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The name Chemung means “place of the horn” in the Delaware dialect of the Algonquin language, named after the discovery of a mammoth tusk in the riverbed.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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An article on a prescription discount card in Chemung County sounds much like a proposal County Legislator Martha Robertson is working on for Tompkins.
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An article on a prescription discount card in Chemung County sounds much like a proposal County Legislator Martha Robertson is working on for Tompkins.
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Scientific scholars tell us that the northern part of our state first emerged from this prehistoric sea, which, gradually receding toward the south, left bare the native stratified rock formation of our locality in what the geologists term the Chemung period of the Devonian age.
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Scientific scholars tell us that the northern part of our state first emerged from this prehistoric sea, which, gradually receding toward the south, left bare the native stratified rock formation of our locality in what the geologists term the Chemung period of the Devonian age.
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Rodney Strange is the Republican candidate for the 15th district seat on the Chemung County legislature in New York.
Young Boozer, Krystal Ball, Say 'Vote for Me' Despite Odd Names Elizabeth Williamson 2010
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Elmira, N.Y. This gateway town to New York's Fingerlakes region, where Twain spent many summers, is staging a number of Twain-related events, including an exhibit through March 2011 at the Chemung Valley History Museum that explores the writer's dealings in the region.
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The 350-pound drug dealer had been moved to Southport, another maximum-security prison near Elmira, on the south side of the Chemung River, soon after Kevin was released.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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On the evening of the national election, as screams fly from a house across the street and distant car horns sound from both sides of the Chemung River, Kevin hoists a confused Kaydawn and points to the images on the television set.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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Broad-backed gulls are skimming low over the swollen Chemung, tilting their white wings, searching the shadows.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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