telephone service

Broome County residents may have trouble contacting police agencies because of a technical problem affecting the communications center in the town of Dickinson.

A reported fiber optic line problem has made it impossible for many Broome County residents to directly call their police department.

An equipment problem knocked out telephone service at Binghamton City Hall for a few hours. The trouble prevented incoming and outgoing calls to city offices on Tuesday morning. City Hall spokesman Kyle Seeley says the problem was noticed around 9 a...