NORWICH – Chenango County forgave about $4,500 owed in back taxes, interest and penalties for the former fish market building and a small parcel located on county Road 32 in order to absorb the land for right-of-way purposes.

Three-quarters of the long vacant 1950s era building had been sitting on county-owned right of way and approximately 20 square feet of the accompanying land is deemed unusable due to its sharp slope down the bank to the Chenango River. The Town of Norwich location lies adjacent to the bridge just off East Main Street in the City of Norwich.