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Workers with a Chenango County company have been busy making some important changes to a house in the village of Owego.

The crew from L.D. Dexheimer and Son of Guilford is elevating a family's home on East Front Street above the flood plain.

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The structure is located just a few yards north of the Susquehanna River. It's one of several Owego houses expected to be elevated this year.

Much of the cost of raising the houses will be covered by a state reconstruction program designed to help those who have been affected by major flooding.

Nearly three-dozen homes in the village of Owego have been approved for elevation projects, although not all owners are planning to proceed with the drastic action.

Nine houses in the village damaged by the 2011 flooding have been demolished and nine additional structures are expected to be torn down.

 

 

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