Business - Page 16

Binghamton’s Ross Park Zoo is again in the position of operating without accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

The zoo on the South Side on Morgan Road has been working on a continuing improvement plan, but the AZA, during a visit in July, apparently didn’t believe the re-zoo-venation efforts were enough to maintain accreditation

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Broome County has moved on the New York State Comptroller’s list of fiscally stressed communities.

In his latest report, Thomas DiNapoli says Broome has moved from susceptible to moderate fiscal stress

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Binghamton University's planned pharmacy school is to be constructed on a Corliss Avenue property in Johnson City.

State and university officials today revealed the school will be located on a five-and-a-half acre site one block south of Main Street

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Attendees to the last public hearing on the placement of full-service casinos in New York State say the most visible factions at the session in Ithaca were those for or against the proposal by Wilmorite Corporation for Lago Resort and Casino in Tyre, New York in Seneca County

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Pepsi Beverages Company will lay off 74 people when it closes its warehouse operation on Binghamton's East Side.

The Broad Avenue facility is scheduled to close by November 15.

Pepsi filed a notice announcing the job cuts with the New York State Department of Labor

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New York’s Casino License Board begins taking public comment on proposals for four possible full-service casino licenses in the state this week. The Gaming Facility Location Board hosts its first meeting in Albany

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Plenty of comments have been made but no vote yet in the Town of Union on a proposal to develop a resort and casino at Traditions at the Glen.

The Town Board had a public hearing at which 18 people gave comments for about 40 minutes

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A natural gas fueling station in the town of Kirkwood has opened for public use.

The facility is being touted as the first such station in Broome County.

The station on Barlow Road is located just off Upper Court Street and is near an Interstate 81 interchange

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The old Columbia Gas building that stood for decades at Court and Liberty streets in Binghamton has been demolished.

The three-story 23,000-square-foot structure had been empty for years.

The building was acquired by New York State Electric and Gas when it took on natural gas customers served by Columbia Gas

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Broome County is holding a public meeting to discuss the flood mitigation plan being developed by the county Planning Department.

The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. September 17 at Cornell Cooperative Extension on Front Street in the Town of Dickinson

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