their community and school.
Distribution of scholarships will be as follows: One $1000 scholarship will be awarded to students who attend Owego Free Academy and Vestal High School .And one $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a student
who attends either of the following schools: Broome Tioga BOCES, Montrose Junior-Senior High, Seton Catholic Central High School, Ross Corners Christian Academy, Northeast Bradford Hight School and Home Schooling (LEAH).
The distribution of scholarships is based on the relative numbers of students from Apalachin, Campville and Little Meadows attending each of the schools.
Information and applications may be obtained at the schools Guidance Office, or Vestal LEAH. Please return the complete application to the Guidance office or Vestal LEAH on or before: March 27, 2026
Library
719 Main St. Apalachin, NY 607-625-3333
Open Mon, Tues, Thurs: 10am-7pm; Fri & Sat: 10am-2pm www.apalachinlibrary.org Programs for February
Storytime: Tuesdays and Thursdays | 10:30am Join Miss Wendy for read alouds, singing, playing, dancing, and crafts! Tuesday and Thursday each week are the same theme. No registration required.
Mahjong: Mondays 2pm-4pm No experience or registration required.
Tech Time with Tina: Tuesdays By Appointment Sign up for some one-on-one help with any tech topic!
Zen Before Zzzzzs: Tuesdays 6pm Grab your yoga mat and join yoga instructor Sheehan Shotwell for an inspiring yoga practice each week. No experience or registration required.
Euchre: Thursdays 2pm-4pm No experience or registration required.
Pokémon Club: Saturday, February 7 11am-1pm Trade cards, do battles and eat snacks!
Senior First Friday Program Classic Movie Screening of Some Like it Hot and Lunch: Friday, February 6 11am-1pm Classic movie screening of “Some Like It Hot” and Lunch. Registration is required.
Evening Book Club: Thursday, February 12 6:30pm The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The March book will be The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. No registration necessary.
Vintage Valentine’s Day Craft: Saturday, February 14 11am-1pm Create a gorgeous vintage Valentine’s Day craft! Space is limited and registration is required.
Afternoon Book Club: Thursday, February 19 1pm Web of Evil by J. A. Jance The March book will be The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman. No registration is necessary.
We will be closed for President’s Day, Monday February 16.
February 16th
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP is proud to announce the re-election of Rachel Abbott as Managing Partner. Originally elected in 2022, Abbott has been instrumental in guiding the firm through a period of growth, modernization, and strategic expansion.
Since assuming the role of managing partner, Abbott has overseen the opening, renovation, and relocation of multiple offices, strengthening Coughlin & Gerhart’s presence across the region while enhancing the firm’s ability to serve clients and communities. She has played a pivotal role in navigating an evolving legal landscape, strengthening its operations, client services, and
community engagement. Under Abbott’s leadership, the firm continues to honor its longstanding history while embracing strategic initiatives that drive growth, innovation and collaboration.
"I’m honored to continue leading Coughlin & Gerhart. Together, we’ve grown stronger and achieved so much as a team, with a focus on client service accommodation and I’m excited to guide the next chapter with that same shared purpose as we continue to build – together,” said Rachel Abbott, managing partner.
With more than 125 years of service, Coughlin & Gerhart provides comprehensive legal services to businesses, individuals, and communities throughout Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Abbott’s forward-looking vision emphasizes a unified approach across the firm’s practice areas while fostering a culture that empowers its people and strengthens its impact in the communities it serves.
This re-election reflects the firm’s confidence in Abbott’s leadership and her continued commitment to shaping a bold, forwardfocused path for both the firm and the clients and communities it serves.
Super Bowl Party Snacks or Meals
Watching Super Bowl 2026? Need a snack or meal for the game? Give us a call or stop in for some Hot Homemade Soup Sunday, February 8th from 11am1pm (Or until sold out) – take out only Little Meadows United Methodist Church 843 Pennsylvania Ave, Little Meadows, PA 18830
We will have two choices: Pasta Fagoli with meat and / or Chicken Noodle Each is $8.00 per quart with rolls
Place your preorder by: calling the Church phone number (570) 623-2746 and leave a message, email us at:
lmumcc175@gmail.com or just stop on February 8th at the church for your order.
Orders will be ready between 11am – 1pm (or until sold out) for Pick-Up. Proceeds to benefit our Mission Projects
Fall in Love with Your Party by Valentine’s Day!
The Tioga County Board of Elections reminds all registered voters that Saturday, February 14th, is the deadline to change your party enrollment before the 2026 Primary Election on June 23rd.
Primary elections are a way for political parties to choose who will be their candidates on the general election ballot in November. New York State has closed primaries, meaning that to vote in a party’s primary election, you must be an enrolled member of that party.
