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Dryden and Middlefield are within their rights to ban hydraulic fracture drilling for natural gas.

A New York State appeals court has ruled that municipalities can regulate land use through code legislation while the state is responsible for overseeing the technology and safety where drilling is taking place

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Tioga Downs owner Jeffrey Gural isn't pleased that a public vote on approving upstate gambling casinos may not happen this year.

Governor Cuomo and other state officials now expect a referendum on establishing three casinos probably will have to wait until 2014

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A former Binghamton city councilman who had been considering a run for mayor this year today said he's decided against it.

Businessman John Cordisco had been contemplating a campaign for the Democratic nomination in recent weeks

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Detectives are trying to track down a man who grabbed a bunch of lottery tickets from a Binghamton First Ward convenience store without paying for them.

Investigators say the incident happened just before five o'clock Tuesday morning at Manley's Mighty Mart at Clinton and Jarvis streets

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Playoff implications will be a big part of this weekend's America East action when the Bearcats baseball and softball teams take to the diamond.at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

The BU baaseball team looks to move up in the conference srtandings as it faces the Hartford Hawks

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The transition process is almost finished. The Binghamton Riverwalk Hotel is about to turn into a DoubleTree by Hilton.

William "Bud" Nolan is general manager of the downtown hotel on Water Street

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Tioga Downs Racetrack and Casino opens another season of harness racing this Saturday, May 4th with a special post time of 5:00 PM.  For the rest of May live race nights are Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 6:50 PM and Sunday afternoons at 1:30 PM

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August, the Artic fox has arrived at Ross Park Zoo on Morgan Road, Binghamton.

Starting this weekend, the two year old fox will be on exhibit at Ross Park. Also, the zoo will be giving away free Binghamton Zoo t-shirts to the first 700 visitors Saturday, May 4

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The New York State Comptroller's office is advising officials in the Village of Whitney Point to improve their oversight on how money is spent.

A report from Thomas DiNapoli's office said the mayor and village board did not conduct a thorough audit of claims presented for payment, so it was not clear if money paid out went to proper village purposes

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration is again backing away from saying when a decision will be made on a matter that could profoundly impact the economy of the Southern Tier and Central New York

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