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NYC Equity Firm Makes Multi-Million Dollar Bet on Binghamton’s Student Rental Market: Outdated, Inequitable Assessment System Exposed

By Tarik Abdelazim / February 15, 2021

BINGHAMTON – In November 2019, a multi-million dollar transaction in student rental housing on Binghamton’s west side went completely unnoticed and unreported. Over three days that month, Stonebridge Property Group (SPG), a private equity firm from New York City, acquired 34 Binghamton properties—33 residential properties on the west side in the “college housing district” and […]

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Sierra Club Meeting: Bluestone Wind

By Bridge Editor / February 14, 2021

Please join us on February 16 at 7:30 PM for a Zoom meeting on Bluestone Wind. Chris Stanton, Project Development Manager of Northland Power will give a presentation on the Bluestone Wind Project in the towns of Sanford and Windsor. This is a very important renewable energy project that has the capability of delivering power

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Finding and Listening to Good New Music—Part 2

By Bridge Editor / February 10, 2021

By Robert Ruane Jr. As the decade of the 2010s ended, there was a lot of enjoyable new music to be found, and I wanted to share some of my favorites—mostly under the Americana umbrella. There is a site called New Releases Now.com, focusing on a variety of genres. Songs I enjoy include Steel Pulse’s

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Police Reform: Letter to City Council

By Bridge Editor / February 6, 2021

Dear Honorable Members of City Council, We offer the following for your consideration in response to Mayor David’s announcement on January 8, 2021 establishing (at this late date) the Binghamton Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Steering Committee as directed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in his Executive Order 203 issued last June. In his Executive Order,

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2021 SPRING FLOWER SHOW CALL FOR ENTRIES

By Bridge Editor / February 3, 2021

CALLING BROOME COUNTY ARTISTS! Broome County Arts Council’s Artisan Gallery invites artists residing or working in Broome County to submit artwork to be considered for inclusion in the second annual “Broome County Arts Council Flower Show”, a group exhibition centered on works that celebrate florals. Selected works will be exhibited in the month of April

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Binghamton team to lead $2.6 million research into solar energy and power grids

By Bridge Editor / February 2, 2021

BINGHAMTON, NY – A team of researchers from Binghamton University has been selected to receive $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to develop ways to reliably support higher amounts of solar power on the grid.The three-year project will focus on advanced grid-forming photovoltaic (PV) inverter control technologies so

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New Century Moments

By Bridge Editor / February 1, 2021

by Judy Arnold NEW CENTURY MOMENTS click to download

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NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program

By Bridge Editor / January 29, 2021

APPLY NOW! NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program in Central and Southern Tier New York Artists living and working in Broome, Chenango, Otsego, and other counties in the Central and Southern Tier regions are encouraged to apply to participate in this free entrepreneurial program to be presented by Earlville Opera House and Sam & Adele Golden

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El Charcon’ Sister City Project Looking for YOU

By Bridge Editor / January 20, 2021

The El Charcon Sister City Project is asking for your help: We are facing a serious period of transition as our board membership has shrunk over the past several years. In order to remain a functioning organization, and to continue to do the important work of supporting our friends in El Charcón, we need new

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Sierra Club Awards Adam Flint

By Bridge Editor / January 13, 2021

Join us Tuesday September 19 at 7:30 PM for a Zoom meeting where we will present the Lynda Spickard Environmental Award to Adam Flint, Clean Energy Programs Director of Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow. Adam’s bio can be seen here – https://www.nynest.org/about/ The award is a recognition of people in our area who have contributed

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