Elmira

Education is very important for Liz. She goes to Elmira College and studies Veterinary science. She is a very intelligence young woman and excels in her program. Being able to go to school is very important for Liz. She has always loved animals and has wanted to be a Vet for most of her life. This specific occupation is the one that is helping her achieve her dreams in life so it has very special meaning to her. Liz encountered a barrier when she first wanted to go to Elmira College. Liz needed a handicapped room to be able to have more mobility around her room and bathroom. At Elmira, they didn’t offer any handicapped rooms so this was something that was in the way of her receiving an education at Elmira, her dream school. The school ended up building her a handicapped room where she now resides. Education is very important to young adults in college. It is a self-fulfilling and accomplishing occupation that can influence some of the later choices one makes in…

1. Q: Where did you go to school? A: The Fashion Institute of Technology 2. Q: What was your major? A: FMM, double major in Buying and Product Development with a minor in psychology 3. Q: What year did you graduate? A: 2014 4. Q: Did you have anyone who veered you away from FIT? A: she actually did not want to come to FIT at all. Her mother made her come, she wanted to go to a party school and she didn’t want to live in NYC. She hated school hen she first got here, however, she joined…

ELMIRA (WENY) Tuesday, more than 50 shelter dogs and cats were flown from the Memphis area to Upstate New York to be given a second chance at finding a new home. Of those animals, 13 dogs were brought to the Chemung County SPCA in Elmira. "It was super cool, we pulled up and it was almost emotional, we were really excited," explained Chmeung County SPCA Community Engagment Manager, Arynn Brucie. More than 400 dogs and cats were taken from the Memphis Tennessee area to shelters in Upstate New…

In Elmira, NY, 65,000 residents rely on the Elmira Water Board to provide a fresh source of surface water. Local filtration plant produces on a daily average 2.26 billion gallons of fresh drinking water, which approximately 6.2 million gallons are used on average each day. Approximately, six million residents of the state consume an average 110 gallons of drinking water per day, per person. New York State Dept. of Health evaluates the water quality throughout the state as well as the Elmira…

ELMIRA HEIGHTS (WENY) - The Elmira Heights School District is asking taxpayers to vote "yes" to a $12 million capital project that would apply to all of the district's schools. The project includes making upgrades to roofs, parking lots, electrical work and replacing a 15-year-old turf at Thomas Edison high school. As well as upgrading things that at this point Superintendent Mary Beth Fiore says have become safety issues.Such as security cameras and door lock systems. Another big piece of…

ELMIRA (WENY) - As a way to prevent substance abuse in our community, Trinity of Chemung is offering a new program for students. It's aimed at middle and higher schoolers to make sure the drug and alcohol problem we see in our area doesn't continue to grow. It's called the Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Clubhouse. Through New York State funding, Trinity of Chemung was one of for recipeants awarded $244,700 annually, for the next five years, to bring in the new program. The clubhouse…

ELMIRA (WENY) - Correction officers at the Elmira Correctional Facility, lined the streets outside the prison Monday afternoon to protest what they say is a lack of support from the state. The C.O.'s say there's been a rise in violence within prison walls, yet they're not given the appropriate staff or resources to keep themselves safe from the prisoners. Cars drivings down Davis street showed their support for the staff at the Elmira Correctional Facility by beeping a horn. Which is more…

ELMIRA (WENY) - With the unseasonably warm weather the Twin Tiers is seeing, lots of people are taking advantage of it by getting on the golf course for one last game. Most local golf courses have closed for the season, but one is still open heading into the back nine. Monday afternoon, dozen of golfers were at the Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira, taking in the last chance to tee off before the season ends. Which is a hole in one for business. "This warm weather has really made up for April…

“The Raven” is a poem expressed in the form of a story that the author, Edgar Allen Poe, uses an amazing combination of symbolism, imagery, and wordplay to display the love and supernatural aspect that correlates to the deaf of the man’s love, Lenore. These elements help support the theme. The theme of “The Raven” is the sadness and grief that is brought along when a love one is lost eternalized and can never be fixed. The symbols are in the form of objects and figures. The imagery in the poem…

“I was never kinder to the old man than the week before I killed him” (Poe, 2). Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809, and lost both his parents when he was very young. He was adopted by John and Frances Allan. Eventually when he got older he grew apart from his foster parents due to his gambling addiction, and their relationship deteriorated. When Poe was grown he moved in with his grandmother and fell in love with his 14 year old cousin, Virginia. He married his cousin, who was his everything and…