Out of the mouth of babes After a year of random citizen outrage from compassionate citizens about Central American asylum seekers, it is reported that President Trump had an Oval office full of refugees from Myanmar, Uighurs in China, and Yazidis in Iraq and he revealed a stark lack of familiarity with the problems they
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LUMA Project Arts Festival is partnering with the Cooperative Gallery and the Dept of Public Art to create a Mural Mapping Project on the CVS Building during the Festival September 6 and 7, 2019. Mural Mapping is the term used for a still image, drawn, painted or collaged on the template of a building. When
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The Dept of Public Art and CARES (Community Advocates Restoring Educational Standards) are partnering this year to sponsor a day of fun for Binghamton’s Northside Neighborhood. CARES is offering a Backpack Giveaway, courtesy of the City of Binghamton, and free ice cream at the event from 2-4. “Any child enrolled in the Binghamton City School
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The horror that most people experience in learning about the Trump Administration’s treatment of people trying to seek asylum in the US–inhumane detention in inadequate facilities, separating children from their parents, virtual concentration camp conditions– has boiled over into massive protests across the country. A Friday night vigil in Binghamton drew over 100 people on
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Are you a local artist? want to be part of LUMA? Mural mapping: local artists’ work projections What is a mural mapping? It’s a virtual mural that’s projected onto a building that is perfectly shaped to the building’s structure. We need you to create one. But don’t worry: you don’t have to know how to
Lost Money? Yours? State Comptroller DiNapoli is working hard to put lost money back into the hands of New Yorkers. There’s $16 billion waiting to be claimed and the Office of the State Comptroller returns over $1.5 million a day—and we want to do more. It’s easier than ever to see if there are any
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There are several primaries locally on Tues June 26th. For the Democrats Angela Riley vs Shawn Atkinson in the 3rd Council district. Binghamton Joe Burns vs Richard Jannaccio in the 5th district. For Broome Co. DA the Republicans will chose between Michael Korchak or PAul Battisti, the winner to run against Debra Gelson In Vestal’s
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Citizen Action Statement on the End of the 2019 State Legislative Session Albany, NY—In response to the end of the 2019 state legislative session, Jessica Wisneski, Co-Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, has issued the following statement: “This state legislative session demonstrated the extraordinary power and potential of everyday New Yorkers to win
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Recycle Help: Here is a list of JUNK that our guys and gals in DPW are finding in Recycle Bins. The following makes a Recycle Bin contaminated: Diapers; Any and all milk cartons, unless plastic; Any and all ice creme containers, unless plastic; Venetian blinds! Recycles ‘not’ washed is junk; No watering hoses, Plastic nor
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Veterans for Peace and the Binghamton Community Friends Meeting (Quaker) presented $350 Stu Naismith Peacemaker Awards to four graduating high school seniors, two at Chenango Valley and two at Chenango Forks High Schools. Kayla Ferris, Breanen Rought, Lindsey Russell, and Samuel Forker received the awards, which have been given annually in memory of Stu Naismith
