Candor

Candor Fire Caused By Lightning Strike

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May 23, 2013

The Candor Fire Department and Tioga County Fire Investigation Team responded to a structure fire last night. At around 9:30 Wednesday night, lightning struck a tree near a mobile home on Owego Street in Candor. Fire Investigators determined that the lightning strike ignited the underside of the mobile home, causing the fire. No one...
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Waverly Student Undergoes Brain Surgery

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April 26, 2013

After over two years of continuous seizures, multiple brain surgeries, and numerous hospital visits, a nine-year-old from Lockwood is hoping that surgery on Thursday will have put his frequent seizures to rest. Candon Westervelt underwent an 8 to 10 hour brain surgery Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The procedure is a hemispherectomy,...
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Six Departments Fight Owego Brush Fire

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April 10, 2013

Owego Firefighters responded to one of the first brush fires of the year yesterday afternoon on Route 38 near McLean Road. What was initially reported as a 40 by 60 foot grass fire ended up in a response from 6 departments. The fire was located several hundred feet off the road, and could only...
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Candor Man Arrested for Threatening EMS Personnel

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March 5, 2013

The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an incident involving emergency medical responders in Candor. 44-year-old James Rice of Stowell Avenue in Candor was arrested after he allegedly threatened Candor EMS personnel with a knife after a disagreement. The incident happened on Sunday February, 24th, but has just been released. Rice was issued an...
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS: Candor, Spencer Van Etten, and Whitney Point

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February 8, 2013

Candor, Spencer Van Etten, and Whitney Point are also dismissing early today.
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Arrest Made in Candor Gun Theft

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January 16, 2013

The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office last week arrested an Owego man for stealing a gun from a Candor home. 22-year old Samuel Blinn was taken into custody after police investigated a burglary at a Schumaker Road residence. They later found Blinn with a firearm reported stolen during the burglary. He was charged with felony...
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Arrest Made in Candor Thefts

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January 15, 2013

The Tioga County Sheriff’s department has made an arrest in several thefts that took place in the Town of Candor. 18-year-old Justin Fenton of Ithaca was charged last week with two counts of felony fourth-degree grand larceny and with trespass in connection with the thefts. Fenton was arraigned in Town of Candor Court and...
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Rollover Accident Dumps Raw Sewage On Route 17 In Nichols

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July 12, 2012

On Tuesday, a truck rollover accident dumped raw sewage on the Exit 62 eastbound entrance to State Route 17 in Nichols. An International Harvester 10 wheel tank truck owned by Tioga County Sanitary Service was hauling 3300 gallons of raw sewage when it entered the entrance ramp at an unsafe speed, causing the truck...
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