Enrollment change requests must be received by the Board of Elections by February 14th to be effective for the June Primary. Any enrollment changes received after that will take effect seven days after the June Primary. The Tioga County Board of Elections office will be open Saturday, February 14th, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, to receive any last-minute enrollment changes. You can change your enrollment by submitting a new voter registration form to the Board of Elections using any
of the following methods:
- Use the NYS Board of Elections’ Online Voter Registration portal –learn more at elections.ny.gov. Application deadline is 11:59 PM on February 14th.
- Use the MyDMV customer portal –learn more at dmv.ny.gov. The application deadline if using the DMV portal is 1:59 PM on Friday, February 13th. • Submit a paper form to our office in person or by mail to:
Tioga County Board of Elections 1062 State Route 38 PO Box 306 Owego, NY 13827
Note that a mailed application must still be received by the Board of Elections by February 14th to be effective before the primary, so personal delivery is the safer option. Paper forms are available at your local post office, municipal building, or over the counter at the Board of Elections. Call us at 607-687-8261 if you need a form mailed to you or have any other questions.
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP
Welcomes Two New Attorneys
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP is pleased to announce that Franklin A. Carcamo and Molly Magnis have joined the firm as Associates, strengthening C&G’s Business & Banking, Real Estate, Litigation and Trusts & Estates practice groups.
Carcamo brings a robust background in corporate and transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, and general corporate counsel experience. He earned his LL.M. with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Fluent in Spanish, Carcamo is admitted to practice in New York and will be based primarily in the firm’s Ithaca office.
Magnis joins C&G with experience spanning private practice, regulatory work, and public service. She focuses on Real Estate transactions, Trusts & Estates, and Litigation.
Magnis earned her J.D., Summa Cum Laude, from Albany Law School and was admitted to practice in New York in 2019. She will be based in the firm’s Walton office.
Rachel Abbott, managing partner at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, stated "We are thrilled to welcome Franklin and Molly to the C&G team. Both bring exceptional talent, experience, and dedication to their practice areas, and we know they will provide our clients with the high quality service and guidance that is central to our firm’s mission."
Coughlin & Gerhart, has been serving clients since 1898, providing comprehensive legal services in a wide range of practice areas. Carcamo and Magnis’ addition reflects the firm’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its team with skilled attorneys who can meet the evolving needs of the communities and clients it serves.
Tioga County Legislative Meeting
The Second Regular Meeting of 2026 will be held at 12:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in the Edward D. Hubbard Auditorium of the Ronald E. Dougherty County Office Building at 56 Main Street, Owego, New York 13827.
Paddle Party
The Newark Valley Fire Department Auxiliary would like to cordially invite you to our first ever Paddle Party Event. This is a fun and popular event that will take place at 5 PM on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The event will take place at the Newark Valley Fire Department
Individuals requiring any accommodation or auxiliary aid may contact the Legislative Office at (607) 687-8240. With advance notice, necessary auxiliary aids will be provided at no cost to the person requesting assistance.
Hall, located at 7151 Route 38, Newark Valley, NY. The Paddle Party Event is a fundraiser that benefits the NVFD Auxiliary, which helps support the Newark Valley Fire Department and community. Food and beverages will be available.
AREA RESIDENT NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND
Delaney Carrigg of Nichols, NY, has been named to the University of New England’s Dean’s List for the fall semester 2025. Dean’s List students have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0 at the end of the semester.
The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly
welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts. Visit www.une.edu.
Franklin A. Carcamo
Molly Magnis
50 Years Ago by:
It's February 1976. Daniel Moynihan resigns as US ambassador to the United Nations. He says he wants to return to teaching, but reliable sources say that he wants to run for the US Senate.
Approval is granted for the Concorde to land in Washington and New York on a 16-month trial basis.
Bess Truman, widow of President Harry S. Truman, celebrates her 91st birthday.
An earthquake in Guatemala kills 12,000 people and leaves more than a million people homeless.
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Two years after she was kidnaped, Patty Hearst, 21, goes on trial for her role in a bank robbery with her captors.
In Peking, Hua Kuo-feng becomes acting premier.
Percy Faith, 67, popular music composer and arranger, dies of cancer.
Actor Lee J. Cobb, 64, dies of an apparent heart attack at his home in San Fernando Valley. He was best known for his role of Judge Garth on the TV show The Virginian.
At the 12th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, Dorothy Hamill, 19, wins the hearts of the world and a gold medal in figure skating. The US team wins 10 medals, 3 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze.
