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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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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For the first time in 25 years, the Northside of Binghamton has a fully operating Grocery Store. The grocery store is located at 435 State St. in the ground floor of a new $20.5 million mixed use building. Greater Good Grocery sells fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, dairy products, frozen foods and a variety of
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by Anne Lawrence, bccrwind@gmail.com A disturbing disclosure at last night’s meeting indicated that the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) had already included PILOT money in their 2021 budget before they even voted on accepting new financial terms for an industrial wind project in eastern Broome county. This revelation shows that county and state authorities hold
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UPDATED 12/24/20 All Cooperative Gallery members–both supporting and exhibiting members– are exhibiting small works January through February, to a special show that will also raise badly needed funds for the Cooperative Gallery, “Small in a Square.” According to Gallery President Karen Kuff-Demicco, “We are excited to be back exhibiting original art and we are also
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In a year marred by unparalleled turbulence, 2020’s television and movies provided both a welcome escape from and a weary reflection of our tumultuous reality, and this year’s depictions of abortion are no exception. This year, we saw far fewer abortion plotlines on television (only 31 in 2020, compared to 43 in 2019), but a
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by Andy Piascik Mutual aid has been around a long time. For many people who practice mutual aid, it is not known by that name. Rather, it is simply a common sense activity essential to the survival of human communities. When you see members of your village or tribe or city or even
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On March 26th 1984, Cheri Lindsey was collecting payments on her paper route and was raped and murdered by James Wales. He is serving a life sentence. His house was recently torn down. Her parents have kept her memory alive and a mural of Cheri is at the park named for her on the Northside.
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Community Activists Rally on COVID in the BC Jail The dire predictions of activists and health experts have come true. The Broome County Jail, for the second time this year, is a COVID-19 hotspot. This was anticipated. Yet county officials did little to prevent or mitigate outbreaks. After initially denying the outbreak’s significance, county leaders
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Note: Local Press refuse quantity and July article on topic. When will the county and city powerbrokers take the blinders off, learn what reinvest means and start listening to concerned citizens? Over 400 local citizen ideas about public services and safety have been ignored since meeting in focus groups this summer. The Governor has
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