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🌱 What Denison Park’s green makeover means for your visits this fall
Corning, New York Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Corning! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Denison Park’s green makeover means for your visits this fall
- Which fresh favorites Ford Farms is bringing to Corning’s market Thursday
- Corning man faces charges after alleged hammer threat in Lindley dispute
Today's riddle: When is the best time to buy a trampoline? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Not as hot with a t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.
- Thursday: Very warm; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 65. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: An afternoon t-storm or two, with a high of 89 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Corning park to receive green infrastructure updates (weny.com) — Denison Park in Corning will get major green infrastructure upgrades this fall, funded by a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant and coordinated with a state environmental cleanup. Expect phased construction, new bioretention gardens, permeable pavement, a pond, and more trees, all designed to improve water quality, beautify the park, and guide similar projects across the city. 
2. Ford Farms of Savona is a Corning, Painted Post Farm Market mainstay (the-leader.com) — Corning residents can meet Ford Farms of Savona at the Corning Farm Market in Riverfront Centennial Park every Thursday, and at the Painted Post market on Saturdays, all season long. The story profiles Linwood and Melissa Ford’s journey from tobacco to diverse vegetables and pumpkins, and previews the fresh spring produce you’ll find at this week’s Corning market.
3. Corning man threatens family member with hammer in Lindley dispute (fingerlakes1.com) — A Corning resident faces felony and misdemeanor charges after state police say a family dispute in nearby Lindley involved threats with a hammer, prompting an arrest and arraignment in Steuben County. Officers recovered the hammer as evidence, and the man was charged with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon tied to a prior conviction.
4. Brookfield Chooses New Superintendent (watervilletimes.com) — A new superintendent, Dr. Thomas Butler, has been chosen to lead Brookfield Central School, bringing experience in rural education and a personal history rooted just south of Corning. Butler and his wife long sought a quiet second home and ultimately settled in Brookfield, where their camp will become their full-time residence as he starts August 1.
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- Southern Finger Lakes Pride Welcomes Back the 7th Annual Corning Pride Festival
CORNING, N.Y. (WENY) — June is Pride Month, and The Southern Finger Lakes Pride Festival will return to downtown Corning this weekend for its seventh… (Nextdoor Corning) - Corning park to receive green infrastructure updates
Several changes are coming to Denison Park this fall thanks to a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) “The big goal is to get… (Nextdoor Corning)
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- Guthrie Health posted a job opening for Housekeeping Aide- Environmental Services-Per Diem in Corning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Corning here.
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