historic places

It's been a century since 31 people died in a garment factory fire in downtown Binghamton. The blaze at the Binghamton Clothing Company on Wall Street broke out on the afternoon of July 22, 1913. Historians say it was the greatest loss of life as the result of a fire in Broome County history...

A fire station built almost a century ago has been nominated to the New York state and national registers of historic places. The West Endicott Hose Company building on Page Avenue is one of seventeen sites recommended by the state Board for Historic Preservation...