Kathy Whyte

A date is set for a vote on proposed plans for rebuilding the MacArthur Elementary School on the Southside of the City of Binghamton, which was destroyed in the 2011 flood.

Binghamton City School District officials presented plans for the project to residents at a public meeting March 27th

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New York State Police say they seized a 'one-pot' methamphetamine lab and arrested the homeowner in Whitney Point.

At around 2 p.m. March 25th, 50 year old Erik Muller was stopped by a trooper acting on information obtained through the State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team

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Speaking on the March 30th edition of the local public affairs program, Southern Tier Close Up, Director Emeritus of the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Steve Contento said staff at the Morgan Road facility have been very busy over the winter preparing the grounds for the spring opening on weekends through Earth Day, when the zoo will be open daily

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Officials in the Village of Johnson City are reviewing the tentative budget for the upcoming fiscal year with the goal of trimming back some of the spending increases.

Lawmakers met March 26th to discuss the $17 million proposal that hit the deck with a 9

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The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce apparently doesn't think much of the New York State budget agreement working its way through Albany.The Chamber has issued a statement saying the budget agreement does little to help Upstate businesses and taxpayers

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New York State Police are investigating an apparent murder/suicide in Madison County near the Cortland County border.

Troopers were called to a home on Seminary Street in the Village of DeRuyter at around 10:30 p

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Broome Community College is getting the nod to move forward with the construction of student housing on the Town of Dickinson campus.

BCC President Dr. Kevin Drumm has said adding dormatories to community college campuses is a growing trend and helps add to the appeal of a school

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The  New York State Department of Transportation says long-term lane reductions can be expected in the Binghamton area on State Route 17 westbound between exit 72 (Mygatt Street) and exit 71 (Airport Road) as crews construct a retaining wall for the Prospect Street Connector in the City of Binghamton

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Officials say a Port Crane home is salvagable after sustaining damage in a two alarm fire Saturday morning.Crews from nine fire companies responded to the house at the corner of Vincent and Tunnel Roads shortly after 9:30

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A report is expected this week by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on an incident in which a man was killed after being hit by a forklift at a business in the Town of Vestal.The accident happened in the loading area of the pipe yard at National Pipe and Plastics off Vestal Road at round 4:30 p

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