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This afternoon at approximately 4:15 p.m., area police including the Chemung County Sheriff’s Department, Horseheads Police, New York State Police, and New York State Department OF Environmental Conservation Police responded to the Arnot Mall in Horseheads for a possible report of an active shooter. When law enforcement arrived on scene, it was determined that there were no actual shots fired or victims located. Further investigation revealed that there was no credible threat to the public. Elmira Telegram was on scene as a crowd of onlookers watched, while others exited the building and left the area. The investigation into the matter continues. Original article posted here.

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News Briefs is a new feature just added to Elmira Telegram today. This page will be for, well, brief news about road closures and other short news stories. So be sure to check the page often as it will update frequently. You can find it at http://elmiratelegram.com/news-briefs/

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BUFFALO N.Y. – Thirteen people were shot, ten of them killed, in a shooting that took place in Buffalo Saturday afternoon. Police say the suspect, eighteen year old Payton Gendron of Conklin NY, drove three hours to the Tops Friendly Market in a predominantly black neighborhood. Gendron arrived at approximately 2:30 pm, wearing tactical gear and body armor, including a helmet with a video camera attached. Three to four people were shot in the parking lot. He then went into the store and began shooting, live streaming the event online. One of the victims, a retired Buffalo police officer working as security, shot and hit Gendron. However the suspect, wearing body armor, was unharmed and returned fire, killing the officer. The suspect is reported to have posted a 180 page racist, anti-immigrant rant online, which included detailed plans for the attack as well as his belief in the idea of “replacement theory”, the white supremacist ideology that white Americans are at risk of becoming replaced by people of color. The belief was once regarded to be a fringe idea, but has become more mainstream in the past few years. In a portion of his rant, Gendron wrote that he had been preparing for this attack for a couple years, and had specifically chosen this neighborhood in Buffalo because it held the highest percentage of black residents near his home here in the Southern Tier. When police arrived, Gendron put a gun to his neck, but was persuaded to drop the weapon. He was taken into custody and charged with first degree murder and entered a plea of “not guilty.” He told the judge he was unable to afford an attorney, so a public defender was appointed. Yesterday’s shooting is regarded as one of the deadliest racist attacks in recent American history. In a press conference, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown described the day as “painful.” Mayor Byron W. Brown and Governor Kathy Hochul address the media. “Some of the victims of this shooter’s attack are people that all of us standing up here know,” he said. “This is my community. I know this community well, I’ve walked these streets,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “I know the individuals who live here. It’s a wonderful tight knit neighborhood. And to see that sense of security shattered by an individual, a white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism and will be prosecuted as such…it strikes us in our very hearts to know that there is such evil that lurks out there…” The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime as well as an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.”

