Debra Preston

Broome County officials say several dozen people were removed from benefit programs over the past month. The county Security Division implemented more than 100 administrative disqualifications during November as investigators looked into suspected welfare fraud...

Broome County Executive Debra Preston isn't pleased with the tone of union commercials raising concerns about the future of BC Transit operations. She says a request for proposals on the future of the bus system has not gone out. Preston says she doesn't know when such a request will be issued...

Ten additional arrests have been made as Broome County security officials work to prevent people from receiving public assistance funds to which they are not entitled. County Executive Debra Preston said the latest round of arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown on welfare fraud...

The union representing 80 BC Transit employees is mounting a battle against any possible effort to turn Broome County bus operations over to a private firm. Leaders of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1145 say they're opposed to privatizing the county-run service...

Broome County is preparing to move the Department of Motor Vehicles office out of Binghamton's First Ward. The DMV operation is expected to be shifted to empty space at the downtown bus station on Chenango Street. Broome County clerk Richard Blythe, who oversees the operation of the local DMV offices, says the relocation could happen early next year...

Broome County's failed experiment to run a restaurant at the downtown Binghamton bus station has ended. The Twilight Diner, which opened in May 2012, has been closed. The eatery was described as a "1930s era diner." County records released to a Binghamton man under a Freedom of Information Law request indicated the diner lost almost $20,000 in a seven-month period...

A family's battle with Broome County to prevent a Binghamton home from being sold at auction for back taxes may be nearing an end. Volodymyr Kurylo has been notified by County Executive Debra Preston that she has set up the closing for the West Side house for Monday...

The Broome County Office of Energy Development has been operating for almost seven weeks without authorization from lawmakers. The legislature could vote on approving the office this Thursday. Some Broome County residents have questioned the real purpose of the office, which was created by County Executive Debra Preston...

It's February. The groundhog has provided us with The State of Winter, so it's time to move on to The State of Just About Everything Else. President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address Tuesday night to outline what he views as the top priorities as he starts his fifth year in office...

Broome County government is preparing to get out of the diner business. County Executive Debra Preston today announced proposals are being sought from people interested in opening a food service establishment in place of The Twilight Diner...