Three Artists in November at Cooperative

The Cooperative Gallery is exhibiting three of its artists’ work in the month of November. Bill Gorman, photographer (and well known local actor) presents Melange a mix of “incongruous elements.” Geoffrey Gould, also a photographer, displays Iceland’s Natural Beauty. And Eileen Schlag, a painter in several media, offers Layers, both a technique and remembrances from […]

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Mayor David Breaks Promise: Purchases Rental Property under Secret LLC

In an April 28, 2017 Press and Sun Bulletin article about Mayor David’s real estate holdings and potential conflicts of interest, the reporter noted that Rich David made a promise not to purchase any properties while serving as Mayor. “While he’s mayor, though, he will not purchase any commercial properties, he said in a March

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Greater Good Grocery Update

Courtesy of WBNG– ae story here. BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — The Greater Good Grocery, located in the North Side of Binghamton, opened during the pandemic. During the afternoon of September 22, community leaders came together to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and made remarks on the latest addition to serve our community. “Opening during a pandemic brought

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Mayor David’s 2022 Budget: Hidden Gems for Police, the Baseball Stadium, and the Golf Course; And the Impacts of David’s “Big Flush” Start to Emerge

Binghamton Mayor Rich David unveiled his 2022 Budget last week, a financial plan that the next mayor will inherit. As usual, Mayor David’s final Budget Address was full of political soundbites and rosy rhetoric, intentionally directing the gaze of the media exactly where he wanted. Here are four key takeaways, unpreported by the local press,

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October 2 and 3: Women’s March + Remember Rosie Jiménez

  The local Indivisible chapter is hosting a Defend Our Reproductive Rights Rally Saturday Oct. 2 at 2 pm Broome Co. Courthouse. Two reproductive rights campaigns have staked out the first weekend in October for actions around the country to defend abortion rights.Beginning in July, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a

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Well Armed

When the SWAT vehicle picked me up, I was most scared of losing was my son. It’s a terrifying thought, a fear that’s universal across parent and gender. The second thing that scared me, was my attraction to one of the presumably male officers. It hadn’t happened a lot in my life, but it had

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“I can’t breathe” in the Broome County Jail

August 30, 2021 / Bill Martin / From Just Talk website. “Strip, N-word!”  That’s what Broome County correctional officers told Taej’on Vega after dragging the prone and handcuffed Black/Latino teenager across the floor to his cell.  It got more brutal quickly, leaving Vega badly bruised and traumatized. Similar stories have for years been repeated from

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