Does the cop-aganda (In These Times 10/22) have you shaking in your boots? Fearmongering is the Republican modus operandi at election time they hope you will swallow. Local media start the nightly news with the latest arrest or sentencing to feed the hysteria. Meetings with local activist groups were shunned by the Binghamton mayor or […]
This Letter to the Editor was rejected by the Press-Sun Bulletin but printed in the Scranton Times. –ed. Editor: When I was discharged from the U.S. Army infantry, I registered to vote in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. I registered as a Republican – the party of Lincoln. It soon became apparent how misguided I was as
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by Jack Gilroy Ed.: This letter to the editor was rejected by the Press and Sun Bulletin and accepted for publication by the Scranton Times Union. It is published here by permission of the author The end of the genocidal neoliberal system has come, accompanied by catastrophic hyperinflation and the white-hot danger of thermonuclear war.
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Peg Johnston and Marty Doorey both were given the Mayor John J. Burns Award on October 13th. Doorey is a lifelong Democrat activist known for canvassing for candidates all over the Southern Tier. Johnston is the founding director and now co-owner of Southern Tier Women’s Health Services, our local abortion clinic. She is also active
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Peggy Benz, long time community activist, died recently, and friends attended a “Potluck for Peggy Benz” as a remembrance on Saturday the 22rd of October. Peggy had a great impact in many Binghamton endeavors. She was a volunteer in VINES gardens, especially Mather St. Community Garden. She initiated street clean ups in the NoMa area
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by Judy Arnold, Ruth Blizard, Rozann Greco, William Martin Akshar is a committed, pro-life, anti-abortion politician. As Sheriff will he take responsibility for enforcing NY state laws affirming reproductive rights? Akshar has a long record of unethical behavior and poor judgement at the workplace. 1) As a Captain in the department, he had sexual relations
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If Binghamton City Council is the community’s legislative body, ever wonder how they’re performing? After all, Binghamton is a strong-mayor form of government, which grants the mayor full executive and administrative authority over the day-to-day operations of the city. City Council, on the other hand, assumes the role of chief legislative body, expected to introduce
BINGHAMTON, NY. Broome County Arts Council (BCAC) is pleased to present October’s First Friday Art Walk from 6PM to 9PM in Downtown Binghamton on October 7, 2022. Some locations have varying hours, please check details below. Printed brochures will now be available at participating locations! Most exhibitions are free and open to the public. This
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“Daddy I love you” Those were the words of a young girl excitedly aimed at her smiling, beaming father. One person was heard to say to her friend over the partition, “You are looking good handsome, I love you,” met by the warm response “I love you too.” Another young Black man was heard to
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On September 26, I submitted to Binghamton City Council and the Clerk’s Office two Requests for Legislation (RLs) that share common themes of transparency and good governmental reforms. Expand Broome’s Annual Financial Disclosure Reporting to Binghamton The first request pertains to emulating the longstanding practice of Broome County, which requires all elected officials, key