Bob Joseph

The Department of Motor Vehicles office on Washington Avenue in Endicott does a lot of business every Saturday.

For years, the office has been open for a few hours on Saturday to accommodate people who can't take care of DMV transactions during the week

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Binghamton city council president Teri Rennia says she wants to be mayor.

Rennia has announced she's running as a candidate to succeed fellow Democrat Matthew Ryan, who can't seek re-election because of a term-limit law

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Endicott police say they've arrested a suspect in the theft of scrap metal and other items from a village business.

Investigators say 42-year-old Paul Huss of Moore Avenue, Endwell, has been charged with felony burglary

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A junior at Binghamton University from Ulster County faces several drug and weapon counts after a month-long investigation.

Authorities say Anthony Hilmi was in possession of more than nine ounces of suspected cocaine when his vehicle was stopped

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A blaze at an old First Ward manufacturing plant was extinguished by Binghamton firefighters this afternoon.

Assistant fire chief Larry Ostanek says the fire at 67 Clinton Street was reported just after 1:30 p

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One of the Republican candidates for Tioga County district attorney says he wants New York state's new gun control law scrapped.

Kirk Martin criticized the law as "restrictive of Constitutionally-guaranteed rights

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More Broome County residents apparently are being targeted in another telephone scheme.

An Endicott man reported receiving a suspicious call this afternoon from a person who claimed to be offering a card that would provide free prescription drugs

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There's a conceptual agreement on a New York state budget but plenty of details still have to be addressed before a final spending plan is adopted by lawmakers.

Senator Thomas Libous says among the issues to be determined is the size of funding cuts for programs that help New Yorkers with disabilities

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Owego police have arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged rape.

Authorities say 23-year-old Ian Webster of Owego has been charged with first-degree rape, a felony.

Webster also was charged with unlawful imprisonment; criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation; assault; and criminal mischief

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Bryan Steinhauer was badly injured when he was attacked in a downtown Binghamton bar in May 2008. Steinhauer was assaulted by a fellow Binghamton University student and two other men.

Steinhauer, who now is 26, has made great strides in recovering following the brutal beating at the Rathskeller

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