🌱 What this new $31.5M defense contract means for Owego jobs
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In today's newsletter:
- What this new $31.5M defense contract means for Owego jobs
Also on today's calendar: 2026 Community Awards Night: Owego Heritage Ball and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 51.
- Monday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lockheed Martin Corp. Wins $31.5M Defense Logistics Agency Contract for B-2 Receivers (envzone.com) — Lockheed Martin’s Owego facility has secured a five-year, $31.5 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to produce B-2 countermeasure receivers for the U.S. Air Force. While highly technical, the award underscores the plant’s continued role in federal defense work and its importance to local jobs and the broader Owego-area economy. 
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Tioga County Sportsmens Association – October RCSA Match →
Tioga County Sportsmen's Association, 1141 Carmichael Rd, Owego
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2026 Community Awards Night: Owego Heritage Ball →
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Tioga County Sportsmen’s Association, 1141 Carmichael Rd, Owego
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217 Main Street, Owego
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Board Of Education Meeting
Owego Apalachin School District, 5 Sheldon Guile Blvd, Owego
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Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Crown Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Forklift Operator in Nichols. Apply here.
- Williams Oil Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier/Clerk in Candor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Owego here.
🗞 Nearby News
Endicott
- Broome County Parks Fall Festival Brings Free Family Fun To Endicott (wnbf.com)
- Jon Jones Net Worth 2026: The $15M Payday Behind $10M (guidenetworth.com)
- Dorothy Engdahl Conway (pucedofuneralhome.com)
Vestal
- Annual Matthews Walk-A-Thon Returns to Vestal October 3rd, Proceeds Benefit 14 Charities (wicz.com)
- Donoli's is closing just over a year after changing hands (pressconnects.com)
- BU basketball teams place top three in preseason polls (binghamtonhomepage.com)
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