James Corden, host of ‘The Late Late Show,’ recently announced that he will be stepping down from the show. Theo Wargo/Getty Images by Jon Rineman, Emerson College In late April, after James Corden announced he would step down from “The Late Late Show” next spring, there was immediate speculation about his replacement. Others, however, have had a different response to recent changes to the late-night TV lineup: Who cares? Ratings are down, they point out. The shows can’t get over their Trump obsession. They represent a bygone era of television. But in my view, late-night can still matter. Contrary to what some might say, late-night is not “dead,” and it can come back. But if it doesn’t want to fall by the cultural wayside as baseball has, it needs to do what the national pastime hasn’t: adapt and evolve. Asking the target demographic For nine years, I wrote for two late-night shows: “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show,” both hosted by Jimmy Fallon. I saw, firsthand, a fledgling show that aired at 12:30 a.m. blossom into a hugely successful show in the coveted 11:30 p.m. slot. I was also around for the beginning of its slide. When I began teaching Writing for Late Night at Emerson College in 2019, late-night remained formidable. At the start of a semester, I asked how many in class regularly viewed a network late-night talk show. Every student watched at least one; most, two. By 2021, only about half said they tuned in, with most watching “The Eric Andre Show” on Adult Swim and “Conan” on TBS – the latter of which would end in June 2021. This year, only around 30% of my late-night comedy students deemed themselves “regular” viewers of any of these shows. While I admired their honesty, I thought: This isn’t good. So I asked my students, who make up a portion of late-night’s key demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds, “How would you change late-night?” Another spin of the news cycle A few themes emerged. As one student observed, there is so much rehashing of stories that have already made news, it feels like you’re just watching more news. Thus came the follow-up question: Why the need to intensely cover top news? A suggestion from multiple students was to focus more on specific, relatable issues in monologues. I found this interesting, as that was the style of Joan Rivers and Craig Ferguson – two examples of personalities who eschewed rapid-fire topicality in favor of issues affecting everyday people. Joan Rivers riffs on the frustrations of dealing with customer service representatives, mean parents and her disastrous wedding night. What is the true entertainment value of six jokes about the debt ceiling? What if, instead of dreary news about gas prices, the economy or COVID-19, the focus were on topics like choosing to work from home, going back to movie theaters or picking a pricey streaming service? What if the deep-dive style John Oliver has mastered for Sunday nights were tailored to those who’ve trudged through Wednesday? Former President Donald Trump still makes for easy late-night fodder – and remains a reliable source of late-night virality. But when the same exact Trump joke gets told by five hosts – which actually happened in March 2018 – the formula probably isn’t sustainable. A generational disconnect A number of students noted that they sometimes find late-night shows patronizing, with the hosts making misguided assumptions about their generation. They don’t all love the Korean boy band BTS or want to hear celebrities talking about their lavish lives. And they aren’t exactly on board with non-fungible tokens, or NFTs – the digital collectibles that have seen a spike in popularity over the past year. In January 2022, two of my late-night classes and an office-hours meeting all began with some version of the same question: “What’s up with your old boss and this ape thing?” They were referring to a segment in which Jimmy Fallon interviewed Paris Hilton and compared their respective NFTs. I found the clip fairly innocuous – but I’m no longer part of the target demographic. Funny or tone-deaf? In class, it was described as “tone-deaf” – two wealthy people comparing costly purchases of digital cartoons when aspiring writers can barely afford laptops. Some students spoke of feeling alienated by what has come to be known as “celebrity culture.” I was tempted to push back on this. Big-name guests are draws. But then I thought about Myrtle Young. Myrtle was a one-time guest of Johnny Carson – an elderly woman from Indiana who collected potato chips that resembled objects and people. It was awkward and bizarre, but heartwarming and real. Myrtle wasn’t trying to hawk her wares to people who couldn’t afford them; she was simply sharing a funny but entertaining passion. Myrtle Young appears on a 1987 episode of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.’ I’m not saying that audiences have to see some version of Myrtle and her chips each night. But do viewers need to see the same actor twice in one month, promoting the same movie they promoted last time they appeared? About the hosts … The most common suggestion from my students was that late-night needs more diversity. A name that came up multiple times was Lilly Singh, a hugely popular YouTube star who has amassed 14.7 million subscribers. In 2019, Singh was announced as the new host for a nightly NBC show following Fallon and Seth Meyers – a move that was heralded as a much-needed diversification from late-night’s “straight guy in a suit” trope. Singh is bisexual, Indian-Canadian – and, most importantly, funny. I viewed Singh as a “Tonight Show” host-in-waiting. But something went wrong. There were reports of new showrunners, new approaches and, finally, a cancellation. From the outside looking in, it seemed as if those who could help promote and empower Singh on the television side counted on the new host to promote the show herself on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. But if someone’s already watching something on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, why would they set their DVRs for 1:30 a.m.? Several students spoke positively of Singh’s show and appreciated that it played to an audience accustomed to viral videos while modernizing late-night norms. Is it possible those in charge of late-night just didn’t “get” Lilly Singh? Lilly Singh’s show was pulled after two years. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images It wouldn’t be the first time that a young host went through some growing pains. In 1993, Conan O’Brien was hammered by one critic after another during a rocky start replacing David Letterman on “Late Night.” Even O'Brien admitted that it took his show approximately three years to find its voice. By comparison, Singh was given two. And with that, network viewers were left with a menu of five – soon to be four – white guys in suits: Corden, Fallon, Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel. I often wonder how I grew up with Rivers and Arsenio Hall only to see things go backward. I also wonder why the performer I consider the most talented of all current hosts, Amber Ruffin, who is not a white guy in a suit, airs weekly on the streaming platform Peacock rather than nightly on broadcast TV. It’s baffling that my students, who eagerly consume Aunty Donna, Tim Robinson, Ziwe, Eric Andre and Desus & Mero, get none of the above in mainstream late-night. I can’t force those in power to make changes. But what I can do is report the views of my students – talented, intelligent writers who hope to hear their own jokes on television one day, but who often struggle to find a show from which to learn. Conservative comic Greg Gutfeld is dominating ratings not just because he’s cornered one demographic on Fox News, but because of systemic shortcomings on network TV. Funny or not, Gutfeld knows his audience and wants to win. He cares. Yet the chorus remains some version of, “He’s just a conservative blowhard from Manhattan who’s out of his element, and the sheen will eventually wear off.” Interesting. The last time the pundits were so arrogantly dismissive, a network television host laughed all the way to the White House. Jon Rineman is part of Affiliated Faculty, Visual and Media Arts & Comedic Arts at Emerson College This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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On his new podcast, Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss discusses the sixteen million dollars the county will be receiving from the American Rescue Plan fund. You can hear the podcast here. The county executive and the legislature have disagreed over how the funding should be used, each with their own ideas. Some of the ideas that the legislature came up with can be found here and a resolution passed here for how the legislature wants to spend it. Youc an compare this to the county executive's plan here. While the two branches of government squabble over how the money is used, how do YOU think the county should be using this funding for the county's best interest.