President Ford and former Governor Jimmy Carter are the winners in the New Hampshire Presidential primaries. Carter wins by a large margin against other Democratic candidates including Rep. Morris Udall, D -Ariz and Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind. President Ford beats former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a very narrow margin.
Beverly Brown
Village of Owego officials are opposed to the Town of Owego's idea to buy the Parker house at 113 Front Street for use as a town hall. The village is concerned about increased traffic in the residential block, possible changes to the house's structure, and the loss of tax revenue of $500 per year that a homeowner would pay. Trustee Robert Melville says, "there is a commercial advantage to having offices in the village," but he is opposed to the idea because that area is a "special residential area."
The Board of Directors of the proposed Environmental Education Center are looking for a 200 acre site on which to build the center where people can learn about nature.
Last year, W. T. Grant & Co. was the third largest retailer in the country, but now, it forced to close its remaining 393 stores, including the ones in the Binghamton and Chenango Plazas.
Friday night TV shows include Sanfordand Son; Donny and Marie; WashingtonWeek inReview; Wall Street Week; TheRockford Files; Police Story; MasterpieceTheatre presenting Upstairs, Downstairs; and TheSix Wives of Henry VIII.
Movies in local theaters include Barry Lyndon starring Ryan O'Neal; Shampoo with Warren Beatty; Killer Force; Sherlock Holmes' SmarterBrother; and Disney's NoDeposit, No Return.
Top tunes include 50 Waysto Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon, Loveto Love You Baby by Donna Summer, I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow, Theme from S.W.A.T. by Rhythm Heritage, and Love Machine (Part 1) by Miracles.
A stick of Chapstick Lip Balm costs 44¢, a 24-ounce bottle of Scope costs $1.74, a bottle of 36 St. Joseph children's aspirin costs 37¢, and a 16 ounce bottle of Suave Ph balanced shampoo costs 99¢
The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Tioga County Mental Hygiene Satellite Clinic in Waverly NY
Some Observations From the Hill
By H. H. "Hub" Brown
One time before I was old enough to go to school, Dad said to me, "Hub, I have to take a load of lambs to the butchers. Do you want to go with me?" A bunch of lambs had been sold to a butcher down at West Pittston. Dad told me that we would have to start out real early in the morning, so I had better get to bed right away.
When he pulled up in front of the house about 4:00 the next morning, he had a lumber wagon that he and the hired man had put real high sides on and they had loaded about 20 lambs in it. The sides were high enough so there wasn't much danger of lambs jumping over the sides.
By the time we got to LaGrange and turned down river, it was just getting daylight. The road followed the river and when we came to White's Ferry, the barge was on our side of the river so Dad drove the team up on this long flat barge with posts on the corners with loops for a cable that had been stretched over the river which was wide here and with not much current. Dad stood at the horses' heads and the ferryman picked up a stick that looked like the handle end of an oar with a notch cut in it. He dropped it over the cable and starting at the front of the ferry and putting pressure on the stick, by walking to the back of the ferry he pushed it out into the river. When he got to the rear of the boat, he released the pressure on the handle, picked it up and walked again to the front of the boat and kept this up till he reached the other side of the river.
Dad drove the team off and we were on our way to West Pittston which was still quite a ways. It was after noon by the time we got there and the butcher was anxiously waiting for he had run completely out of lamb and had some customers that had asked for it.
He told a young fellow there to get a lamb out of the wagon and dress it. He and Dad drove the rest of the lambs off into a holding pen. I stayed and watched the young butcher dress the lamb. To a farm kid, seeing animals killed and butchered isn't much of a novelty. He was expert but rougher than necessary, maybe because he had someone watching him. The butcher warned him to not be so rough, said he would bruise the meat.
When we left there we went to a restaurant. This was the first time I had been to one and so was quite an experience. The only thing I remember about what we ate was the rice pudding. We often had rice pudding at home but this seemed different, maybe more raisins. We left there and started the long trip home. To a four-year-old, this had been quite a day.
On the way home, Dad took a different route so that we came through Mill City which sounds a lot bigger than it was. It was a small town not far from Lake Winolawhich wasn't too far from home. By this time, the moon was up. This was in the fall of the year, but luckily we had beautiful weather all the way and a day that I would never forget.
HELP WANTED: Wanted experienced mechanic. Must have New York State Inspection License Apply in person only. Nicks Garage, Main St Apalachin. 05/26
TOP DOLLAR PAID: Wanted! Old fishing tackle, lures, reels, etc. (PRE 1960) Old coins and currency. Call me first, collector not a dealer so I pay more. John 607-321-4085 02/26 BEE SWARMS WANTED: Bee swarms wanted on trees and in buildings. Call 607-625-3318 or 607-201-4357 04/26
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