A man tends to his plot at a community garden in Santa Monica, Calif., in April 2020. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images by Alessandro Ossola, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on balconies around the world. The data backs up the narrative: An analysis of Google Trends and infection statistics found that during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, country-by-country interest in gardening, from Italy to India, tended to peak just as infections peaked. Why did so many people find themselves being pulled toward the earth in a time of crisis? And what sort of effect did gardening have on them? In a new study conducted with a team of environmental and public health scholars, we highlight the extent to which gardening became a coping mechanism during the early days of the pandemic. Even as restrictions related to COVID-19 have eased, we see some real lessons for the way gardening can continue to play a role in people’s lives. Dirt, sweat, tranquility To conduct our study, we used an online questionnaire to survey more than 3,700 respondents who primarily lived in the U.S., Germany and Australia. The group included experienced gardeners and those who were new to the pursuit. More than half of those we surveyed said they felt isolated, anxious and depressed during the early days of the pandemic. Yet more than 75% also found immense value in gardening during that same period. Whether done in cities or out in the country, gardening was almost universally described as a way to either relax, socialize, connect with nature or stay active. More than half of the respondents reported a significant increase in the amount of time they were able to spend gardening. Other respondents found some value in growing their own food, but few felt financially compelled to do so. Instead, most respondents saw gardening as a way to connect with their community and get some exercise. People with more personal difficulties due to COVID-19, like the inability to work or struggling with child care, were more likely to spend more time gardening in their spare time than they had in the past. The garden as a refuge In our analysis of written responses to the survey, most gardeners seemed to either experience a heightened sense of joy and reassurance or feel more attuned to the natural world. This seemed to have positive therapeutic and psychological benefits, regardless of age or location. To many people, gardening became a sort of safe space – a haven from daily worries. One German gardener started seeing their garden as a sanctuary where even “birds felt louder.” “Gardening has been my salvation,” a respondent from the U.S. noted. “I’m very grateful I can surround myself with beauty as a buffer to the depressing news COVID brings each day.” Another German gardener wrote that their garden became their “little safe universe in a very uncertain and somewhat dangerous time. … We have learned to appreciate the so far very high value of ‘own land, own refuge’ even more.” A green prescription As life returns to normal, work ramps up and obligations mount, I wonder how many pandemic gardens are already being neglected. Will a hobby born out of unique circumstances recede into the background? I hope not. Gardening shouldn’t be something that’s only taken up in times of crises. If anything, the pandemic showed how gardens serve a public health need – that they’re not only places of beauty or sources of food, but also conduits for healing. In fact, several countries like New Zealand, Canada and some in Europe now allow “green prescriptions” to be issued as alternatives to medication. These are directives from doctors to spend a certain amount of time outdoors each day or month – an acknowledgment of the very real health benefits, from lowered stress to better sleep and improved memory, that venturing into nature can offer. I also think of the people who never had a chance to garden in the first place during the pandemic. Not everyone has a backyard or can afford gardening tools. Improving access to home gardens, urban green spaces and community gardens could be an important way to boost well-being and health. Making seeding, planting, pruning and harvesting part of your daily routine seems to open up more opportunities, too. “I never previously had the time to commit to a garden,” one first-time gardener told us, “but [I’ve] found such satisfaction and happiness in watching things grow. It has been a catalyst for making other positive changes in my life.” CSIRO principal research scientist Brenda Lin, Swinburne University of Technology Health Promotion Lecturer Jonathan Kingsley, UCCE Santa Clara County Urban Agriculture and Food Systems Advisor Lucy Diekmann, Technical University of Munich Urban Productive Ecosystems Professor Monika Egerer, University of Tasmania Rural Health Geographer Pauline Marsh, and University of California, Davis Urban and Regional Planning graduate student Summer Cortez contributed to this research. Alessandro Ossola, is Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

On April 24th, 2022 at approximately 02:36 AM Elmira Police Officers responded initially to the 300 block of West Hudson St. for a report of multiple gunshots. Upon arrival in the area Officers located a large crowd of individuals gathering and arguing in front of a couple residences in the 200 block of West Hudson St. Officers received minimal cooperation ascertaining only that several shots were fired and two vehicles fled the scene. Several shell casings were recovered at the scene. During this same time Officers were dispatched to the Arnot Ogden Medical Center for a shooting victim. Upon arrival Officers spoke to the victim, who was being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. It was determined that both incidents were related and this male had been shot, while operating a vehicle, in the 200 block of West Hudson St. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone that witnessed this event or has video/information of the event is asked to contact the Elmira Police Department at 607-737-5626 or the tip line at (607)271-HALT.

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